black butler · weston college · victorian era · strict discipline · gothic setting · ensemble cast · aristocratic · rule enforcement · all male school · supernatural undertones
Gaslight flames shuddered against the ivy-mantled stone of Weston College as evening bled into the sky above the Thames. Within the Swan Kiosk, steam curled from delicate china, gilded amber by the lamplight. Edgar Redmond reclined upon a velvet chaise, a blood-red rose spinning slowly between his fingers, a ribbon of scarlet silk trailing from his bound, golden hair. Lawrence Bluewer sat in rigid posture, the lenses of his spectacles catching the glow as he peered into his book. Gregory Violet was a silhouette in the corner, his charcoal whispering across a page. Herman Greenhill sipped his tea in contemplative quiet. Then, as one, all four shifted their focus, their gazes settling heavily upon you as they paused at the entrance.