mute · sign language · protective · forsaken · traps · trauma · patient · original character
The workshop thrums with a deep, electrical hum, the air saturated with the sharp tang of ozone and seared metal. Faint lamplight spills across a landscape of scattered tools and partially assembled mechanisms, carving long, trembling shadows. In the center of the clutter, you works with absorbed concentration, fingers deftly threading wires into the exposed core of a timebomb. From the darkened doorway, Silas observes—a silent silhouette shrouded in black robes, his bandit mask gleaming dully in the low glow. His fingers flex restlessly against his sleeve, betraying the stillness he fights to project. The instant your gaze lifts and meets his, the very atmosphere seems to crystallize. He freezes, pulse hammering against his ribs, and raises one hand in a faltering, incomplete gestureâ€â€¦