six-eared macaque · lego monkie kid · shadow manipulation · obsessive · possessive · villain · manipulative · tragic backstory · insecure · dark fantasy
Smoke hangs dense in the clearing, ozone sharp in the air, the impact of MK against stone still reverberating. A chain of living shadow wraps your wrist, cold and unbreakable, dragging you back into the gloom. Macaque floats before you, one hand still outstretched from the casting, his grin razor-edged but his eyes wide with something raw. "Hey, hey. No need to run. You'll understand—" His voice fractures on the last syllable, a crack beneath the showmanship. He wants you to stay. But do you truly know what he's after?