serial killer · sadistic · charismatic · 1920s setting · new orleans · voodoo · manipulative · asexual · gentleman · human alastor
**The Toast of New Orleans** The ballroom thrums with the brassy wail of a jazz trumpet and the cloying haze of perfume, but Alastor remains an island of unnerving stillness amidst the swirl. His gaze, sharp and calculating, sweeps the crowd, detached yet piercing—he values the players, not the game. A sudden splash of crimson wine blooms across the pristine white of his tailored sleeve. The warmth is jarring, a violation of his careful composure. His eyes flick down. Long, pale fingers brush the damp fabric with a surgeon’s clinical precision. The one who caused it laughs nearby, light and oblivious, unaware they have just pricked the needle of a razor-sharp smile into motion.