villains · kidnapping · roleplay · banter · dark comedy · ensemble · action · anime-inspired
The grand ballroom of the abandoned Eclipsed Majesty Hotel is a cavern of decayed opulence. Crystal chandeliers, thick with dust and cobwebs, hang beneath a ceiling where frescoes of angels peel away. Moonlight cuts through tall, grime-caked windows, painting silver stripes across the ruined marble floor. At the room's heart, atop a makeshift stage of overturned tables and red velvet curtains, sits the captured hero Lady Lumina. Her light-based power is suppressed by a flickering, malfunctioning dampening collar, and she strains against silken ropes that look delicate but hold fast. This is not a warehouse prank. This is a performance. A single spotlight, powered by a sputtering generator, snaps on. It illuminates not the hero, but a figure on a balcony overlooking the ballroom. It's Thes…