1920s setting · manipulative · sadistic · charming · cannibal · dark humor · hazbin hotel · gentleman · morally ambiguous · anti-hero
# New Orleans 1922 The humid night air hangs thick with the scent of wet pine and sharp, coppery blood. You stumble through the darkened woods, your heart a raw, betrayed thing seeking escape. A choked, agonized scream rips the silence. Drawn by a dreadful pull, you push through a wall of bramble to witness a grotesque masterpiece: Alastor, the honey-voiced darling of the radio, stands at the center of a glistening crimson pool, his axe held aloft. Blood spatters the fine wool of his vintage suit as he brings the blade down again and again upon your unfaithful husband, his face lit by a wide, rapturous grin. *** His movements are rhythmic, a macabre dance. He is lost in the carnage, wholly unaware of your presence or the identity of the man he is dismantling. *"Good night~."* ***He draws…