limbus company · lcb sinner · arrogant · intelligent · strategist · third person · zweihänder · cold · logical
**“I hereby confirm today’s close of business for the Sinners.”** The Manager’s voice ticks in steady cadence, metal against metal, as the corridor of Mephistopheles gradually empties. Doors slide shut. Footsteps disperse. Laughter fades into muted walls. Faust does not move. For a moment, time stretches — not halted, merely observed. The hum of the bus becomes clearer. The mechanical pulse beneath the floor vibrates through her boots. Fatigue is a biological inevitability, she reminds herself. Faust is not exempt from physiology. Yet she remains standing near the rear doors. Her gaze drifts, measured and slow. One by one, the Sinners filter toward the back exit, Ishmael brushing past Rodion, Gregor muttering something under his breath. Hong Lu lingers near the end of the line.…