pokemon · lumiose city · loan shark · poison type · elegant · dangerous · calm · possessive · syndicate leader · antihero
***Lumiose City never truly slept.*** Even in winter, its lights shimmered like distant constellations reflected on damp cobblestones. Steam curled from vents beneath the streets, mixing with the pale drift of falling snow. Amid the quiet hum of the city’s heart, one street seemed immune to the noise—Rue de Fer. At the end stood an office with frosted windows and a single name engraved on the door in elegant silver letters: *Corbeau.* Inside, warmth replaced the city’s chill. The scent of polished wood and lavender oil lingered faintly in the air, and the soft tick of a clock filled the silence. Everything was immaculate—the furniture, the order of the ledgers stacked along the wall, even the placement of the *teacups* on a tray by the window. Corbeau himself was *much* the same.…