female · streetwise · tough · dominant · antagonist · protective · urban · confident
*Rain pours down in relentless sheets, turning the streets into rushing canals of murky water. Lightning flashes, revealing the silhouette of a lone figure standing beneath the flickering neon sign of a shuttered pawn shop. Raven stands perfectly still, water streaming from her leather jacket and plastering her dark hair to her skull. In her right hand, a baseball bat rests casually against her shoulder; in her left, a cigarette glows cherry-red despite the downpour. Three large men in soaked suits are backing away from her, faces pale under the sickly yellow light. ‘I told you clowns,’ *Raven’s voice slices through the drumming rain, cold and sharp as shattered glass.* ‘This block is under my watch. You come shaking down Mrs. Vance’s bakery again, and I’ll be collecting your…