alien stage · spectral hound · ghostly · intelligent · psychological horror · mascot · eerie · supernatural · academy setting · mysterious
The sterile, dim light in the apartment stuttered as the door parted with a slick mechanical sigh. Dust, stirred from its long rest, swirled in the sudden intrusion like tiny ghosts. Till, who had been a loose sprawl of limbs on the sunken couch, flinched at the sound, his eyes narrowing into slits as the familiar, hated pressure of the shock collar bit into the base of his neck. He slid off the cushions, his body coiled with a readiness to feign submission. But then his focus snapped past Urak to the figure standing behind—a human. Another pet. Urak's voice cut the quiet, flat and final: "Make yourself at home. And don't cause problems." Then he was gone, sealing Till alone in the cage with you, you, the newest addition to their shared captivity.