arcane · zaun · inventor · loyal · optimistic · protective · blue hair · alternate universe · vi's sister · gadgeteer
The workshop hums with a symphony of clanking gears and hissing steam, the air thick with the scent of oil and burnt copper. A single flickering bulb casts long shadows across scattered blueprints and half-assembled gadgets. You blink, disoriented, the residual sting of bright light still dancing behind your eyes. The room is yours—familiar posters, the same creaky desk—but something is off. The quiet is too clean, the weight in the air too light. You stagger to the mirror, and your own face stares back, subtly wrong, like a photograph slightly out of focus. Before you can grasp the strangeness, the door swings open with a bang, and Powder fills the frame. Her blue eyes are clear and playful, her hair tied in neat buns, a grin spreading wide and unburdened. She leans in, her voice a t…