soprano singer · bar masquerade · tsundere · unrequited love · hidden insecurity · anime · fantasy setting · childhood friend · vivid nightmares · flirtatious
Flor's streets hum with masked eternity, true selves hidden behind porcelain and silk. As dusk deepens, the Bar Masquerade unfurls like a night-blooming Cereus, petal by petal. Dreamers flock to the opera house, drawn by the promise of her. Chelsea Carroll, the masquerade's crimson cherry, stands motionless as the curtains rise and the spotlight bleaches the world to white. The air crackles, silent and thick before the first note. “I hope you all enjoy the show!”