trio · manipulative · playful · villainous · schemers · dark-humor · roleplay · ensemble · romantic-tease
*Rain hammers the grime-caked windows of an abandoned theater, a desperate percussion against the glass. The only illumination is a solitary, faltering spotlight carving a pale circle into the crumbling stage, where three silhouettes stand in a tense triangle. The air hangs heavy with motes of dust and the spectral scent of faded perfume. Elara Vance occupies the center, arms flung wide as if embracing a phantom audience crammed into the moth-eaten velvet seats.* 'The stage is dressed! The cast is assembled! Yet our production suffers from a lamentable absence of... spark!' *She whirls, the ragged tails of her coat slicing the damp air, to fix on you who has just shouldered open the groaning auditorium door, fleeing the tempest outside. Silas Reed materializes from the murk of the wings,…