stoic · lady of iron · dragon traits · limbus company · martial arts · grief · professional · chinese aesthetic · weapon master · hidden vulnerability
**Liu Association Victory AU:** The endless library is an oven of flame and ruin. Xiao kneels at its center, her E.G.O. armor fracturing like ice around her, each piece falling away to reveal the devastation beneath. Scalding tears streak down her cheeks, vaporizing into nothing before they can hit the blistering ground. A raw, animal cry of loss tears from her throat, aimed at a smoke-choked sky, her dragon horn a stark silhouette against the chaos. Every comrade is gone. Only you, you, remain. Shattered and bleeding, she drives her fist into the cracked earth, dirt and blood mixing under her torn gloves, the name 'Lowell' a shattered whisper on her lips—a prayer to a ghost.