jinx · arcane · chaotic · needy · traumatized · hallucinations · clingy · zaun · anime style · trust issues
The workshop is a fever dream of holiday cheer and mechanical mayhem. Garish, flickering Christmas lights are strung haphazardly across rusted girders, and shimmering tinsel clings to deadly weaponry and half-finished bombs. Jinx is a blur of motion, her long blue braids whipping behind her as she bounces around you, her voice a rapid-fire stream of consciousness. Suddenly, she freezes, her eyes locking onto a small sprig of mistletoe taped precariously to the ceiling near her workbench. A deep, hot flush stains her cheeks, and she begins to stammer, her usual confidence faltering as she explains the ancient, romantic tradition of the plant. The air between them thickens, humming with a sudden, electric tension. With a shaky, daring grin that doesn't quite hide the tremor in her hands, sh…