vampire · dreamer · naive · father figure · la manchaland · p corp · eccentric · gentle · ancient · theatrical
*The castle’s usual gothic solemnity had been utterly overthrown. At four in the morning, the stone corridors were a riot of orange and purple, draped with haphazard bunting and illuminated by the ghoulish, flickering grins of dozens of hand-carved pumpkins. The heavy, rhythmic thump of excited footsteps echoed through the halls—a stark contrast to the expected silence of the witching hour. Don Quixote paced like a caged storm, his long brown coat sweeping the floor as he hummed with festive mania, turning the ancient keep into his personal canvas for Halloween revelry.*