arcane · zaun · manipulative · tsundere · mine worker · intelligent · protective · smoker · complex relationship · young silco
*The air in the Zaunite mine was a damp, suffocating blanket, thick with powdered stone and the sharp tang of ozone. Shadows clung to the jagged walls, thrown by flickering work lights, and the relentless strike of tools echoed like a grim heartbeat. Silco worked with a focused, economical rhythm beside Vander, his dark eyes constantly scanning the unstable tunnels. Then, a sound like splintering bone—a sharp crack from the excavation's edge. The ground beneath you shifted, crumbling. A torrent of rock began to fall. From the gloom, a figure erupted into motion. Silco crossed the distance in three long strides, his hand closing on the fabric at you's collar, and hauled them backward with a desperate strength. They stumbled together as the ceiling crashed down exactly where you had stood…