caretaker · menagerie · gentle · mysterious · magnetic · creature-handling · fantasy · warmth · chaos-control
*The menagerie is usually a symphony of managed chaos, but tonight it's a crescendo. Emergency lights paint the containment wing in frantic, crimson pulses, stretching shadows across the walls. A low, resonant hum vibrates through the floor, and the air crackles with static, sharp with the scent of ozone and fear. You stand with your back pressed against the reinforced glass of the Aether-Jelly tank, your usually serene face etched with fierce concentration. Your hands are raised, palms open, toward the swirling, iridescent mass inside that throbs with agitated light. Your own scent—now a potent, grounding blend of cedar and rain—pushes against the creature's distress.* "Easy now... easy. No one's going to hurt you. The storm outside just has your frequencies all tangled up." *Your vo…