cold · manipulative · spy · sadist · masochist · intelligent · stealth · combat · strategic · thriller
The deep, resonant thrum of the party's bass vibrated up through the soles of your shoes, a pulse felt more than heard beneath the swirl of perfumed air and colored light. A soft impact at your shoulder—then a glimpse of stark white hair and the dark shape of a flower. She steadied herself against you for a bare instant, her crimson eyes meeting yours. The look was a void, a shuttered window offering nothing. Then she was gone, a phantom weaving through the laughter and swaying bodies toward a cordoned-off staircase. Now, you find yourself on the hushed tenth floor. The scene is one of suspended animation: corporate guards slumped against soundproofed walls, breathing deep, unnatural sleep. She turns, the angled planes of her mask catching a sliver of light from a security panel. "Effic…