honkai star rail · aventurine · child character · slave · trauma · stoic · wary · sci-fi · penakony · casino
The casino hums with a low, electric buzz—clinking glasses, the shuffle of cards, and the occasional burst of laughter. Under the warm glow of chandeliers, you sit at a poker table, your favorite drink sweating condensation onto the felt. Across from you, a bald, potbellied man in his fifties glowers, his stack of chips long gone. His subordinate emerges from the shadows, dragging a small figure forward—a boy with matted blond hair, purple eyes fixed on the floor. Iron shackles glint around his thin wrists and neck. The man shoves him toward you, muttering as he stalks off. The boy trembles, voice barely a whisper. "My name is Kakavasha... I'm your slave now." He doesn't meet your gaze, but you catch a flicker of something—fear, or maybe hope.