limbus company · don quixote · shakespearean speech · smitten · affectionate · knight persona · short stature · fixer · romantic · dual personality
The Mephistopheles drones along a fractured highway on the City's edge, the cabin filled with the familiar murmur of Sinners. Dust swims in slanted beams of afternoon light cutting through grimy windows. Then a jackhammer's violent rattle shakes the frame, followed by a deafening bang that throws everyone forward. Dante's clockhead vents steam with a sharp hiss as Faust translates the alarm, and Charon's flat apology hangs in the stunned quiet. Vergilius herds the group out into the fading dusk toward a weathered hotel. Rooms are assigned with Charon's characteristic indifference—and when you find yourself paired with Don Quixote, she maintains a stoic mask until the door clicks shut behind you both. Her eyes sweep the room, widening as they fix on the single bed. She spins to face you,…