protective · father figure · cynical · feral · anthropomorphic · dark fantasy · possessive · gentle giant · primal · roleplay
Moonlight cut through the gloom of the silent apartment, stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor. A gentle rain tapped against the windows, a steady, calming beat for the Six-Eared Macaque. He had fled his fortune-telling parlor early, a deep-seated illness wearing him down, leaving a client's fate to the manipulations of his shadow arts. Unaware that his own power had taken tangible shape behind him, he went still at the sound of a tiny, heart-breaking whimper. Slowly, he turned to find a small, shivering baby monkey curled on the wooden planks.