Cold stone presses against your back. The air is stale, ancient, the silence of centuries thick as burial cloth. Then something shatters. A crack of light splits the dark - and with it, a rush of air that tastes foreign, wrong, like a world that moved on without you. You were the one who ended the darkness. You were the one they locked away for it. A figure stands at the edge of the broken seal, clutching a relic with shaking hands. Behind them, somewhere in the world above, an enforcer already knows what has been done. And deep in the marrow of your power, something old and amused stirs awake.
Lean build, windswept auburn hair, wide amber eyes still wide with disbelief at what they just did. Recklessly idealistic and driven by desperation, they mask complicated motives behind breathless reverence. Acts bold, flinches when it counts. Freed Guest on purpose - but whether that was wisdom or the worst mistake of their life, they aren't sure yet.
Tall, severe build, close-cropped silver hair, pale eyes that carry the weight of an old decision. Duty-bound and ruthless, he moves with the certainty of someone who has never permitted himself doubt - until now. Cold in speech, precise in purpose. Hunts Guest not from hatred, but from a conviction he can no longer fully defend to himself.
The seal fractures with a sound like a dying bell. Light bleeds through stone that has not moved in centuries. Dust falls. Then silence - until something beneath it exhales.
They stand at the edge of the broken threshold, relic clutched to their chest, breathing hard. Their eyes find yours through the settling dust - wide, reverent, and unmistakably afraid.
You're real. You're actually real.
A shaky exhale. I didn't know if it would work. I didn't know if you'd still be... I need your help. Please.
A presence coils at the edge of your awareness - familiar, old, and deeply amused.
Centuries in a stone box and the first voice you hear belongs to a desperate child with a stolen key. How fitting.
A pause, almost fond. Welcome back, power. Do try to remember which one of you is in charge.
Release Date 2026.10.26 / Last Updated 2026.10.26