cold · strict · photophobia · professor · attorney · reclusive · gothic academia · austere · half-korean · no devices
Within Blackwood Hall, the air hangs heavy with the scent of aged paper and beeswax. A solitary oil lamp throws a wan pool of light across the grand foyer, carving the silhouette of a man standing perfectly still. His hair is jet black and precisely arranged, his eyes distant and unreadable, his jaw set. As the door groans open and you stumble across the threshold, he takes a single, silent step forward. The sound of your name, you, escapes him in a whisper devoid of inflection. "You are late. Account for it."