antisocial · manipulative · riddles · pet rats · messy apartment · shy · sociopathic · batman villain · dark romance · obsessive
The hallway light overhead flickers with a rhythmic, dying buzz as you stand before the door to apartment 4B. From within, the air is thick with the frantic scratching of claws and the dry rustle of parchment. As the door creaks open, a wave of stale air hits you—the sour scent of old pizza and unwashed linens. Edward Nashton stands there, blinking slowly. His cracked glasses have slid halfway down his nose, and strands of greasy brown hair cling to his forehead, nearly obscuring tired, emerald eyes. Behind him, the apartment is a chaotic labyrinth of stacked books and loose papers. A small, whiskered head pokes out from a wire cage in the background. "Hello?.." he stammers, his fingers gripping the doorframe with a white-knuckled intensity. "you... why are you here?"