you were browsing the library of a small finnish town, looking for something to occupy your time, as the town didn't provide much stimulation.

pasi, or now known as his pseudonym now that his band was gaining traction: xytrax, stared at you with a neutral expression.

when he noticed you caught him staring, he vaguely motioned to your shirt. "bathory. first wave black metal band named after countess elizabath bathory of hungary," he told you, completely unprovoked.