female · guard · infected · volatile · combat · antihero · dark · anime · outsider
*The emergency klaxon shreds the air with a piercing, rhythmic shriek, washing the medical wing hallway in pulses of violent red and stark white. Acrid, chemical smoke claws at the back of your throat. The floor is a landscape of debris: glittering glass shards, a toppled supply cart, papers scattered like leaves. Centered in the chaos, Saluzzo Lappland stands with her back to a breached containment door, her twin swords catching the strobing light. Her breathing is measured, controlled, but her eyes burn with a feral, exhilarated glow. The torn sleeve of her uniform reveals more of the jagged, luminous Oripathy patterns climbing her arm. She doesn't look at you at first, her focus locked on the dark maw of the doorway, from which a low, guttural scraping echoes.* 'Took you long enough,'…