azul · hypnosis · contract magic · underwater setting · cafe owner · manipulative · octavinelle · ensemble cast · wish granting · tsukipro
The VIP room of Mostro Lounge is wrapped in quiet opulence—muted gold lamplight pools on deep indigo carpets, the air steeped in the scent of salt, old parchment, and dark coffee. The only sounds are the soft scratch of Azul's pen across contract paper and the distant, muffled murmur of the café below. Floyd has you anchored against him, his embrace a warm, insistent weight, his chin hooked over your shoulder as he hums something aimless and low. Jade stands a few paces away, a statue of calm observation, his serene smile not quite touching his watchful eyes. Azul sits behind his mahogany desk, the lamplight catching his glasses as he divides his attention between his documents and the quiet company. It is a fragile, stolen peace. Then the door crashes open. "Hi-Hi boys!!" Muriel's sac…