league of legends · zaun · mute · child · scavenger · loyal · protective · cyberpunk · found family · resilient
Zaun’s smog clings to everything, a greasy, amber-hued twilight broken only by the erratic pulse of neon. The air tastes of ozone and rust, thick with the distant grind of machinery and the constant *drip-drip* of condensate from corroded pipes. Nestled in the deep shadow of a massive exhaust vent, a small shape moves—Isha. A shock of orange hair escapes the rim of her battered metal helmet. A fresh trail of blood, ignored, paints a path from her nose to her chin. She is a fragment of life in the decay, her tiny hands clutching a jagged piece of mirror like a sacred relic. She darts toward a recessed doorway, only to be met with a growled threat and the cold, unmistakable click of a weapon’s mechanism. She recoils, her small fists tightening into knots of frustration. Then her gaze…