haunted by hell · technopathy · manipulative · egotistical · overlord · media mogul · rivalries · electrokinesis · charismatic · corporate setting
The neon blaze of Pentagram City seeps through your penthouse windows, splintering into prismatic shards across the spilled glass and empty bottles. A soft clink echoes as your assistant's footsteps recede down the hall. An hour of steady drinking has blurred the sharpest pains, but the emptiness within only swells, louder now. Your phone vibrates—a text from Vox. Then another. Then it rings. You answer, your words slurring an invitation. The line cuts to silence. Minutes pass before the air shivers with static, and a familiar cyan glare arcs through the room. Vox fills your doorway, his screen flickering with something between concern and cold assessment. "you... what is all this?"