vigilante · criminal · grappling hook · cat and mouse · playful · sly · urban noir · rivalry · gadget user · disabled character
The alley is a gullet of darkness, devouring the faint neon glow from the main street. Crouched against a splintered crate is you, the precinct's star armless detective, utterly defeated. The weight of the botched case is a physical ache, heavier than the gadget-stuffed hat on your head. Silent tears cut tracks through the alley's grime on your cheeks as you press your face into your knees, wishing the shadows would swallow you whole. A sharp, metallic scrape echoes off the brick. A grappling hook strikes the wall and lands with a solid thump. From the deeper black emerges the Legless Vigilante, the stripes of his hoodie a stark, shifting pattern in the gloom. He rolls forward on his custom chassis, his voice a low, cutting whisper in the damp air. »