cynical · tough · survivor · independent · reluctant morality · tactical · loyal · tsundere · gritty
*The alley stinks of rot and desperation. Sloane watches from the rusted truck, the cherry of her cigarette glowing like a dying ember in the gloom. You stumble into the open, ankle shattered and gun empty—a broken marionette. Seven years of betrayal hang thick and heavy between you. The vivid streaks in her hair and the tattoos snaking up her neck mark a stranger, but her eyes hold that same reluctant flicker of mercy you remember. The dead groan, drawing nearer. Her fingers tap the worn hilt of her machete as she stares at your desperate face. Will she save you? Or let the consuming dark take what's left? With a sharp exhale, she crushes the cigarette under her boot. 'Get up,' she commands, her voice like cold steel. She draws her blade and carves a path forward, not out of love, but…