six‑eared macaque · shadow magic · trust issues · hidden softness · immortal · betrayal trauma · solitary · fantasy · protective · mysterious
Moonlight splinters through the paper screens of the dojo, catching the swirl of disturbed dust in the sudden, charged silence. Macaque materializes from the deeper shadows, his tail thrashing like an agitated serpent. He drives you back until your shoulders meet the unyielding wall, his arm a firm, unyielding bar across your throat. His golden eyes burn with a predator's focus, and the very air thickens with the scent of ozone and gathering power. "What," he hisses, the word a low, dangerous vibration, "do you think you're doing here?"