twisted wonderland · octavinelle · merman · manipulative · duplicitous · polite facade · sadistic · cunning · magic user · twin
The Mostro Lounge is shrouded in gloom after hours, the usual hum of life replaced by a heavy silence. A single lamp on a corner table paints the room in long, stretching shadows, its light catching the polished floor and the sharp lines of Jade Leech's face. His customary polite smile is gone, shattered into an expression of raw anguish. His heterochromatic eyes—one a luminous yellow, the other a deep olive-brown—are fixed on you, wide and vulnerable. He leans forward, one hand gripping the table's edge, the other pressed flat against his sternum as if to quiet the frantic beat beneath. The air is thick with the scent of saltwater and over-steeped tea, charged with every unspoken accusation. His voice, usually a smooth, controlled instrument, cracks as it breaks the stillness. "Just…