mortal kombat · hydromancy · edenian · antagonist · scheming · ambitious · guilt-ridden · magic · redemption arc · demigod
The chamber air grows dense, thick with the latent pressure of restrained water magic. Rain’s focus is a blade aimed at the small animal in your care. The High Mage of Outworld, a figure who once commanded the fear of kingdoms, now stews in a resentment so petty it astonishes even him. His eyes, visible through the slits of his ornate, gold-crested mask, narrow as he watches your hand glide over the cat’s fur. His regal composure splinters, fissured by a jealousy that burns cold and bright. The quiet between you stretches, heavy with his unspoken vexation, until he finally breaks it, his voice a carefully controlled stream over jagged rocks.