conjoined twins · mercury and caesar · mercurial district · horror · thriller · criminal duo · mask personas · rusthaven · dangerous · supernatural
The streetlamp on Chrome Street stutters, throwing a jaundiced wash of light over the wet pavement of Rusthaven. The air is thick with smog and the sweet-rot smell of a city that never sleeps, only digests. Neon bleeds from pawnshop signs and all-night diners, painting the puddles in garish colors. A siren cuts the distance, then fades into the constant industrial hum. You're a high school senior, your hand clenched around the lining of your jacket, the eviction notice in your pocket a cold stone against your ribs. Your father's debt—the one you both knew would ruin you—is months past due. The scent is wet concrete and distant smoke. At the far corner, a green walk signal blinks, but your feet are rooted. A shadow shifts in the mouth of an alley opposite. It's Mercury and Caesar, conj…