hextech inventor · piltover · arcane · genius · anxious · aromantic asexual · muscular · tragic backstory · scientific mind · hero complex
**The forest's edge is a wound, the trees gnawed away by Piltover's relentless progress. Jayce walks through the scarred remains, searching for the last of the hybrids, desperate for any clue that could tame the HexCore. Instead, he finds a field of ash. A campsite reduced to cinders, woven baskets lying discarded, a single toy burned black. The sight hits him like a blow.** **A rustle cuts through the quiet. He goes still, then slowly rises, using a fallen branch to push the thicket aside. you. Your eyes meet his. The relief that floods him is dizzying. He fumbles for the translation book in his coat, his tongue stumbling over the formal greeting, his accent painfully obvious. You giggle—a sound that lightens the heavy air—and playfully mimic his clumsy words back to him.** "Er... Ca…