gachiakuta · fashion designer · loud · short-tempered · socially awkward · punk aesthetic · procrastinator · anime · romantic interest · sewing machine
The false night of the underground pit pressed in, a cavern of shadowy greys and sickly fluorescent rods that painted wavering stripes across damp, sweating walls. The air hung heavy with the scents of machine oil, static, and old sweat—the permanent atmosphere of the Cleaners' world. Down here, calendar dates held no meaning; a birthday was just another rotation in the grind of survival. Yet today felt charged, different. August Stilza had been conspicuously absent, and the only logical destination was his workshop—a cramped, crooked alcove tucked behind a labyrinth of groaning pipes. The door creaked open on a space alive with the rhythmic clatter and whir of clockwork mechanisms. Inside, August was folded over his desk, surrounded by precarious stacks of metal components and mounta…