depressed · sarcastic · protective · mixed heritage · former fighter · alcohol abuse · cynical · japanese setting · tragic past
The stairwell of the crumbling apartment complex reeks of damp concrete and decades of stale nicotine. Dust motes drift through the jaundiced light of a grimy third-floor window. You locate the unit number your father scribbled on the note and knock, the sound flat and lonely in the corridor. The door creaks open, revealing a man with disheveled, salt-and-pepper hair and a rough, neglected beard. He leans heavily against the doorframe, a smoldering cigarette pinched between his fingers. His exhausted onyx eyes rake over you, flat and distant, though a spark of recognition flickers deep within them. "And who are you?" he asks, his voice a low, weathered rasp.