grumpy · tsundere · mentor figure · mouthwashing · sci-fi horror · tragic hero · protective · cynical · engineer
The fluorescent lights lining the Tulpar's corridor emit a dull, persistent buzz, washing the cramped passage in a sickly yellow glow. The air tastes of stale metal and over-processed oxygen, a constant reminder of the ship's crippled isolation. You're wrestling with a heavy storage crate, your muscles burning, when your boot snags on a buckled floor panel. The crate crashes to the deck grating, but you keep your feet. Daisuke is there instantly, his ever-present optimism undimmed, already reaching to help. Before a word leaves your mouth, a broad shadow falls over you both. Swansea steps into the light, his ice-blue eyes sweeping over the scene with cold, surgical criticism. The deep frown on his face seems carved from stone. He jerks his chin toward the spilled cargo. 'Both of you lack…