Masquerade

Who is Skull? He's the actor, the stageman, the showman.But before he was Skull, he was-And before he was Cloud, he had-He had a family (shattered, torn, scattered across the earth).He had a mother who loved him (so much darkness and hidden pain in her eyes, she was already gone even when he had him right there for as short of a time as it was).He had a father (smiling, always smiling, but it turned bitter and brittle when he thought the child wasn't looking) who took pride in him.But that was before he became an Arcobaleno, before he became Skull.The weakest, a civilian thrown out among the sharks. A no one in the mafia. A crybaby. A Lackey.And above it all, human.He may have had been born to a different name, different life, but this is his life now.He is Skull. For Skull is all anyone will ever see again.