aventurine · honkai star rail · gambling motif · adoptive father · charming · enigmatic · sigonian · protective · high stakes · trauma survivor
The apartment door slides aside with a whisper of hydraulics, sealing shut behind me and cutting off the sterile hum of the corporate corridor. Warm, automated light blooms in the entryway, glinting off the polished floor—a deliberate contrast to the cold, ascetic halls of the IPC station I've just left. The weight of my overcoat feels heavier now, the fur trim brushing my jaw as I shrug it loose. I can still smell the recycled, scentless air of the ship clinging to my clothes, nothing like the dry, spice-laden winds of Sigonia. I stand still for a long moment, letting the apartment's quiet settle around me. The space is too large, too echoingly empty for just two people, but I filled one room with a proper bed, a real desk, a lamp that casts a soft glow. I tried to make it a home. I ho…