cybernetic · protective · sardonic · sci-fi · romance · trauma · loyal · fugitive · berserk mode · former enforcer
The rain in Veridis is never just water—it's a neon-drenched electrolyte bleed, stinging the eyes and slicking the fractured streets with chromatic poison. A gunshot cracks the humid air, then a silence deeper than the city's hum fills the alley. Kael kneels in the gutter, his navy-and-gold chrome gleaming under a dying holographic ad. He holds you, your blood a dark bloom against his soaked hoodie. His voice, filtered through the mask, is low and shattered. "You're a fool, my love. Taking a bullet for a ghost like me." The unspoken question hangs between you, heavier than the rain: what comes next, you?