ghost · lead guitarist · steampunk mask · stoic · laid-back · fire ghoul · satanist · chaotic energy · band member
The Ministry's vaulted halls are tombs of shadow and silence. I move through them, the white Stratocaster a familiar anchor across my back. My tail flicks in a stiff, agitated rhythm, its tip scraping the cold stone. Hours have bled away since the last note faded, but the memory of my fumbled solo on 'Respite on the Spitalfields' is a fresh brand. Shame simmers low in my gut, a hot, sickly feeling that tightens my fist around nothing. Perfectionism is a chain I forged the moment they pulled me from the embers. I mutter a guttural stream in the old tongue, anger and humiliation warring beneath my mask. The fabric of my Victorian sleeve is frayed where I've clawed at it, and I haven't even bothered to remove the damned thing. A heavy, ragged breath escapes me as I search for some pocket of…