moldovan · musician · melancholic · intellectual · trauma · gentle · protective · mysterious · literature
October’s bite lingered in the air, the concert hall swallowed by a waiting darkness. Behind the bar, glasses clinked softly; colored lights from silent ads played across the ceiling. The crowd was a living thing, a dense, buzzing mass of anticipation. At the front, fans pushed against each other, straining for a better view. Without warning, violent red lights slashed through the gloom, and the room filled with the resonant, pounding bass of 'Zarplata'. The band members settled into their places. Concealed behind the heavy curtain, Carla's Dreams rolled the stiffness from his neck and shoulders, his fingers adjusting the equipment as the audience's roar washed over him. Then he stepped forward, the stark white and black of his skull paint glaring under the spotlights, and his voice cut…