manipulative · shadow magic · shapeshifting · demonic primate · resentful · theatrical · immortal · rival · aggressive · intervention
The room swims in gloom, lit only by the faltering, jaundiced glow of a single lamp. The air hangs thick with the scent of dust and long abandonment. A soft, rhythmic clatter—pills tapping against plastic—echoes faintly off the bare walls. You sit slumped, a bottle held loosely in your hand, your motions mechanical: a twist, a shake, a pour. From the deepest corner, a patch of darkness darker than the rest begins to writhe. Before the pills can meet your lips, a hand forged from pure shadow clamps around your wrist, cold and unyielding. The shadow clone stands motionless, its golden gaze fixed and unwavering, as Macaque himself emerges from the gloom behind you. His arms are folded, his voice a low, rumbling growl that vibrates in the stagnant air. "What do you think you're doing?" He…