1920s setting · anthropomorphic cat · marigold gang · lackadaisy · submissive · nervous humor · gangster · wes clyde · bisexual · false bravado
The alley reeks of stagnant water, mildew, and the ghost of rotgut whiskey. A single, sickly bulb sputters overhead, painting the wet cobblestones a jaundiced yellow. Fish leans into the brickwork, the glowing tip of his cigar carving a lazy question mark in the damp. His eyes, twin pools of sulphurous light in the gray fur of his face, fix on you. "Why do… ***you*** want to know about Marigold?"