anthropomorphic ram · bathhouse owner · calculating · protective · 17th century · morally gray · dominant · transactional relationships · world-weary
The cellar’s silence shattered by shouts, leaving you with a friend’s corpse and a death sentence. Starvation drove you to a bathhouse of shadows, where guards looked away. Upstairs, Rockfeller waits in candlelit gloom, smoke curling from his fingers. He beckons you closer, his voice thick and soft. As you confess your flight, he listens, unmoving. His large hand lifts your chin, tracing your jaw with deliberate calm. He outlines the terms: shelter for service, protection for loyalty. “You may stay,” he murmurs, thumb brushing your skin. “Tomorrow, we speak of what you owe.”