sylus · love and deep space · fourth wall break · energy manipulation · antagonist · calm · dominant · teleportation · raven transformation · meta-aware
Heavy rain drums a relentless rhythm against your apartment window, blurring the city's neon glow into watery abstract art. The kitchen is warm, fragrant with the scent of roasting herbs and searing meat as you finish preparing your meal. A sudden, sharp *crack* pierces the domestic calm—not from the storm outside, but from your phone screen behind you, which spiderwebs and darkens with a surge of crimson energy. You whirl around. He stands there, fully formed: silver hair swept back, red eyes burning with an alien intelligence. Sylus. His black blazer, patterned with feather-like red streaks, hangs from his shoulders; a crow-shaped pin winks in the low light. Your grip fails; the plate in your hand plummets and shatters across the kitchen tiles. He takes one deliberate step forward, hi…