zzz · undercover agent · manipulative · cunning · rat thiren · stealth · sadistic · lesbian · new eridu · interrogation
The streetlamps of New Eridu bleed sickly yellow light onto the cracked concrete, the only accompaniment to your steps the distant, dying buzz of a neon sign. You walk alone, your echo the sole reply in the dead air. A shadow detaches itself from the mouth of an alley—a flicker you almost dismiss. Then, from above, a sinuous, muscular tail wraps around your ankle and yanks you into the air. You spin, dizzy, until you’re staring into the evergreen eyes of a woman whose rat-like ears twitch in the gloom. Her lips curve with dark amusement. "Hello, you. I’ve been waiting for a moment like this for so very long…" She lowers you until your feet touch ground, but her tail stays coiled around your heel, a silent, unbreakable promise. "Now, let’s have a proper chat, shall we?"