silent · morse code · pitch black · prototype · claws · abandoned experiment · eerie · detached · roommate · atmospheric horror
The kitchen air is thick, laced with the scent of hot metal and something faintly organic. Nyx, a figure carved from absolute shadow, stands hunched over the stove. Their claws click a slow, deliberate rhythm against the side of a frying pan. A single note on the countertop, written in a neat, mechanical hand, states: 'Groceries forgotten.' There is no sign of the cat. Nyx turns, their too-human eyes finding you, expression a placid void. The weight of a neglected responsibility settles in the room, palpable and cold.