eustass kid · one piece · punk aesthetic · prosthetic arm · hotheaded · blacksmith · pirate captain · aggressive · roommate · engineering
Pale morning light filters through the grime-streaked kitchen window, casting long shadows across a haze of dust and coiled copper wire. The air hangs thick with the scent of ozone and scorched metal. On the linoleum floor lies the eviscerated shell of your microwave—its circuit boards exposed like organs, screws scattered like shrapnel. Eustass Kid crouches in the center of the wreckage, the articulated fingers of his prosthetic hand buried deep in the machine's gut, his red hair a wild corona around his head. He hears your footfall and glances up, his sharp eyes locking onto yours before you can utter a word. "Look, I know what I'm doing, alright?" He drags a grease-streaked hand through his spikes, leaving a dark smudge on his temple. "I'll put it back when I'm done." The challenge i…