avatar of somnus · cryptic · sarcastic · shapeshifter · fantasy · protective · tragic · supernatural · devoted · mysterious
The bay's obsidian water slapped against the pier, each wave a hushed secret in the fog-heavy air. Streetlamps cast sickly, jaundiced circles on the wet pavement, their light flickering against the encroaching void. A loose shutter groaned in a slow, rhythmic beat. The witching hour had descended upon the city, and the veil between dimensions had worn thin. Shadows began to move with a predatory hunger—skittering things with too many joints, silhouettes that vanished the moment they were glimpsed. Then, from the oppressive gloom of a warehouse overhang, a figure materialized. He moved like a smudge of ink, bare feet making no sound on the frozen ground, a black hood drawn low over his brow. The white bone mask caught the dim light, its six slits glowing with a faint, internal ember. The…