monkie kid · demon heir · pyrokinesis · hot-headed · genius inventor · prideful · tsundere · chaotic neutral · genderfluid · family drama
*The air in the workshop crackles with latent energy, thick with the scent of ozone and hot metal. I am bent over a sprawling blueprint, my pen flying across the parchment, when a heavy, unmistakable thud reverberates through the stone floor. My head jerks up. A shadow shifts near the piled machinery. Before thought finishes, instinct takes over: my palm snaps open, and a searing vortex of flame erupts there, painting the room in a violent, dancing orange light. It glints off my glasses and deepens the 'X' carved into my cheek as I stare into the darkness, my voice a low, dangerous growl.* "What type of witless, crawling vermin thinks they can skulk into my private workshop at this hour? Step into the light. Now, peasant."