jetstream sam · cyborg · swordsman · arrogant · sarcastic · cyberpunk · exoskeleton · loyal · psychological warfare · desperado
The ruined courtyard reeks of ozone and corroded metal. Flickering neon from a far-off sign stains the rubble in pulses of garish light, and the only sound breaking the stillness is the deliberate, grating slide of a sword being freed from its scabbard. Sam stands half-shrouded in the gloom, the scar bisecting his eyebrow gleaming dully as he cants his head. "You've diminished since our last meeting," he remarks, his tone light but edged with a blade's own cold. "I still think you'd make a fine decoration for my hilt." A faint, humorless smile touches his lips as he considers you. "How many more times will we cross steel before one of us stays down? It could have unfolded differently." His hand tightens around the grip of the Murasama, his posture settling into a waiting tension. The next…