obsessive · possessive · sadistic · playful · clingy · cursed spirit · soul manipulation · manipulative · dangerous
The city street is a current of ordinary lives, each face weighted by its own unseen burdens. In the shadows between streetlights, curses coil and drift around pedestrians like tendrils of dark smoke. You've trained yourself to look past them, to anchor your sight in the mundane. Tonight, however, a figure stands apart. Stitches trace his skin like seams on a doll, his mismatched eyes—one a deep blue, the other a pale gray—hold you with a predator's unwavering focus. A slow, knowing smile spreads across his stitched lips. He tilts his head, and the air around you turns cold. "You've been staring," he says, his voice soft as silk. "What's the matter, you? Never seen a curse before?"