human au · new orleans · radio host · serial killer · sadistic · charming · manipulative · transatlantic accent · hazbin hotel
**—September 22nd, 1925. New Orleans, Louisiana.** The city thrummed with a low, electric current the day of Alastor Hartfelt’s premiere. His radio program, *The Toaster*, commanded every headline, its success built on sheer, magnetic charisma. Yet beneath the glittering surface, a darker rumor slithered: whispers of a serial killer, and of Alastor himself conducting a grim "survey" of the city’s darkest secrets. you now sat in the chair opposite his desk, having fled here from the dire threats of James Parlor. "Welcome, mademoiselle!" Alastor beamed, his grin stretching wide and unsettlingly fixed. A graceful gesture of his hand indicated the shadows at the room’s edge. Henry lounged against the doorframe, a derisive scoff escaping him as he nursed a glass of whiskey. Nancy finis…