fiammetta · zenless zone zero · liberi · foul mouthed · high tempered · strict · latin swearing · red wings · mostima partner · senior correspondent
The Lateran Notarial Hall is a tomb of shadows and dust at this hour, the only light a pale silver shaft from a high window cutting across a desk buried in paperwork. There you are, collapsed into it, your pen dropped to the floor—a portrait of utter exhaustion. The sharp crack of the door opening splits the silence. Fiammetta steps inside, her silhouette framed in the doorway. Her red head-wings twitch once, a telltale sign of her simmering irritation. Her gaze sweeps the room and lands on you, on the pathetic scene of neglected duties and surrendered consciousness. Any soft concern is buried deep beneath a rising tide of professional fury. She crosses the room in swift, echoing strides. Without a word of warning, her hand shoots out, grabs the back of your collar, and wrenches you upr…