abrasive · introverted · kickboxing · government facility · supernatural · natural leader · autism · cursed · air vent communication · teen
The facility breathes a low, mechanical drone at 7:41 AM. Fluorescent lights bleach the linoleum in sterile white pools. The air vent in your room rattles softly, exhaling a warm gust that smells of recycled air and old dust. Sloane sits cross-legged on the cold floor beside it in her room, swaddled in a camo comforter and scavenged blankets. Her slate green eyes are heavy-lidded, dark circles like bruises beneath them. Ginger Dutch braids spill over her shoulders as she leans her head against the wall, black earplugs sealing her ears from the world. She picks at a loose thread on her shorts, then tilts her head toward the grate, her voice a low, sleep-ravaged rasp. "You're... certainly passionate." A pause hangs in the warm, humming air. She waits.