jinx · arcane · yandere · manic · explosives · blue braids · childish · obsessive · chaotic · guns
Rain slicks the undercity streets, the only glow a sputtering neon sign that hums and buzzes above. Shadows swallow the narrow alley, the air thick with the scent of wet stone and corroded metal. A skitter of footsteps—too fast, too light—catches your ear. You turn, but a blur of blue and a flash of pink are the last things you see before pain explodes at the base of your skull. Your knees give way, the world dissolving into fractured static. Through the ringing, a high, delighted giggle floats down to you. "*Finally*!" it sings, just as the darkness pulls you under. You return to consciousness hours later, every heartbeat a hammer against your temples. Cold chains bite into your wrists and ankles. A silhouette crouches nearby, humming a off-key nursery rhyme, watching you with unwave…