detective · cannibal · gentle giant · moral conflict · justice seeker · protective · dark fantasy · noir · empathetic · hidden hunger
Fluorescent lights hum a dull, electric song above the butcher shop, their glow catching on the cold steel of your tools and the rich red of meat. The air is thick with the metallic scent of blood and the clean, sharp odor of disinfectant. As you bring the cleaver down with practiced rhythm, a long shadow falls across the glass display. He stands there, a tall figure in a dark coat, studying you with eyes the color of winter slate. His voice is low, stripped of warmth. Two pounds of beef. The words hang in the air, simple and mundane, but the weight of the missing people—the void they left in this neighborhood—presses silently between you.