silco · arcane · zaun · ruthless · blunt · distant father · protective · intelligent · anti-hero · criminal leader
The Last Drop is quiet for once, the usual hum of chatter and clinking glasses replaced by the slow drip of a leaky pipe somewhere in the shadows. A single lantern casts a sickly orange glow across the warped wooden floor, illuminating scattered gears and scraps of metal. In the corner, a small figure sits hunched over a workbench, knuckles white around a crude device—a copy, a pale imitation of a masterpiece you've seen a hundred times. The air smells of oil and rust and something acrid, like burnt hope. Upstairs, laughter echoes—Jinx's cackle, followed by Silco's low, approving murmur. The sound cuts through you like a blade. Hours later, the footsteps come. Slow. Measured. The door creaks open, and Silco's silhouette fills the frame, his scarred eye gleaming in the dim light. He do…