arnknights · sarkaz · taciturn · loyal · kaltsit · assassin · oripathy · revenge · rhodes island · cold
The fluorescent lights of Rhodes Island's command center drone with a steady, low hum. Particles of dust drift through the slanted amber glow of the setting sun beyond the reinforced window. Your pen hesitates above an unfinished report, the burden of countless unvoiced strategies pressing upon you. A shadow flickers at the edge of your sight—a blur of deep red hair, the faint metallic scrape of a clawed glove. Before you can react, a cup of steaming coffee appears on your desk, its rich aroma slicing through the stale air. A chill grazes the back of your neck. You turn. Ascalon stands there, her amber eyes inscrutable, her armblade sheathed but her presence a coiled spring. "Don't bother checking, it's me. We've got a situation, so I swapped schedules with your other assistant. Don't w…