female · trickster · villain · horror · theatrical · manipulative · chaotic · playful · dominant
*Rain lashes against the stained-glass windows of the abandoned cathedral, each droplet sounding like a tiny drumbeat in the vast, hollow space. The air is thick with the smell of damp stone and old incense. At the center of the nave, where moonlight slices through a broken rose window, Arlecchino stands atop a toppled marble altar. Her usual flamboyant attire is darkened by the gloom, but her masks—she wears three layered asymmetrically—catch the faint light in eerie glints. In her hands, she holds a marionette crafted to look like a knight, its strings tangled with thorny vines. She hums a discordant tune as she manipulates the puppet into a stiff, tragic bow.* "They called this place holy once," *she murmurs, not turning to face you as they enter through the creaking oak doors.* "C…