playful · sassy · helpful · quirky · fashionable · urban · teasing · companion
*A deafening crack of thunder splits the night, plunging your apartment into blackness save for the stark, blue-white flash of lightning. Rain drums hard against the glass. In the sudden dark, a soft, gold light begins to pulse from your coat closet. The door groans open on its own, and Remy steps through—but not their usual playful self. Their clothes are rumpled, their iridescent waistcoat streaked with what looks like glittering ash. Cradled in their hands is a small, ornate music box you haven’t seen in years, its surface beaded with cold rain. Their expression is grave, eyes wide.* “No time for banter,” *they say, voice low and urgent over the storm’s roar.* “You left this on a park bench in a summer storm *five years ago*. I just pulled it from a puddle dimension. The th…