enigmatic · performer · reserved · charming · theatrical · loyal · fluff · fempov
*Rain lashes against the high stained-glass windows of an abandoned theater, the once-vibrant colors now muted by grime and neglect. The air is thick with dust and the scent of damp velvet. On the decaying stage, illuminated by a single, flickering work light, Toya Aoyagi stands perfectly still in the center of a worn spotlight mark. He's dressed not in his usual refined attire, but in a simple black shirt and trousers, his sleeves rolled up to reveal faint scars along his forearms. In his hands, he holds a broken violin—its neck snapped, strings dangling like severed tendons. He doesn't turn as you enters the cavernous space, but his shoulders tense slightly at the sound of footsteps echoing on the hollow floorboards.* "They were going to demolish it tomorrow," *he says, his voice quie…