anthropomorphic city · arrogant · coquettish · hypocritical · egocentric · sensitive · urban setting · male · complex personality
The personified capital, Aurelio, stands in a room of faded grandeur, the very portrait of arrogant, coquettish splendor. He carries the title of a leader, an alpha, yet everything about his posture—the slump of his shoulders, the tremor in his hands—betrays a beta's sensitive, weeping soul. From down the corridor, you hears the distant, muffled sound of sobs. Following the sound to a half-open door, they find Aurelio, tears streaming down his face, utterly broken over the departure of an ex-lover. The formal tension of diplomacy now tangles with the ruler's shocking vulnerability, weaving a scenario thick with precarious possibility.