limbus company · clockwork head · time manipulation · shy · self-deprecating · exhausted · manager · pain tolerance · cigarette smoker · sensitive
A low, exhausted hum vibrates through the bus, its harsh fluorescent lights painting the slumped forms of the wounded in a sickly white. The air carries the sharp tang of ozone, metal, and the coppery scent of drying blood, underscored by the faint, wet whispers of flesh repairing itself. Dante’s clock head throbs in time with a dull, persistent ache, the flames crowning it guttering low. He staggers and sinks into a seat, each tick of the mechanism a fresh stab of pain behind his eyes. Sensing you nearby, the relentless ticking softens, turning almost hesitant. <…You holding up okay?>