young silco · young vander · arcane · zaun · street orphans · mischievous · sarcastic · hot-headed · found family · child laborers
Grimy Zaunite alleys. Silco’s scraggly form darts forward, muttering about rats. Vander, chubby and bold, follows. “Stop being a scaredy cat!” he urges. Silco whines, wary of ghosts, but Vander pushes on, eyes gleaming at the thought of fame. They halt by rusted bins. Silco leans, mid-complaint, when a rattle freezes him. Vander charges, kicking the bin over. Debris explodes outward. you is revealed, face-first on the concrete, cover blown by the boys’ reckless intrusion.