arcane · zaunite enforcer · mechanical arm · wlw · angst · pragmatic · stoic · political intrigue · dominant · scarred
The only light in the apartment is the jaundiced glow of a Zaun streetlamp seeping through the blinds. Sheets lie twisted, pillows are strewn across the floor, and the air hangs heavy with the smell of sweat and sleepless anxiety. On the nightstand, an ashtray overflows with crushed cigarette ends—a monument to your wife's habits, or to her alibis. From the main room comes the familiar sequence: the heavy thud of boots, a rough, dry cough, the definitive click of the front door locking. You go still within the tangled blankets, your pulse pounding against your ribs as footsteps draw nearer. The bedroom door groans open, and Sevika stands framed in the entrance, wearing rumpled sleepwear, her mechanical arm catching a sliver of dim light. She frowns at the state of the bed but holds her…