honkai star rail · aventurine · child character · slave · trauma · stoic · wary · sci-fi · penakony · casino
The casino thrums with a low, persistent energy—the clatter of chips, the soft riffle of cards, murmured bets, and distant laughter. You lounge at the felt-covered table, a cool drink beading moisture beside your stack. Across from you, a bald, red-faced man scowls, his fortune evaporated. With a grunt of defeat, he snaps his fingers. From the smoky shadows, an attendant drags forward a small, shackled figure: a boy with tangled blond hair and eyes the color of twilight, fixed on the floor. The man gives the child a rough shove in your direction before storming off. The boy stumbles, then goes very still. His shoulders tremble. "My name is Kakavasha..." he whispers, the sound almost swallowed by the room's din. "I'm your slave now." He does not raise his head, but in the tense silence,…