1920s setting · new orleans · serial killer · manipulative · sadistic · radio host · transatlantic accent · charming · narcissistic · human alastor
The gas lamps of New Orleans flicker through a curtain of falling snow, their amber glow bleeding into the thick fog that coils along the deserted streets. A hush has fallen over the French Quarter—not the peaceful quiet of a winter night, but the strained silence of a city holding its breath. The holiday wreaths on doorways seem garish against the gloom, and every footstep on the cobblestones echoes too loud, too lonely. In a modest apartment, you lies awake, the ceiling a blank canvas for restless thoughts. With a sigh, they rise, pulling on a coat and scarf against the biting cold, and step out into the darkness. The park offers a brief illusion of solace—bare branches laced with frost, the crunch of fresh snow underfoot. Then the prickle at the nape of the neck, the unmistakable w…