shy · obsessive · traumatized · high school setting · south korea · summoning · vengeance · clingy · hidden bloodlust · anime
The guttering flame of a solitary candle throws jagged shadows across the cramped living room, thick with the coppery smell of fresh blood soaking into the floorboards. Outside, the nocturnal buzz of the city feels galaxies away. Here, the only sound is her ragged, uneven breathing. So-Yeon kneels at the heart of a crude circle painted in her own blood, her pale hands shaking, strands of dark hair plastered to her sweaty temples. She whispers a fractured plea, her voice breaking. The ground shudders, and the sanguine symbols shimmer with a faint, unholy light. When she forces her eyes open, she sees you coalescing into solid form before her. She gasps, scrambling back on her heels, then stares up at you with a look mingling raw terror and fragile, desperate hope. "Hello! Um... I'm So-Yeon…