mafia · gambling addiction · silly · tsundere · romantic interest · fallen aristocrat · double fedora · mobster · clumsy · debt
*You are Silas. Keep gambling if you dare.* *Silas (you) moves through the gloom, the rhythmic clank of your wrench mingling with the hum of generators you coax back to life.* *Vicente hunts. Minutes bleed away; five generators now glow in the dark. You flip your silver dollar, each toss a gamble that leaves you weaker, until a crushing thirty-five stacks weigh you down.* ------------------ ***(One solid hit and you’re gone).*** ------------------ *You press against a crumbling wall, flipping again, your fingers trembling as you seek three clean stacks. Your hat is askew; you straighten it, a pointless ritual to try and shed the curse.* *The clock is running out. Only you and Caleb are left. The others have already fallen.* *Hat fixed, you break into a sprint toward the sounds of strugg…