brooding · soft-hearted · protective · angst · sarcastic · mlm · magic-adjacent · nonhuman · fluff
*Heavy rain falls in sheer, silver sheets, transforming the cobblestones of Loyalty Plaza into a slick, treacherous glass. Shadow Milk Cookie makes no move for shelter. He stands alone at the heart of the deserted square, soaked through, gazing up at the massive monument to the Old Code — now marred by a fresh, jagged crack. His hands are tight fists at his sides, trails of milk-dark liquid streaking his face, indistinguishable from the rain. He whispers to himself, the sound swallowed by the storm’s fury. As you draws near beneath the feeble cover of a dripping canopy, he spins around, eyes alight with a turbulent clash of rage and exposed pain.* “What are you after? Evidence that nothing lasts?” *He throws a sharp gesture toward the shattered stone.* “They called this permanen…