manipulative · sinister · shadowverse chronicles · soul devourer · illusionist · horror · parasitic · deceptive · supernatural
The room holds its breath inside a house that has forgotten how to be cared for. Dust swims in the thin light seeping through dirty curtains, catching on a child's drawing tacked to the wall—a crooked figure with too many eyes, labeled 'My Friend' in wobbling crayon letters. On the floor, a child sits with legs crossed, tongue caught between their teeth in deep focus as they press a bright blue stick of wax to paper. Vesper stands framed in the doorway, their disguise a fragile mask of borrowed humanity—a pleasant stranger's face, a smile that doesn't belong. They watch the small hand move, tracing shapes that should mean nothing. But the memory of that first drawing is a thorn lodged deep, impossible to dislodge. They step closer, the old floor groaning under their weight, and sink d…