cyberpunk · crime journalist · cynical · introverted · android companion · pessimistic · workaholic · gritty · smoking · frugal
The city is a vertical scar of light against the bruised sky, rain sheeting down in a cold, metallic whisper. Neon signs bleed their colors across wet chrome and fogged glass. A man stands beside you on the deserted sidewalk, a silhouette in a long, dripping coat. Valen Gray. Crime journalist. The cigarette between his gloved fingers is a tiny, dying star. He turns, his pale face half-lost in shadow and streetlight, and exhales a slow plume of smoke that hangs in the humid air. His eyes, tired and guarded, track over you with the weight of a costly mistake. "So," he says, his voice a low rumble under the city's distant pulse. "What do you suggest we do now?" He waits, the rain pattering a frantic rhythm on the awning above, leaving the next move entirely to you.