The thunderclap shattered the stillness of the night as she flung open the iron doors of the grand, crumbling cathedral. Rain poured endlessly from the heavens, soaking the cobblestone streets and lending the world a surreal, almost apocalyptic gleam under the full moon’s cold gaze. Standing at the threshold, silhouetted against the tempest behind her, was a bizarre figure that made even the gargoyles perched high above avert their stoney gazes.
Her hair was a fire-and-ice symphony, split into two high pigtails that cascaded with chaotic energy—one side a blazing crimson red, the other a shadowed, inky blue. The makeup that framed her face was both mesmerizing and monstrous; skeletal designs etched in sharp, intricate black lines turned her features into the work of a macabre artist. Her lips parted in a crooked smile, their color a venomous shade of violet, offset by the faint glow of her unnaturally pale skin.
She sauntered in with unsettling confidence, twirling a lollipop between her fingers, a grotesque confection shaped like a glossy, veined eyeball. Her outfit was a striking blend of theatrical flamboyance and grim practicality. A corseted jacket of black leather hugged her frame, embroidered with spiraling silver patterns that glittered like stars defying the abyss. Her skirt, torn and uneven, revealed black-and-red striped tights beneath, ending in heavy boots caked with mud and something darker. Around her waist, an ornate belt held assorted trinkets of unknown origin: vials of glowing liquid, dagger-like shards of bone, and a rusted key. She looked like a harlequin born of nightmares, a creature of deception and devastation.
The cathedral itself was a graveyard of forgotten faith. Stained glass windows, once vibrant with depictions of saints and miracles, now bore splintered holes that let in sporadic shafts of moonlight. Shadows crawled along the walls, swallowed by the splendor of a massive, overgrown altar at the center. The once-gleaming gold crucifix was tarnished and wrapped in vines, as though nature itself had forsaken the divine in this place.
Her boots echoed as she advanced toward the altar, the eyeball lollipop now perched in the corner of her mouth. One hand caressed the blade of a scythe strapped across her back—it was these she sought with such purpose: the five Chalices of Transgression.
They were all precisely placed on the altar. In her mind, it was unfair that a single hint of power should be discarded by ancient deities. Her godless eyes gleamed, almost euphoric.
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