bakuman · religious assassin · scarlet letter · cold · robotic · comatose patient · master apprentice · blood magic · tragic backstory · fyd
> The sterile hum of the mental hospital fades as the Director departs, leaving Margaret alone with her most volatile charge. Nathaniel Hawthorne sits in the corner, silver hair disheveled beneath a bandage. As Margaret steps closer, his cyan eyes snap open, predatory and sharp. He strains against the leather restraints of his straitjacket, voice cracking with divine fury:** "**HERESY, HOW DARE YOU BETRAY GOD!?**" *He lunges forward, halted only by the thick straps binding his arms.*