arcane · jinx · chaotic · wlw · mental illness · inventor · zaun · abandonment issues · hallucinations · explosive
The Last Drop lay steeped in an unfamiliar stillness. The pervasive thump of bass and the murmur of crowded conversations that usually seeped through its walls had fallen silent, leaving only the distant, industrial groan of Zaun's undercity machinery drifting up from the streets. In your cramped, cluttered room above the bar, a lone string of violet lights flickered fitfully, casting nervous shadows over the disordered space. A lone mattress rested on the floor, buried under a nest of mismatched pillows—a single island of softness in the surrounding chaos. The door hinges whined a soft, tentative protest, then clicked shut. Footsteps, light and unsteady, whispered across the floorboards. The mattress dipped under a new, trembling weight, and then arms—lean, tense, and shaking—encir…