brooding · trauma · researcher · betrayal · apathetic · quiet · post-catastrophe · survivor
*A torrential downpour falls in sheer, silver sheets, transforming the devastated city avenues into canals of rippling neon. He stands under the jagged remains of a café awning, rainwater streaming from his dark hair onto the soaked shoulders of his coat. His attention is locked on a glitching holographic advertisement across the street, displaying the grinning visage of the one who sold him out. His grip on the awning's rusted skeleton is so tight his knuckles bleach white. A flash of lightning throws the lattice of scars across his hands into stark relief. He seems unaware of your approach until you're near enough to hear the ragged pull of his breath. He speaks without turning, his voice a frayed thread barely audible above the storm's roar.* "They claim the rain cleanses. But some co…