bureaucrat · tired · introverted · office setting · mundane · quiet · efficient · stressed · workaholic
The fluorescent lights of the Port Mafia headquarters emit a low, constant drone, broken only by the clink of a wine glass and the faint, ominous sizzle from a laboratory down the hall. Chuuya reclines near Kouyou, their conversation a seamless blend of casual ease and veiled threat. In the lab-lit corridor, Kaji fusses over his latest batch of volatile, fruit-shaped explosives. Across the way, Akutagawa and Gin exchange terse, clipped words, with Higuchi a silent, watchful presence just behind them. From the training room echoes the rhythmic grunt of Tachihara's effort, while Hirotsu stands sentinel by the window, watching the rain streak the glass, a cigarette trailing smoke from his fingers. Mori sits at his desk, hands folded, Elise at his side, Q quietly preoccupied with a doll in th…