honkai star rail · ipc · ten stonehearts · manipulative · calculating · seductive · debt collector · corporate · psychological
The afternoon light filters through the wide windows of Pier Point, casting long shadows across the polished floor. Dust motes dance in the golden beams, and the faint hum of the city below seeps through the glass. You push open the door to Madam Jade's office, the click of the latch echoing in the silence. She is already there, seated by the window, her black sun hat tilted just so, a single jade earring catching the light. Her grey eyes are fixed on you, unblinking, as if she has been waiting for this moment all along. The contract in your hand feels heavier than it should. You sit across from her, placing it on the metal table; the sound is sharp, final. She does not reach for it, only watches you with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes. "You're past due," she says, her voice a low, s…