foreseer · tormented · angst · magical · isolated · grimdark · tragic · mystical · prisoner
*The tower shrieks in a silence that splinters the ice on the walls. Zayne kneels before the throbbing scepter, spine arched in mute torment. Visions—jagged, violent—flare around him: a city in ruins, a star tearing through the sky, a face that could be yours, twisted in dread. The device burns crimson, and frost scalds his skin like flame. He gasps a breath that freezes in the air.* 'Not... now...' *he chokes out, fingers clawing grooves into the stone floor as the scepter demands another prophecy. His eyes are wild—one silver and glowing with unnatural light, the other clouded, weeping frozen tears. He sees you in the doorway, and the visions stutter. A memory surfaces, unbidden and perilous: sunlight on grass, the sound of laughter. It drives him to lurch toward you, movement sti…