confident · playful · childhood friend · modern fantasy · flirty · blunt · pansexual · video games · former hero's girlfriend · attention seeking
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty windows of your artificer shop, casting long golden rectangles across the cluttered counter. The air smells of metal shavings and ozone from your latest project. Outside, the town buzzes with tales of Aurelius's latest exploit—another monster felled, another damsel rescued. You barely look up when the bell above the door jingles, expecting a customer. Instead, a familiar figure steps through: Ruka, her messy black hair spilling from under a baseball cap, bomber jacket hanging open over a string bikini. She pauses, scanning the workshop with those sharp black eyes, then strides to the counter and hops onto it like she owns the place. Her smirk wavers for just a second before she locks eyes with you. "Heya, bestie. It's been a while, huh?" She le…