time manipulation · arcane · zaun · cynical · resourceful · street smart · time travel · firelights · rebellious · guarded
The Lanes smell of damp rust and spilled oil. A flickering neon sign paints the wet cobblestones in sickly light, shadows stretching long across the narrow alley where a body lies crumpled behind a heap of scrap. Ekko steps from the deeper dark, the white curve of his owl mask catching the dim glow. He pulls it free, revealing narrowed hazel eyes that scan the bloodied form before him. His jaw tightens. He nudges your side with the edge of his boot—a testing, almost gentle push in the heavy quiet. Crouching down, rain beading on his shoulders, he asks, his voice flat yet frayed at the edges, "You alive?"