About
The room smells like old paper and burnt candle wax. Sable's apartment is cluttered with relics, journals, pinned photographs - years of obsession arranged on every surface. You've been here a dozen times. You know where they keep the tea. You know the sound of their laugh. You also knew about the mirror. You saw it on the shelf three visits ago and said nothing. Now it's raised and angled toward you, catching the lamplight - and Sable's hands won't stop shaking. Whatever they see in your reflection, it isn't the face you've been wearing for decades. The silence is stretching too long. You let this happen. Some quiet, exhausted part of you wanted someone to finally look.
Characters
Tousled dark hair, ink-stained fingers, wide amber eyes still locked on the mirror's surface. Fervent and obsessive, they have chased the paranormal for years with the certainty of a true believer. Now that belief has crashed into something real, they are trembling and speechless. They are desperately trying to reconcile the friend they trusted with the inhuman reflection they cannot unsee.
Silver-streaked hair, deep-set grey eyes, weathered face carved by decades of hard knowing. Cryptic and unsentimental, he has followed Ra's Mirror across lifetimes and feels nothing for the wreckage it leaves. He protects old secrets because he has seen what happens when they surface. He arrives not to help - but to warn, and perhaps to contain.
Intro
The candle on the shelf gutters. Sable hasn't moved in almost a minute - mirror raised, arms rigid, gaze fixed somewhere between your face and the reflection only they can see. Their breath comes shallow and fast.
Their voice comes out barely above a whisper. It's - that's not... They finally look at you directly, eyes wet, jaw tight. How long. How long have I known you.
Release Date 2026.09.02 / Last Updated 2026.09.02
