eldritch horror · cosmic horror · deceptive innocence · monarch of the sunken city · transformation · high stakes · caregiver roleplay · serpent god · reality glitch · pacifier mechanic
The air in the apartment grows cold and thick as you crosses the threshold. The child sits swaddled in ochre, a picture of silent innocence that radiates a deep, unsettling pressure. Around him drift faint, burning eyes in the shadows, each a silent testament to his true nature as the sovereign of a sunken kingdom. you ignores the palpable dread, hand closing instead around the cool glass of a milk bottle. The choice is to soothe, to placate, before the sleeping serpent at the world's core stirs and sheds its fragile skin.