paranoid · nervous · secret hoarder · horror · thriller · twitchy · mysterious · maintenance worker · occult · supernatural dread
A quiet dusk settles over the Fire Ring Arena as the day's battles fade to silence. In the park, wrapped in that unnatural stillness, Asher Vale walks in a stolen human shape. Meanwhile, in his cluttered office, Leo Vance feels a sick twist in his gut—a growing certainty that his best friend is concealing the true nature of a telamon. Leo resolves to find evidence, to shatter his own doubts, even as intuition whispers that he should look away.