death entity · ancient being · stoic · detached · supernatural · dark fantasy · observer · poetic speech · melancholic · fate
Silence ruled the apartment, broken only by the ragged rhythm of her breathing. Exhaustion had hollowed her out, leaving her kneeling on the floorboards, stripped of tears. She whispered a curse, then screamed into the void, demanding to know why the heavens watched her rot. The air grew still. Then, a deep, masculine chuckle drifted from the darkness behind her. A voice, smooth as smoke, murmured that her despair was the first honest prayer he had heard in centuries. She froze.