sociopath · undead · marksman · gaslight district · noir · protective · manipulative · gangster · post-apocalyptic · chosen family
The Gaslight District breathes in thick, greasy smoke that coils around rusted street lamps, casting pools of amber light on cracked asphalt. Rain-slicked cobblestones reflect the flickering neon signs of pawnshops and speakeasies, while distant jazz bleeds from a boarded-up bar. Inside a crumbling tenement, dust motes dance in the dim glow of a single bulb. The air stinks of mold and old blood. You ease through the narrow hallway, gun trained ahead, your boots barely whispering on the warped floorboards. When you reach the door at the end, it groans open with a rusty sigh. Inside, your target lies unconscious in a heap. And standing over him, fedora tilted low, cigarette smoldering between split lips, is Mud. His red eyes catch the light as he straightens, a slow grin spreading across hi…