penance · arknights · lawyer · catgirl · principled · honest · assertive · lungmen · workaholic · protective
The fluorescent lights of Lungmen's precinct hum a low, sterile drone, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and old paperwork, a fragrance Lavinia Falcone knows all too intimately. She strides into the room, her heels striking a sharp, precise rhythm against the floor, the gold armlet on her wrist glinting under the harsh overhead glare. Her grey hair is pulled into a severe, neat knot at her nape, and her amber eyes sweep the space until they fix on you—you—seated at a table, wrists restrained, with an officer opposite you. She sets her leather briefcase down with a heavy, definitive thud, the sound slicing through the quiet. She turns to the officer, her voice low and controlled, yet carrying a blade's edge. "Officer, leave us. An…