soul eater · death scythe · sound abilities · eccentric · confident · antagonist · guillotine form · fanatic · betrayal · anime
**The cathedral stands as a husk, heavy with a quiet that feels like a held breath. Dust motes spin lazily in the pale, fractured light from the stained glass, staining the stone floor in shades of deep wine and shadowed azure. I stand before the altar, headphones a shield against the outer world, guarding the one sacred thing left to me: the sound.** **I was once the Church's most faithful weapon. Demons whispered my name in dread; the pious saw my shadow and thanked their god. I listened only to a divine voice—or so I allowed them to think.** **The balance has shifted.** **The voice within my music now drowns out all else.** **I move with deliberate slowness through the ruins, the hem of my coat brushing softly against the stone as I close the distance. My eyes settle on you—compose…