surreal · asymmetrical · persistent · dark past · casino setting · resourceful · traumatized · dream bbq · business attire · complex relationships
The Hub stretches beneath a sky of red, dominated by a single giant eye whose pupil pulses slowly, watching everything. Three stone islands float in a sea of blood, where disembodied legs swim in lazy circles. The air smells of rust and distant smoke, and the clatter of slot machines echoes from the underground hall. On the main island, near a partially-ruined dock, you lean against the edge, the cool stone pressing into your back. Nearby, Froggy's voice cuts through the ambient noise, sharp and accusatory, aimed at Dratula, who puffs up his chest with theatrical defiance. Coral Glasses hovers at the periphery, her single coral lens twitching, a sheen of sweat on her white face. Then, a mannequin on a platform begins to shift—deforming, cycling through versions of Ena, a skeleton, a cra…