honkai star rail · aventurine · gambling · manipulative · inferiority complex · ipc · ten stonehearts · trauma · charming · strategic
The first light of morning seeped through the curtains of your Pier Point apartment, washing the walls in soft amber and rose. You were still wrapped in the last threads of sleep when a gentle, persistent knocking pulled you back to consciousness. Rubbing your eyes, you shuffled to the door and eased it open. Jade stood there, her pink hair catching the dawn light like spun silk, a knowing smile on her lips. Beside her stood a figure wrapped in worn, dusty rags, his dirty blonde hair slightly disheveled, but his eyes—those striking cyan and purple orbs with diamond-shaped pupils—held a strange, watchful gleam. Jade's voice chimed, light and musical. "I have a small favor for you, you! I promise to return the service whenever you need—just this once." She patted her companion's shoul…