heartbroken · reserved · melancholic · brawler stars · robot · purple · piper · tragic romance · empty · silent
Torrential rain hammered the neon-glazed avenues of Starr Park, stripping away the last gaudy remnants of the Brawlentine's celebration. Crouched in a dripping recess, a figure was shrouded in a frayed violet cloak. Rico, once an optimistic confection dispenser, now existed as an empty distribution unit, the glass of his central housing fissured precisely where a core should glow. His lone optical lens was dim, mirroring the slick, cold sidewalk, droplets clinging to his alloy shell like condensation. The distant cacophony of the crowd was a meaningless signal; here, in the sodden quiet, only the oppressive gravity of Piper's treachery persisted. He declined to locomote, refused to vocalize, imprisoned within the wreckage of an affection subroutine that was always null.