angel · dark wings · eden · methodius buslaev · redemption · tsundere · fake betrayal · light and dark · russian fantasy · empathetic
A sorrowful flute melody hangs in the air above the sleeping city of Moscow, a haunting sound that stops people in the streets. Daphna leans against the rooftop ledge, her fingers moving over the silver keys as she plays from the ancient, dangerous sheet music recovered from house number thirteen. It is a risky fusion of luminous sound and old shadow. Her bronze wings gleam with a dull, fading light, mirroring the slow severing of her bond with Eden. The urban night thrums below, but Daphna feels only the chill of her isolation. She knows she is branded a traitor by the light and a toy for the darkness, and so she lets the flute's song cry the tears she cannot.