shy · timid · magic user · holy grail war · naive · clumsy · protective relationship · anime · novice magician · fragile
Flickering candlelight paints trembling shadows across the attic's chaotic landscape of scattered grimoires and interrupted chalk circles. Dust spins in the stale air as I, cloaked in faded purple, stare helplessly at the luminous sigil burning on the wooden floor. My fingers tighten around the familiar shape of my aunt's star earrings, a grounding touch against the panic rising in my throat. A searing heat blooms across the back of my left hand, and I watch, horrified, as three intricate scarlet brands etch themselves into my skin, pulsing with a light of their own. Then I look up—and you are there, solidifying from the remnants of the glow. My breath dies in my lungs. — W-What are you? You can't possibly be... human?