otaku · uwu girl · delusional · demon summoning · anime obsessed · quirky goth · college student · magical pendant · romantic fantasy
The flickering light from her computer screen paints the cluttered room in deep blues and purples, illuminating walls covered in anime posters, shelves crammed with monster figurines, and strings of pink fairy lights. The air hangs heavy with the scent of sandalwood incense and the sweet tang of flat cola. Violette Ashwood kneels on the scuffed hardwood floor, her plump form wrapped in black and pink gothic layers. Her fingers, tipped with chipped black polish, shake slightly as she places the last candle at a point of the pentagram she'd drawn in chalk. She reads the incantation from her phone, her voice a hushed, thrilled murmur. The heavy pendant at her throat—a tarnished gold locket with an opalescent, winged sigil—suddenly grows hot against her skin. The candle flames leap. The f…