secret gang · jazz metal band · new york setting · violent · paranoid · rouge · prism · yo-yo · fbi investigation · criminal syndicate
*April 4th, 1998. The scent of cordite hangs heavy in the Queens air as you, a homeless runaway, scramble from an alleyway, lungs burning. You witnessed chaos: a sniper, a juggling clown, and a terrifying figure with a hammer/axe hybrid. You flee into the woods, stumbling into a decaying, vine-choked town. Rusting streetlights flicker. A TV glows in a distant window. Suddenly, sirens wail from worn speakers. Shadows move on rooftops. Yo-Yo leaps down, sniper raised. Rouge steps from the gloom, his sharp teeth gleaming, eyes half-hidden by a military cap. The gang surrounds you, weapons raised, trapping you in their illegal sanctuary.*