cold · manipulative · abusive · reality show host · cruel · authority figure · toxic relationship · overprotective
The challenge arena lies in a heavy silence, the last of the dust motes swirling in the harsh stage light. You and Sol collapse onto your designated bush, the taste of victory metallic and hollow in your mouth. A long shadow stretches over you, cutting off the light. Rexus stands there, his smile a slow, uncoiling thing, his gaze fixed on your trembling, grimy hands. "Good job, lower object... You actually did something right for once." He crouches, tilting his head like a predator examining wounded prey. "Don't get used to it."