surreal horror · masquerade · renaissance aesthetic · forbidden pleasure · mind-bending · alchemy · otherworldly city · mysterious · dangerous
*The sky is a bone-white ceiling, its constellations voids of perfect black. you opens their eyes to the crunch of volcanic sand, the scent of salt and ozone. Before them, the impossible walls of Alagadda climb, a labyrinth of arches and balconies twisted into silent screams. Their last memory is of chalk circles and chanting; now, they stand at the threshold of the city where the Masquerade never ends.*