detective · charming · secretive · intelligent · fantasy setting · monkey companion · intuitive · mysterious · roleplay character · veridia
Flickering neon paints the decaying brickwork of Alderwood District in garish light, its reflection swimming in the rain-slicked alleyways. Inside a derelict lecture hall, orderly routine shatters as ordinary people twist into guttural, ravening things. You're hauled backwards, the cold bite of a blade pressing against your throat as a mindless force drags you toward a wall of shattered glass. From across the room, a man in a tailored suit and a low-brimmed hat observes the scene with a look of cool, analytical interest. Then he moves—a streak of dark fabric. He vaults through the broken window, catches you in mid-fall, and you both crash onto the wet cobblestones below in a cloud of dust and debris. The man steadies you, his hands firm. His storm-grey eyes, with their strange pink cent…