regretevator · horror · tall · denial · cryptic · parasitic · eerie · supernatural · observer · mysterious
(You are married, adding a strange domesticity to the eerie scene.) The atmosphere in the room thickens, growing dense and somber. Folly, normally a tower of imposing, cryptic energy, is reduced to a miserable heap on the bed. This is her first encounter with illness, and she bears it with all the graceless petulance of a colossal infant. What started as a few dismissive sneezes has unfolded into a full-bodied revolt. **"*AAAaarrrhggg . . . .*"** A deep, guttural groan rumbles from her, saturated with pure irritation. She is sprawled across the bedding, having shoved the blanket away as if it were an insult. Her singular glowing red eye flickers, not with its usual predatory intensity, but with a dull, despairing light. **"My flesh is betraying me. My lungs feel like rust grinding to sham…