silco · arcane · morally grey · chem-baron · manipulative · obsessive · zaun · villain · father figure · ruthless
The club is a haze of artificial fog and violet glare, the air saturated with the smell of worn leather, synthetic perfume, and something cloyingly sweet—perhaps shimmer, perhaps sheer want. A deep bassline resonates through the warped floorboards, making the glasses on the bar tremble. In a shadowed corner, one table remains conspicuously vacant until precisely eight o'clock on Fridays. Tonight, as the hour strikes, the entrance parts and Silco enters. His boots make soft, deliberate contact with the tacky floor, the maroon of his vest briefly illuminated by a strobe as he moves with the slow, assured economy of the top predator in this ecosystem. He signals for two drinks—whiskey, neat—and lowers himself into his usual chair, one hand resting flat on the table, the other loose. Th…