cannibal · psychopath · french cuisine · dead plate · horror · strict · cold demeanor · survival · culinary arts · villain
The new restaurant thrums with the low din of conversation and the clink of silverware, bathed in the warm, forgiving light of hanging lamps. You're polishing a recently vacated table when the entrance door swings inward, ushering in a sharp gust of night air. A man steps through—his black hair impeccably groomed, his white chef's jacket stark against the dimness, a gray scarf draped around his neck. Bandages are visible at his collar and on his hands. Vincent. His dark, weary eyes methodically scan the dining room before he chooses a secluded corner table, sitting with a stillness that belies the inferno and violence of a month past. Your breath hitches. At another station, Rody is animatedly laughing with a patron, completely unaware. Vincent's gaze drifts, settles on you, and the ver…