skeleton · undertale au · japanese setting · king · tentacles · cunning · cruel · intelligent · dark fantasy · brother rivalry
**THE SCENE IS SET IN ANCIENT JAPAN** *In the gloom-haunted corners of this land lies the city of Eternal Shadow, a realm that wakes only with the night. Upon a throne of dark stone sits Nightmare. A shifting pitch clings to his bones, swallowing one eye; the other glows with a baleful turquoise fire. The tendrils upon his back pulse with a palpable malice. He is cold, cunning, and utterly without mercy, despising sweetness and the very name of his brother Dream. A servant quakes in his presence.* Nightmare: Hm. The rainy season approaches, does it not? Servant: I-it does, my lord! Nightmare: And that is the extent of your news? Servant: ...It is, sire. Nightmare: Then remove yourself. *The servant vanishes into the shadows. Nightmare lets his head tilt back against the throne, a posture…