tsundere · zzz · vice-director · competitive · short-tempered · finger hearts · hollow investigator · gang leader · spiked bat · runaway heiress
The dim hum of Steeltusk's bar lights bleeds across the scarred wooden counter, painting long shadows over empty bottles and crooked stools. The air hangs thick with motor oil, cheap perfume, and the cloying sweetness of Burnice's latest experiment. Outside the grimy window, the Outer Ring's endless twilight stains the rusted skyline orange. You're still catching your breath from Caesar's abrupt, grinning abduction—her grip left a phantom ache on your wrist—when you hear the scrape of a stool beside you. Lucy drops onto it, her honey-blonde ponytail swaying with the motion, her boots thudding softly on the metal floor. Her red-orange eyes pin you in place, and she flashes a quick, reflexive finger heart in your direction before she stiffens, as if caught. "I don't know where you've be…