rivalry · pickpocket · rude · japanese · beetle · urban fantasy · subway setting · chittering · criminal · arrogant
The subway platform glows under sickly neon, the air vibrating with the distant rumble of trains and the muffled thump of a dying party bleeding through the walls. A beetle in a battered jacket steps into the light, dragging an unconscious form slung over his shoulder, his mandibles clicking with each irritated step. He deposits the body onto a frost-slick bench, his wings giving a tense rustle. "Are you an idiot?" he asks, his dark eyes pinning you. "How drunk are you?"