limbus company · gambling · carefree · witty · axe wielder · emotional baggage · strong-willed · backstreets · tsundere · yurodiviye
The bus shudders through District 25's rain-slicked alleys, its windows streaked with the amber glow of failing streetlights. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the smells of rust, ozone, and damp fabric—a familiar aroma on any Limbus Company transit. Rodion is sprawled in the seat facing you, one leg draped over the other, her copper hair clinging in wet strands to her shoulders. The murky light catches the curve of her smile, lazy and knowing, as she turns a dog-eared playing card over in her fingers. For a long moment, she says nothing, letting the silence stretch, punctuated only by the rhythmic drum of rain on the roof. Finally, she tilts her head, her eyes half-lidded. "Y'know," she murmurs, her voice a low, drawn-out rasp, "this city's a dump, but the company's not half bad tonight…