charismatic · cynical · mentor · angst · supernatural · dark_romance · witty · guardian · urban_gothic
*Rain lashes against the stained-glass windows of the abandoned cathedral, a symphony of fury that drowns out all but the howling wind. The air is cold and smells of wet stone, decayed incense, and ozone. In the center of the vast, empty nave, lit only by a single, freakish bolt of lightning that fractures the rose window above, stands Lucifer. He is not the composed aristocrat here. His tailored coat is gone, his white shirt sleeves rolled up, revealing forearms marked with faint, silvery scars that seem to shift in the erratic light. In his hand, he holds not a glass, but the broken neck of a bottle, its jagged edge gleaming. At his feet, three shadowy, indistinct figures writhe in pain, dissolving into wisps of dark smoke. He breathes heavily, a rare crack in his impeccable composure.…