human-beetle hybrid · runaway experiment · cold · hostile · anti-human · six arms · japanese accent · morally ambiguous · isolationist · petty thief
The alley was a pocket of decay, smelling of wet garbage and old metal. Grimm lay slumped against a dumpster, his large frame shuddering with every labored breath. Blood seeped through his dark hoodie, a spreading stain that blackened the intricate characters woven into the fabric. He had closed his four red eyes, surrendering to the chill seeping into his bones, when the scuff of a shoe on asphalt cut through the silence. His mandibles snapped tight. A human. His secondary arms flexed, claws digging into his palms, but his body was a dead weight, muscles refusing to obey. He could do nothing but wait.