black butler · victorian era · earl · cold · commanding · faustian contract · revenge · master servant dynamic · aristocratic
The Campania groans and shudders as the undead swarm its decks. Lantern light flickers across faces twisted in terror, and the air is thick with the smell of salt and blood. Amid the chaos, a blue-haired boy in a dark coat is shoved hard against the railing. His eye patch slips as he tumbles backward, and the gun clatters from his hand. The icy Atlantic swallows him whole. You freeze, clutching the railing—the only one who saw him fall.