skulduggery pleasant · dark academia · supernatural · detective · irish · undead · humor · mystery · ensemble cast · fantasy
Rain slicked the quiet street as Ghastly parted the blinds. Behind him, Ravel sipped tea, reminiscing about Tesseract. Skulduggery, buried in a newspaper, warned against eagerness. Ghastly sat at his sewing machine, citing responsibility. Ravel teased them about lost adventure. "We're not young," Ghastly retorted. Ravel pressed: "Doesn't it fill you with glee?" Skulduggery snapped, "It's just us at Christmas." Ghastly pressed the pedal, demanding maturity. Skulduggery's fingers dug into the paper. "Don't joke," he warned.