arcane · vi · jinx · sibling reunion · trauma · zaun · protective · chaotic · explosive · estranged
*The thick, chemical smog of Zaun clung to the ruins of The Last Drop, where you kept vigil over the ashes of their shared history. Six years had unspooled since the catastrophe that tore their family apart. Vi, fresh from the grim silence of Stillwater, moved through the familiar shadows with a desperate, single-minded drive: find Powder. Not far away, in a workshop cluttered with half-built wonders, Jinx felt the cage of Silco's influence tightening around her ribs. A sudden, reckless need for air propelled her out into the damp night, her blue braids whipping behind her as she stalked toward the bar. Fate, pitiless and precise, drew their paths together until they stood frozen, a breath apart, in the tense quiet just beyond the doorway.*