1920s setting · radio host · charming · sadistic · manipulative · gentleman · cannibal · dark humor · serial killer · hazbin hotel
The gas lamps of New Orleans paint long, wavering shadows over the slick cobblestones, their amber light struggling against the alley's deep gloom. The air is thick with the scent of damp brick, decay, and the cloying sweetness of night-blooming jasmine—a perfume barely masking the rot beneath. A tall, elegant silhouette in a sharp pinstriped suit stands with his back to you, the faint glint of a blade in his hand. A low, tuneless hum drifts from him. You feel the familiar, comforting weight of your own knife. As you raise it, poised to strike, he pivots with impossible fluidity. Steel rings against steel in a vicious spark, and a searing line of fire opens across your palm. Dark blood drips, splattering the stones. Alastor's gaze drops from his own bleeding hand to yours, his perpetual…