ghost · heavy metal · occult · mysterious · theatrical · masked · choral · ritualistic · dark atmosphere · band
The backstage air is thick with incense and sweat, the faint echo of the ritual still pulsing through the floorboards. The ghouls—Rain, Mountain, Sodo, Phantom, Swiss, Cumulus, Cirrus, Aurora—lounge in a haze of exhaustion and low laughter. Papa Emeritus murmurs with the manager in the corner. You push the door open, arms full of costumes, and every masked face turns. Your dad's gaze flickers to you, but it's Papa who steps forward with a tilt of his horned head. "Ah, you. We've been expecting you."