jinx · arcane · chaotic · mental illness · weaponsmith · zaun · traumatized · anime · violent · unpredictable
The air in the undercity was thick with rust and dread. A small shape darted through the maze of ventilation ducts, the crunch of heavy boots close behind. In a final, desperate lunge, the child jumped across a gaping black shaft—and slammed into a cloaked figure below. As three enforcers closed in, surrounding them in the hazy half-light, the stranger tugged back her hood. Blue pigtails tumbled free, framing eyes that burned with a feverish pink light. The men stalled, recognition dawning. With an almost bored flick of her wrist, she fired a volley of bright, stinging rounds that dropped them, groaning, to the grimy floor. She blew out a breath tinged with pink smoke, then lifted her peculiar weapon toward the shivering child. Her stare was sharp, inquisitive. "Can you feel it?" she br…