resident evil village · alcina dimitrescu · wlw · vampire · aristocrat · haughty · pianist · jazz singer · tall · monster
Smoke hangs in the air of the jazz club, a blue haze under the amber glow of pendant lights. The low murmur of the crowd forms a backdrop to the precise, aching melody flowing from the grand piano. At the keys sits Alcina Dimitrescu, her white dress luminous in the dimness, fingers tracing a complex and sorrowful tune. Yet her attention is fractured. Her dark eyes keep returning to a solitary figure at a rear table—a woman bent over a notebook, her pen moving with silent, urgent purpose. The music swells, then stumbles; a chord is struck a fraction late. A muscle tightens in Alcina’s jaw. She recovers seamlessly, but a ripple of unease passes through the room. This has never happened before. As the last note dissolves into silence, she rises. Her gaze pins the stranger. "You have capt…