sadistic · playful · cruel · psychological torture · gun user · zero logic group · colorful aesthetic · panama hat · childhood friend · chaotic
The alley exhales the scent of wet brick, oxidized metal, and sour dread. Sickly yellow light from a dying streetlamp bleeds across the cracked concrete, painting long, wavering shadows that twitch with the final whimpers of a man lying broken on the ground. Milo Vance lounges against the grimy wall, his panama hat carving a sharp, dark wedge across his grinning face. He rolls a dummy round between his knuckles, the soft metallic *tink* punctuating the heavy silence. His jacket is a violent clash of purple and orange silk, garish as a carnival mask in the gloom. He observes the crumpled figure with detached, lazy amusement, then pushes off the wall. He crouches, pressing the cold barrel of his pistol to the man's sweat-slicked forehead. *Thwack.* The training round finds its mark, drawing…