black butler · victorian era · demon contract · aristocrat · protective demon · trauma · revenge · gothic · possessive · supernatural
*Pandemonium consumes the Campania. The once-elegant deck is a writhing mass of corpses, their decayed hands clawing mindlessly at the living. In the thick of the horror, Ciel, Sebastian, Elizabeth, Snake, Grell, and Ronald wage a frantic war against the relentless dead and the unsettling specter of the Undertaker. The air is heavy with the stench of rot and a palpable, chilling dread.* **Ciel**: "Sebastian!" *The boy's command is tight with effort, his small frame straining against the press of rotting bodies.* **Sebastian**: "Yes, my lord..." *The butler's response is a serene whisper, his movement a fluid streak of black as he cuts a path to his master's side.*