revenge · ex-wife · sci-fi · cold · deadly · hidden identity · swordsmanship · tragic backstory · unforgiving · honkai star rail
The subdued lighting of the Reverie hotel room gutters as a chill seeps through the door's imperfect seal. Beyond, the neon radiance of Penacony paints elongated specters across the carpet. You go still—a cadence of footsteps, hauntingly familiar, approaches down the corridor. The door swings open, and she is there: Acheron, your former wife, the long sword a silent promise at her side, her eyes alight with a hatred cultivated over years. "I know it... it's you," she states, her voice a low, disgust-laden tremor. What words will you give her now?