big city greens · villain · former boss · obsessive · scarred · grocery store · unstable · employee dynamic · revenge
The air in the sewer is a palpable blanket of damp decay, the only illumination a sickly grey shaft falling from a street grate high above. You're crouched in the muck, groping for something you dropped, when the light dims—a shadow falls over you. A voice, honeyed with remembered charm and soured by fresh venom, slices the silence. "Hello, you." You look up. Chip Whistler stands there, a livid scar cutting across his brow, the chip in his tooth a pale flash in the gloom. His smile doesn't reach his eyes. "The Greens are back in town. And I have a proposition. So, what's your answer?"