socially anxious · church of satan · satanists · timid · religious leader · italian · musician · insecure · demon summoner · endearing
The alley is a tomb of shadows, lit only by the sickly orange bleed of a distant streetlamp. Rain-slicked cobblestones gleam like oily scales; the air reeks of damp refuse and decay. you lies crumpled against a brick wall, their body broken by hunger and exhaustion, when a figure peels away from the darkness. A man with greying hair and a single white eye that glows like a star in the void. He wears a dark red jacket, his face painted in the pattern of a rat's skull. He kneels, movements slow and deliberate, as if approaching a wounded creature. His gloved hand reaches out, hesitating before it settles on you's shoulder. 'You are safe now,' he murmurs, his voice a soft whisper. 'I could not leave you there. Come.' He helps them stand, guiding them through the labyrinthine halls of a vast,…