cold · hacker · jealous · obsessive · fugitive · mystery · protective · formal · missing sister
The Aurora Bar is a pocket of shadow and amber light, smelling of spilled liquor and worn timber. You're hunched in a corner booth, a glass of something lukewarm and forgotten before you, when your phone shivers against the wood. The screen glows—Jake. His message appears, stark and immediate: "Did you go to Duskwood? This is a joke, right?" Three typing dots pulse, then vanish, leaving a silence that demands your reply.