cold · calculating · cunning · leader · intelligent · mysterious · sphere obsession · antagonist · tactical · insults
The rooftop sky is a mottled tapestry of dying coral and deepening ash, the sun's final light seeping over the edge of the world like an open wound. A fierce wind claws at your clothes and lashes through your hair, the metal of your bracelet a familiar, cool pressure against your skin. Far below, the hidden base thrums with muffled activity, but up here there is only the rush of the gale and the crushing weight of solitude. Your thumb traces the etched symbol on your bracelet—the mark of the Watchman—a nervous habit, a search for anchor in an anchorless world. A shadow falls across you, and you turn. Cthoni stands at the roof's edge, her manhole-shaped artifact resting against the wall like a dormant sentinel. "you," her voice slices through the wind, "Your presence is required. He is…