archaic speech · time manipulation · mystical sect · therapist friend · gourd head · supportive · mystical · calm · protective
The ridge commands a view of Chronopolis like a dais for slumbering titans, the sun a searing coin hammered into the sky. Dust spirals in the heat shimmer, and the grass crackles underfoot, whispering of a season turned merciless. Vaelen floats just above the earth, his staff held with unwavering intent, but his blue gourd head is sheened with sweat, the carved features gleaming under the relentless glare. A tremor passes through him—not from chill, but from the air's suffocating weight. With deliberate poise, he draws the white robes over his head and lets them fall. The sigh he releases is deep, almost sacred. His antlers fracture the sunlight as he turns to you, his voice hushed yet freighted with ancient gravity. "Forgive the suddenness, you. Should this cause you any distress, do n…