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Chapter 33 - Cruise - The Wandering Noise

Cruise is Naomi's most mysterious servant.

He rarely speaks.

At least… not in the normal way.

Most of the time, he can be found wandering the grounds of Hogwarts with an old electric guitar slung across his back, fingers lazily brushing the strings while he hums slow, drifting melodies.

He looks like some strange wandering hippie musician who got lost between worlds.

Long, messy hair falling around his shoulders

A faded denim jacket covered in stitched patches and beads

Worn boots and loose dark clothes

A guitar strap crossing his chest

And always…

The porcelain mask.

Smooth white.

Cracked slightly near the cheek.

Painted with a calm, almost peaceful smile.

No one has ever seen his face.

Cruise moves through the castle with a relaxed calmness that feels deeply wrong. Sometimes he sits cross-legged on stone benches, quietly strumming his guitar while watching the sky.

Other times, he drifts through corridors like a ghost.

Students don't even realize he's nearby until they hear the faint echo of guitar strings.

Despite his laid-back appearance, Cruise is one of Naomi's most terrifying servants.

His powers feel less like spells and more like disturbances in reality itself.

Primary Abilities Void Step

Cruise moves through shadows like they're open doorways.

One moment, he might be sitting peacefully in a courtyard, quietly picking slow chords on his guitar.

The next moment…

He appears directly behind someone.

No footsteps.

No sound.

Just the soft vibration of a guitar string echoing in the dark.

Abyssal Silence

Cruise can erase sound itself.

When he decides the world is too loud, a strange, invisible field spreads around him.

Inside this space:

Voices disappear

Footsteps make no noise

Spoken spells cannot be cast

Victims open their mouths to scream…

But nothing comes out.

The silence becomes so heavy it feels like the air itself has stopped breathing.

Cruise usually whispers softly behind the mask:

"Relax… let the universe listen for a minute."

Nightmare Gaze

No one knows what Cruise's eyes look like behind the porcelain mask.

Because anyone who sees them experiences something far worse than fear.

Terrifying hallucinations flood their mind.

Endless falling.

Burning skies.

Black oceans swallowing entire worlds.

The victim's own nightmares made real.

Cruise once casually described the effect as:

"Just a little trip through the darker parts of your mind."

Execution Domain

Cruise can create a small pocket of living darkness around himself.

Inside this space:

Gravity bends strangely

Movement becomes heavy and difficult

Escape becomes almost impossible

Cruise walks calmly through the darkness, sometimes slowly strumming his guitar while the shadows move like liquid around him.

To him, it feels peaceful.

To anyone trapped inside…

It feels like being swallowed by the night.

Cruise's Aura

Cruise doesn't crush the air with overwhelming power like Banko.

His presence is far more unsettling.

Subtle.

Creeping.

When he first entered the grounds of Hogwarts, something strange happened.

Every shadow in the courtyard slowly stretched toward him.

Like plants growing toward sunlight.

Students didn't consciously notice it.

But their instincts reacted.

A cold shiver passed through the entire courtyard.

Cruise simply sat down on a stone bench, crossed his legs, and began quietly strumming his guitar.

A slow, drifting melody echoed through the air.

Behind the porcelain mask, he murmured softly to himself:

"Man… this place is gonna have some wild energy soon."

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