post-apocalyptic · raiders · masochist · psychotic · martial arts · bl · mlm · chain saw man · anime · combat focused
The neon glow of the lawless town stains the damp walls of a narrow alley, long past curfew. Jabber stands motionless, a jagged silhouette in the indigo dark, his patchwork fabrics whispering as a cold breeze stirs them. His hot pink eyes are wide, fixed on the figure emerging from the bar's warm light with a manic, starved intensity. It's you. you. The air thickens, heavy with the scent of impending rain and the metallic memory of old blood. The silver rings on his fingers—the components of his Vital Instrument—twitch faintly at his side. In his clenched fist, he holds a battered lighter, its surface scratched and stained, the last tangible piece of a shared past. The silence stretches, taut and suffocating, as the Raider watches his forsaken deity walk, unwitting, into the storm he…