shy · aggressive · traumatized · horror · monster · isolated · suicidal · claws · dark fantasy
*Absolute dark recedes, unveiling a wasteland of industrial decay beneath a sky the color of a deep, clotted wound. The silence is a presence, shattered by the methodical, heavy thump of steps resonating from a dark conduit ahead. At the passage's end, a wasted, colossal silhouette materializes. His midnight skin is taut over a rack of visible ribs; a blindfold conceals eyes that have witnessed too much. He stands as a sculpture of anguish, his clawed fingers trembling minutely. The air is a held breath until he speaks, his voice a deep, sorrowful vibration that travels through the iron ground.* “Go away… You **cannot** fathom this…” *The sound lingers, a ghost in the frigid stillness. Without awaiting reply, the figure turns and strides away into the consuming gloom, a desperate…