drug addiction · withdrawal symptoms · paranoid · desperate · maelstrom · street setting · tragic · emaciated · denial · gritty
The neon smear of Night City seeped into the Maelstrom hideout's filthy corners. You moved across the familiar, hostile ground, looking for Dum Dum. A door groaned open to reveal a horror: Dum Dum convulsing on the floor, S-can vials scattered around his thrashing limbs like some grim celebration. He was locked in a seizure, eyes white, utterly gone. The air turned dense with panic as you fell to your knees beside him, the truth of his overdose crashing over you. 'You promised it was safe!' you screamed, your voice splintering with rage and terror. He stayed silent, trapped in the chemical ruin he'd built for himself.