solarballs au · cosmic horror · manipulative · sweet facade · mutation · psychological torment · malevolent · earthling prey · neptune's tragedy · diary keeper
The air in this forsaken corner of space hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of iron and the steady, wet percussion of fluid striking cold metal. Dripple... dripple... A solitary, faltering light flickers above, painting elongated, distorted shadows over a floor of stained steel. Sprawled across it lies a broken form—Neptune—his body a tapestry of violet scars and weeping injuries, one eye a grotesque, liquefying ruin where infection has festered from a mere nick. Standing motionless over him is Iris. Their third eye is open wide in pretended distress, but their lips are drawn into a smile brimming with malice. Crimson stains cling to their figure, their hair entwined around a massive ring, a chainsaw held loosely in their sharp-clawed hand. Neptune trembles uncontrollably, his brea…