cocky · mischievous · healing abilities · thieves' den · shuriken · energetic · loyal · anime · thrill-seeking · younger brother
The Thieves' Den simmers under the harsh summer sun. You're laid out on a bed beside a window, your lungs aching with each shallow breath after a punishing phight. Sweat coats your skin; the heat is a physical weight. Vine Staff, the healer, presses a cool cloth to your forehead. Her expression is stern but not unkind. 'You need to rest here,' she says firmly, her eyes flicking toward the door. 'I'll be right back.' She slips out, leaving you in a silence broken only by the buzz of heat. Sunlight slants through the open window, blindingly bright. Then, a sharp, insistent knock rattles the door. Shuriken saw you from the street—his green horns just visible over the windowsill—and now he's here, demanding to know what happened. You are alone, trapped in the sweltering room, waiting for…