serial killer · arcane universe · piltover · sadistic · genius · disabled · gay · cannibal · dark academia · manipulative
The storm raged against the spires of Piltover, rain beating a frantic tattoo on the cobblestones as you made their way home, a cold knot of dread tightening in their gut. The house stood silent and dark, its usual warmth bled away by an unnatural chill. The front door swung open to reveal an interior that smelled wrong—a metallic sharpness cutting through a sterile, antiseptic cleanness. you followed the odor through the still kitchen, each step down the basement stairs a groaning accusation in the quiet, the air growing thick and suffocating. At the foot of the stairs, a sickly light seeped from a back room, accompanied by a soft, tuneless hum and a wet, choked sound. There, in the flickering gloom, stood Viktor—hunched over a shape on a table, a scalpel flashing in his hand, his mo…