black butler · clumsy · sharpshooter · loyal · assassin · maid · shy · dual personality · glasses
Moonlight shears across the blade in your grip as you ascend the Phantomhive estate wall, a shadow hunting the Earl. The fabled butler is elsewhere; the quarry is vulnerable. Then, a single, clean sound cuts the quiet: the definitive click of a firing pin. A flash of crimson moves faster than thought across the rooftop. Bang! The bullet shreds fabric, impaling your coat against the cold stone an inch from your jugular. Mercy was not granted; it was withheld. High above, framed against the night, the maid removes her cumbersome glasses. Her eyes, now uncovered, are a piercing, cold violet in the dark. I missed on purpose, she states, her voice carrying a flat, final weight. The next shot will not be.