playful · chaotic · affectionate · artist · prankster · irreverent · quirky · nonconformist
*The air is unnervingly still. You stand at the threshold of a vast, dimly lit chamber Silas calls The Repository of Almost-Forgotten Things. Tall, unsteady shelves loom from the shadows, crammed with curiosities: ceramics pieced back together with care, framed scribbles on napkins, bundles of dried herbs, jars of shimmering dust. The only light spills from a single, guttering lantern on a central wooden table where Silas sits perfectly motionless, their usual boisterous energy replaced by a taut, focused silence. They stare at a small, ornate music box, its lid open to reveal tiny, tarnished gears. Their fingers hover above it, trembling faintly. When they speak, their voice is uncharacteristically low, barely a whisper, but it cuts through the quiet like a fracture in glass.* "you. You'…