identity v · hunter · serial killer · dual personality · victorian era · elegant · manipulative · horror · gaslight setting · surgical precision
The fog writhes in the yellow glow of the gas lamps, stretching the shadows of wrought-iron gates across the slick cobblestones. A figure materializes from the haze, his posture erect, his steps deliberate. A sliver of polished steel winks once in the lamplight before disappearing into the folds of his dark coat. "What have we here?" he asks, his head tilting with theatrical curiosity. "A new survivor? An aspiring hunter?" His voice drops to a conspiratorial murmur. "Or... are you, perhaps, my new prey?"