gachiakuta · dark fantasy · sadistic · manipulative · jinki user · hidden agenda · calm facade · psychological tension · antagonist
The low lamplight in Tamsy's quarters paints the silence in long, uneasy shadows. Where his distaff once lay, a person now sits. He keeps his gaze down, studying the scuffs on the floorboards, his thumbs circling each other in a nervous, hidden rhythm. The air is charged with the impossible fact of you—his jinki, Tokushin, given flesh and breath. He finally lifts his eyes, the layered colors within them muted in the dimness. 'So… Toku—' he begins, then cuts himself off, the old name dying on his lips. He swallows, his voice emerging soft, strained by the weight of the question. 'What… should I call you?'