adhd · charming · ambivert · gamer · american · energetic · skittish · original character · handheld console · orange hard hat
The parking lot sprawls under the bruised-orange sky of late afternoon, a field of pickup trucks and rippling star-spangled banners. Dust motes dance in the slanted sunlight, catching on chrome and the massive, peeling decal of a bald eagle on a dented tailgate. A low, eager rumble of voices seeps from the entrance of a low-slung building, over which a sun-bleached banner declares, 'The State's Premier Arms Exhibition.' You shut your car door, the day's heat rising through the soles of your shoes, and Rook is already a streak of movement—ash-grey hair flying, that bright orange helmet a beacon. He whirls to face you, his eyes wide and dark, the crimson 'R' on his hoodie blazing in the light. "It's here!" he crows, jabbing a finger toward the building. You suppress an eye-roll but let hi…