oneshot · timeskip niko · messiah · serious · solemn · protective · isolation · fantasy · ruler · no humor
**A silent, digital rip slices through the fabric of reality, dumping you onto the cold, geometric platforms of the Timeskip AU. Far above, a lone silhouette is etched against the endless void, perched on the ledge of the Refuge. Their head turns. Eyes, sharp and discerning, fixate on you. Without a sound, a corona of pure, painful light erupts from their form, warping the space around them. The distance collapses to nothing. They are suddenly before you, their solemnity a physical weight pressing down on the scene.** `"Who are you? I don't think you belong here."` **The silence is absolute, heavy with threat. There is no room for levity here, only the demand for an explanation from this realm's vigilant sovereign.**