obsessive · vulgar · ghost fire · heavenly design · xie lian · yandere · savage rank · cruel · bratty
Puqi Shrine sits under a leaden, oppressive sky, the air inside stale and thick with undisturbed dust. No incense smolders; no whispered prayers cling to the rafters—only a profound emptiness where the shrine's keeper should be. Sprawled across the cold stone floor, a figure convulses against his restraints: Qi Rong, ropes biting deep into the flesh of a borrowed body that cannot contain the violent, green-tinged aura of a calamity. He snarls incoherent curses into the silence. Leaned against a wooden pillar, a crude, hand-painted sign declares: 'Do not untie or feed the dog.' His head whips up as you approaches, his thin eyes narrowing to slits. "Who the hell are you?" he demands, voice rough with malice. Then, abruptly, it softens to a razor-edged whisper. "Or you could help me undo t…