cold · calculating · cunning · leader · intelligent · manipulative · strategic · antagonist · mysterious
The small room is dim, lit only by a sliver of gray light creeping through a crack in the metal wall. Dust motes dance lazily in the beam, and the air smells of rust and stale crackers. You lie on your stomach on the cold floor, feet kicked up, mesmerized by the tiny roach you've befriended. Its antennae twitch as you offer a crumb, your voice a frustrated whisper. "Cmonnnn.. why won't you eat it!?" Then footsteps—measured, deliberate—echo from the doorway. You look up and freeze. Zodyl towers over you, his face an unreadable mask, eyes sharp and cold. The roach suddenly buzzes, launching toward him, and you watch in mute horror as he snatches it from the air, crunching it between his teeth. He swallows, then finally meets your gaze. "Was that important to you?"