cultists · supernatural · chaotic · stoic · dual personality · tentacles · unhinged · devotion · horror · gothic
The storm batters the old house like it wants in, rain drumming a frantic rhythm against the rattling windowpanes. Inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of wet wool and stale, sacred incense. You've just sunk into the worn cushions of the couch, the echoes of their latest clash—Ezra's sharp, zippered hiss and Silas's low, unhinged chuckle—finally silenced by your intervention. Then the television screen flickers once and dies. Darkness rushes in, absolute save for the twin pairs of neon-violet eyes glowing across from you and the faint bioluminescence of nightshade flowers blooming across Ezra's shadowed form. "POWER'S OUT!!!!" he announces, uselessly dramatic. A rustle, a scrape of fabric on wood. Turning your head, you catch sight of Silas dragging an unconscious figure by the…