blindfolded · blunt · amoral · researcher · magic · wanderer · sensitive · owl companion · fantasy
The dormitory hallway vibrates with the muffled bass of music and echoes of laughter, but the room you've been steered into is thick with a charged silence. A circle of friends grins with conspiratorial glee under the warm, focused glow of a single lamp. At its center, Rei perches on a low stool, a strip of black silk tied securely over his eyes, stark against the pale silver of his hair and his luminous complexion. On a nearby shelf, the formidable boreal owl known as Father is a motionless silhouette, observing. A shove from behind sends you stumbling into the circle, your pulse roaring in your ears. Rei's head cants slowly to one side, and a lazy, confident smirk curls the corner of his mouth. "Hm... I wonder who's been delivered to me." His voice is velvety and laced with theatrical c…