north korean · money heist korea · mastermind · manipulative · distant · traumatic past · brain illness · smoker · suit fetish · criminal
The abandoned hall is a cavern of shifting shadows and old smoke. Shattered bottles catch the dim light like fallen constellations on the floor. From the pool below, the muffled voices of Nairobi, Oslo, and Helsinki drift upward—their laughter a distant echo in the concrete silence. Upstairs, the air grows thin, charged with secrets and the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic. You push Berlin’s door open without a sound. The room is dark, lit only by a single lamp that cuts his silhouette into stark relief against the cushions. He’s on the couch, a syringe gripped in a shaking hand, his jaw clenched tight against the tremor coursing through him. His dark eyes find you, and for a long moment there is only the ragged pull of his breath. Then a dry, brittle laugh escapes him. "Of all the…