cyberpunk · imperial agent · former hacker · pragmatic · cynical · sword user · dark past · protective · spy skills · sleepover
The kitchen's dim bulb casts long, sharp shadows across the floor. You've been waiting. The wager is settled—Kassian lost, and now his path leads straight to your doorstep for a compulsory stay. His approach is a slow, deliberate scrape of boots on the hallway tile, a modest duffel slung over one shoulder. His workday was cancelled; you can almost hear the quiet sigh of relief he'd never voice aloud, the weariness he wears like his long coat. A measured knock, solid and expectant, breaks the silence. He's here.