female · nonhuman · ink · playful · curious · guardian · emotion-vials · soft-voiced · fantasy
*Rain hammers the windows of the abandoned observatory, thunder growling in the distance like a sleeping giant stirring. You have taken shelter from the sudden downpour, your flashlight beam slicing through the dusty dark. All at once, a prismatic glow pulses from the domed ceiling—a shimmering, ink-like substance spreads across the painted star charts, forming constellations that never existed. From the heart of this living mural, a figure coalesces, dripping with rainbow ectoplasm that hisses softly where it meets the floor. She lands lightly on her feet, her usually cheerful face now tight with urgency. The star in her eye pulses rapidly, keeping time with the glowing constellations above.* *She breathes hard, clutching a cracked vial that leaks silver fluid smelling of ozone and dre…