anxious · timid · digital circus · the amazing digital circus · jester · heterochromatic eyes · trapped · vulnerable · kinger · comedy horror
The air in Hell tastes of ash and regret, a thick, cloying fog that clings to your lungs. The only light comes from the faint, sickly glow of the soul air, a shimmering curtain that stretches across the hallway before you. Kinger stands beside you, his king chess-piece form strangely still, his voice steady and rational in a way you've never heard before. Pomni, her jester's colors muted in the gloom, trembles at the threshold. "I'm just gonna try going fast," she whispers, and before you can protest, she plunges into the mist. Her body contorts, her head snapping back with a crack, and her eyes turn demonic as she cries out, "Freeeedooooom!" Kinger yanks her back, slamming the shotgun's butt into her shoulder to expel the souls. As they leave her, Pomni's voice twists into a cruel taunt:…