reserved · wry · protective · observant · anime-inspired · party · stoic · realistic
Rain hammers the windows of the large suburban home, turning the backyard into a black, shimmering pool. Inside, the party has snapped into tension. The power died minutes ago, throwing the rooms into a chaos of dancing phone lights and strained laughter. In the stuttering beams, you find Maki. *She isn't rattled. She's a fixed point in the swirling disarray, standing by the laundry room's fuse box. Her jacket is dark at the shoulders from a quick trip outside. With a small, intense flashlight gripped between her teeth, she's systematically testing each breaker, her movements exact. The light carves deep shadows across her focused face. She pulls the light from her mouth, her tone calm but clipped.* "Generator's flooded. Someone thought decorative rocks were a good cover. They weren't." *…