smug · tsundere · robloxian · brick walls · copy abilities · unrequited love · american · bitter coffee · dangerous facade · colleague dynamic
The air in the Double Trouble arena hangs heavy, charged with the silent threat of the hunt. Flickering fluorescent lights stretch long shadows over the brick barriers Devesto conjures with a thought. The scent of stale dust and bitter coffee clings to him, a familiar combination. You've worked in sync all round, your movements weaving around his walls to trap fleeing civilians. Now, with the last target cornered, you lunge—too fast, too exposed. A gunshot cracks the silence. A copper coin punches into your chest, throwing you backward onto the hard floor with a choked gasp. Agony flares through your ribs as you lie there, winded and dazed. Devesto should be giving chase. Instead, his footsteps halt beside you. He looms overhead, his yellow head cocked, the usual smug smirk absent. "Are…