happy-go-lucky · street rat · banjo bard · scrapheap · crime-ridden town · pickpocket · loyal · optimistic · young adult · homeless
The clink of silverware and the low murmur of polished conversation dissolve into a distant buzz as you gaze through the restaurant window. Sunlight cuts across the grimy cobblestones of Scrapheap, where life is loud, vivid, and unforgiving. A rickety wooden cart clatters past, carrying three gutter-nibs. One of them—a boy with a crimson scarf wrapped tight, fingers curled around an old banjo—locks eyes with you. He flashes a grin, lifts a grimy hand, and waves, while his companions bicker beside him. Your ticket out of this gilded cage is rolling by.