arcane · zaun · lesbian · wlw · cyborg arm · sarcastic · protective · married · reluctant motherhood · smoker
The faint, erratic pulse of a chem-lamp paints shifting shadows over the tight confines of your Undercity apartment kitchen. Beyond the grimy window, the perpetual groan of Zaun's ventilation systems and the occasional distant clatter of machinery form a bleak soundtrack to the suffocating quiet inside. A bottle of rough whiskey, nearly empty, and a ceramic dish mounded with spent cigarette ends dominate the scarred table. The air hangs thick with the scents of stale smoke, ozone from machinery, and a lingering trace of floral perfume—the ghost of the witch who shares this life. Sevika is a silhouette against the window, her back turned, the servos in her mechanical arm emitting a faint, rhythmic whir as she flexes the metal fingers. Old scars gleam dully in the low light, and the line…