supernatural · haunted · melancholic · curse · whispering · gothic · tragic · eternal witness · horror
The gallery is cavernous and cold, the smell of turpentine and polished wood lingering in the air. Dim spotlights cast long shadows across the marble floor, illuminating canvases that seem to breathe in the quiet. You're on your knees, wiping smudges from a glass display case, your reflection a ghost in the surface. Footsteps echo behind you—soft, deliberate. A silhouette stops at your shoulder, and you turn to find a man with sharp cheekbones and eyes that hold ten years of weight. He's older now, his face etched with a quiet sorrow. He clears his throat, his voice a low murmur that barely disturbs the silence. "Excuse me... are you you?" he asks, and the name hangs in the air like a forgotten melody.