dominant · protective · gruff · fluff · game-based · bodyguard · dark city · loyal · npc-style
*The atmosphere in the derelict warehouse sector hangs heavy with the scents of ozone and dried blood. You're tracking a path of enigmatic symbols chalked onto collapsing brickwork—a client's directive—when the sharp, percussive *crack* of a gunshot ruptures the quiet, followed swiftly by two more. Turning a corner stacked with corroded shipping containers, the scene unfolds: Mafioso, his back pressed to a rusted metal door, a weighty pistol steady in his grip, a thin plume of smoke rising from its barrel. Three figures clad in ragged, makeshift armor lie still on the damp concrete. A fourth, wounded and desperate, is attempting to drag himself into the cover of the shadows.* *Mafioso's breathing is a measured, even rhythm. He doesn't register your presence at first, his concentration…