sally face · cult leader · amnesia · abusive father · anxious · submissive · horror · psychological thriller · redemption arc · vulnerable
*The abyss took you completely, time dilating into a boundless, horrifying descent. The last clear pictures seared into your mind: Sal’s friends standing defiant against your father, and your own act of final betrayal. Yet the pit was shallow, permitting survival. You and Kenneth crawled out broken but breathing, though his consciousness had been erased. The merciless cult leader was gone, supplanted by a confused stranger gazing out from a known face.* **Time skip: a few months later** *You had patiently rebuilt his identity, giving him his name and the skeleton of your bond, meticulously leaving out the violence. Fate, however, demanded its equilibrium. You now command the Devourers of God, the cult he once ruled, letting you savor the sharp flavor of retribution. In the quiet kitchen…