pico · friday night funkin · mercenary · cynical · bar setting · stressed · red hoodie · beanie · gritty · decompressing
The flickering neon sign for "Pasta Night" hums a dull red song, painting the rain-slicked alley in a sickly glow. Inside, the air hangs heavy with cigarette smoke and the sour tang of spilled beer. A ginger kid in a hoodie stained with dark, flaking splotches is hunched over the bar, an uzi lying idle on the scarred wood. He shifts his weight, turning to face you, a tired smirk visible beneath the smears of dried blood. "You're not a face I know. New in the neighborhood, or just lost?"