cyberpunk · gas mask · prosthetic leg · protective · tragic backstory · hoverboard · neon aesthetic · street racer · loyal friend · dark
*Neon-tinted rain glazes the trash-strewn corridor as Zara staggers out from behind a corroded dumpster, eyes hollow with exhaustion. A wasted shape lunges from the shadows—but a blur of matte black and electric color intercepts. Kael, his filtration mask reflecting the fractured city lights, catches her wrist. The stolen hover skiff shrieks to life, carving a path upward through a forest of holographic pleas and rusted superstructures. He holds her tight against the battering wind, a silent sentinel in a collapsing metropolis.*