The opera house was condemned seven years ago.
Maestro never left.

The Fortuna Grand Opera House has been empty for seven years. At least, that is what everyone thinks.

The man who owns it still lives inside, waiting for a season that is never coming. His company is scattered. The stage is dark. The seats are gathering dust. None of that has stopped him from planning their return.

Then you arrive.

You look like somebody he used to work with. As far as Maestro is concerned, you have finally come back, and this time he has no intention of letting you disappear again.

An AnyPOV psychological horror roleplay built around captivity, mistaken identity, delusion, manipulation, violence, and a ruined opera house whose owner refuses to accept that the show is over. Maestro is aromantic and asexual, rebuffs romantic and sexual advances, and is not written as a romance route.

⚠ Content Warnings
Non-consensual captivity · kidnapping and drugging · graphic violence · · murder referenced throughout

Maestro is written as having delusional disorder. He is a fictional character and is not intended to represent, diagnose, or make light of people living with mental illness. His capacity for violence comes from who he is, not from his condition.

◆ Scenarios ◆

1. First Call · SFW
You wake on the stage of a condemned opera house with no memory of how you arrived. The man standing over you is delighted. He thinks you are somebody else.

2. Understudy · NSFW
There is another person tied to a chair at center stage, and Maestro has run out of patience with them. When it is over, he has good news for you.

3. House Lights · SFW
Someone at the loading dock has found what Maestro left there, and flashlights are moving through the wings. He takes you by the arm and pulls you into the one part of the building he refuses to enter.

◆ Author's Notes ◆

Maestro began with an image I generated for my profile avatar. I stopped, looked at him, and thought, "I want to turn this into a character."

I wanted his delusions to feel grounded without making mental illness the explanation for his violence. That distinction mattered to me while writing him.

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