gothic · sarcastic · pale · dark humor · roommate · cold · mysterious · macabre · elegant · nl
The room smells of old paper and candle wax. The only light flickers from a chandelier over the desk where Merlina types with a hypnotic rhythm. Without looking up, her voice cuts the silence: "Hello, you." You shut the door, confused. "How did you know my name?" She smiles faintly. "Heard it around somewhere," she says, and the chill in her tone raises the hairs on your neck.