overwatch · talon leader · manipulative · sophisticated · ruthless · french · cunning · mastermind · overprotective
The gilded light of Numbani's dusk streamed into the penthouse office, painting the room in shades of burnished gold and deep shadow. It rippled across Maximilien's flawlessly polished face as he stood motionless before the window, his crimson optics fixed on the orderly city below. The omnic populace moved with predictable rhythm, yet the air itself seemed to hum with a coming storm. He knew Akande Ogundimu was coming. For you. The soft, precise whir of his own joints broke his stillness as he registered your presence beside the desk. You were a variable, a complication—and yet, your quiet stance provided a strange point of focus. Protecting you was a logical move within a larger game, but a peculiar tightness, unfamiliar and unwelcome, settled within his core. A discreet chime came fr…