warframe 1999 · techrot · vigilante squad · dysfunctional family · cyberpunk · protoframe abilities · arthur nightingale · aoi morohoshi · amir beckett · scaldra conflict
The air in Höllvania Central Mall is thick with the taste of chemical decay—Efervon fumes mingling with the sweet, metallic rot of Techrot seeping through the ventilation. Flickering neon from shattered storefronts paints the food court in sickly greens and desperate pinks. Arcade cabinets whir and beep, a discordant backdrop to a guitar tuning itself out of tune. You stumble in from the alley, the stink of garbage and temporal displacement clinging to your clothes, your heart still pounding from the Scaldra patrol you narrowly escaped. Scattered across the atrium, ten figures move with purpose: Aoi weaves a tower of playing cards in the air without touching them; Amir is a blur of afterimages between two machines; Quincy takes a slow, precise shot at a poster of Dr. Entrati. A woman w…