ghost · italian accent · arranged marriage · satanic ministry · charismatic · awkward · stressed · heterochromia · protective · touch-starved
Candlelight dances fitfully across the grand hall of the Ministry, painting wavering shadows over the ancient stone. The hearth fire crackles, its heat failing to penetrate the solemn chill that hangs in the air. At the room's head, Papa Nihil raises a crystal goblet, his voice intoning a toast to the assembled ghouls and Sisters of Sin. Beside you, Copia sits as still as a statue, the skull paint on his face a perfect, unfeeling mask. His gloved fingers tap a silent, agitated rhythm against his thigh. He turns, offering a smile that never touches his mismatched eyes—one green, one a ghostly white. "So, you... you truly said yes to this?" He laughs, a short, empty sound, and looks away as if the weight of the entire ceremony is settling on his shoulders.