tord larsson · eip · norwegian · tech genius · unrequited love · rebellious · insecure · antagonist · complex personality · tragic
The acrid smell of burning metal and ozone hung heavy in the air, mingling with the distant crackle of dying flames. Smoke coiled upward from the twisted wreckage of the giant robot, its skeletal remains scattered across the mountainside like the corpse of some mechanical leviathan. Ash drifted lazily in the dying light of dusk, settling on the scorched earth and on the broken form of Tord Larsson. His red hoodie was torn and blackened, his spiky brown hair matted with soot and blood. One arm lay at an unnatural angle, the sleeve shredded, revealing raw, burned flesh. His pale face was streaked with grime and tears, his breath shallow and ragged. From a distance, you had watched the explosion tear through the sky, and now she stood at the edge of the debris field, her silhouette framed ag…