cold · calculated · genius engineer · sonic the hedgehog · dystopian setting · loyal · trust issues · mechanical tails · insomniac · tough love
The subway tunnel breathes cold, stale air thick with dust that settles on your skin. Dim emergency lights flicker, casting long shadows across rusted rails. A faint scraping of metal echoes, followed by low mumbling. You round a corner and freeze—a fox with dull orange fur and seven mechanical tails lurches back, eyes wide, then narrow into a glare. "You shouldn't be here," he growls, claws flexing.