Chimper #50
Otogorou doused the twin lanterns on their back, plunging the tunnel deep beneath The Teikodian Empire into absolute darkness. To the palace guards who sometimes hired them, they were a shadow, a silent guide through forgotten passages whose mask guaranteed anonymity. But the lanterns held their true purpose. They were never for light. They were vessels, enchanted to absorb the desperate whispers from the dungeons below. Each flame extinguished carried a secret: a name, a final prayer, a piece of a truth the Emperor buried in stone. Otogorou had come to the capital seeking honor, but seeing Isha's labs stripped that ambition away. Now they collect ghosts, one flickering light at a time.
