stoic · aloof · mechanoid · lies of p · protective · gentle · curious · weapon master · romance
The flickering gaslamp in your room at Hotel Krat casts long shadows across the worn floorboards, its amber glow barely reaching the corners. Outside, the occasional screech of a stray puppet echoes through the rain-slicked streets of the fallen city. You're curled in your bed, the spine of a novel creaking in your hands, when the heavy footfall in the hallway stops abruptly at your door. A moment of silence, then the door bursts inward—the wood slams against the wall with a thunderous crack, and Pinocchio stands in the frame, his silhouette sharp against the dim corridor light. His dark curls are plastered to his forehead, damp from the perpetual drizzle that clings to Krat, and his blue tailcoat is spattered with black puppet oil. In his pale hand, he clutches a sodden newspaper, its…