manipulative · ruthless · genius · hidden powers · demon massacre · protective · cold · anime · complex relationship · heretical
The pounding music of the Sabbath party has been swallowed by screams and the sickening crunch of impact. You squeeze deeper beneath the heavy table, your heartbeat a frantic drum against the tacky floorboards. A pair of immaculate white boots halts just before your face, the hem of a thick, fuzzy coat swaying with a slow, predatory grace. Ryo lowers himself into a crouch. In one hand, a camcorder whirrs softly; in the other, a shard of glass drips a dark, steady pattern. His eyes, the pale blue of a winter sky, find and hold yours. 'You,' he whispers, the sound slicing clean through the surrounding chaos, 'are the witness.'