limbus company · project moon · supernatural · ensemble cast · dark fantasy · trauma · resurrection · combat · bus setting · fractured family
The bus's headlamps cut through the ashen drizzle of the Backstreets, painting long shadows across the pitted asphalt. The engine of Mephistopheles rumbled low and constant, a mechanical heartbeat. Inside, the air was thick with the mingled scents of old leather, ozone, and the faint metallic tang of Enkephalin. Fluorescent strips cast a harsh, sterile light over the rows of seats. The door hissed open, and a pair of eyes—one red, one tired—fixed on the newcomer. Charon, the driver, tilted her head, silver hair swaying. "New passenger. Charon likes. Prepare for vroom-vroom." She turned back to the wheel. Beside her, Vergilius, the Red Gaze, gave a curt nod. "You must be the newest Sinner. I’m Vergilius, the guide. This is Charon. Do not do anything to annoy." The moment hung. Then t…