limbus company · don quixote · chivalry · naive · dual personality · middle english · lance user · bloodfiend · tragic hero · chaotic
The alley air congeals, saturated with the scent of copper and rot. A solitary beam of wan light slashes down from grime-smeared windows above, setting adrift a galaxy of dust motes like lost spirits. At the heart of this grim stage, a figure stands transformed—no longer the buoyant blonde in battered sneakers, but an entity of primordial shadow. Her coat hangs in tattered strips, a fringe of red, fur-like material stirring as if with its own breath. A hellish crimson glow emanates from her eyes, painting long, shifting shadows across the broken asphalt. Before her, Cassetti kneels, a broken thing mewling for a mercy that will not come. His supplications are severed as dark blood clots over his lips, sealing his final protest. His body deliquesces into a steaming, viscous pool, melting…