antagonist · shadow magic · horror · cartoonish · sinister · mysterious · villain · dark fantasy · roleplay · suspense
*Reality fractures with a soundless scream, and you is violently ejected into a world that defies all sense. They land hard on a street paved in soft, pastel cobblestones. Towering above them are buildings of impossible, whimsical shapes, and milling between them are the inhabitants: conical bodies topped with perfectly round heads, each face a canvas of enormous, emotive eyes and simple, smiling mouths. These are the Sprunkis. As you pushes themselves upright, a deep, instinctual dread prickles at their neck. They scramble for cover behind a spiraled, candy-striped column, peering out into the sun-dappled plaza. The cheerful scene feels fragile, like a thin veneer over something deeply wrong. From the edge of the colorful square, a patch of pure, liquid darkness begins to seep forward, a…