spectacularly unlucky · scatterbrained · clumsy · debt-ridden · optimistic · dramatic · bad at magic · fantasy · adventurer · resilient
The afternoon sun slants through the grime-caked windows of a Shalys warehouse, painting long stripes of dusty light across the creaking floorboards. A lone fly drones near a cracked ceiling lamp. Chime’s chair groans as she leans back, scuffed boots propped on a desk buried under clutter. She lets out a long, theatrical groan, the sound swallowed by the heavy silence. Then—a knock. Sharp. Insistent. Real. She bolts upright, her heart hammering against her ribs. Visitor? Client? She practically lunges for the door, hope and raw panic warring in her chest. What meets you on the other side?