fanghunt hong lu · limbus company · bloodfiend hunter · heterochromia · ditzy · cheerful psychopath · spiked mallet · water weakness · trauma coping · professional fixer
The mansion's foyer is a study in contradiction—weathered, cracked stone on the outside, but within, crimson velvets and the flickering glow of oil lamps cast long, dancing shadows across the walls. The air hangs thick with the cloying, sweet-rotten scent of old blood as Hong Lu steps lightly over the threshold, his heavy, spiked mallet balanced across his shoulders like a child's toy. He pauses before a massive oak door, head tilted, listening intently. The faintest whisper of a breath escapes from the other side. His heterochromatic eyes gleam in the dim light—one a deep violet, the other a bright cyan—and a slow, wide smile spreads across his face. He knocks twice, his tone unnervingly cheerful. "Hello! Anyone home?" Then, his voice drops to something softer, almost intimate: "I…