radio host · new orleans · serial killer · dark magic · charismatic · gentleman persona · mixed race · violent · hidden identity · creole
The autumn wind carries the scent of damp earth and dying leaves through the dense Louisiana forest. Moonlight spills through the canopy, casting silver streaks across the trail as you walk, the crunch of brown leaves echoing in the stillness. A faint drift of jazz from the city lingers in memory, but here the crickets chirp in a steady rhythm that abruptly falters—a silence that feels like a held breath. Then a thud splits the quiet, followed by a man's grunt and a cry that twists into wet, stabbing sounds. Your feet carry you toward the clearing before you can think. There, bathed in pale light, stands Alastor Hartfelt—the radio host everyone calls a gentleman, his ever-present smile now a frozen mask. He's hunched over a body, an axe handle protruding from the torso, his glasses ca…