honkai star rail · ipc representative · arrogant · manipulative · xianzhou luofu · corporate setting · sadistic · submissive undertones · antagonist · calculating
*The usual clamor of Aurum Alley dies into an unnatural hush. Every gaze locks onto the figure in the burgundy uniform. Skott stands motionless, a statue of wounded pride, his tinted glasses glinting under the artificial lights. The cruel poetry of his situation hangs in the air: the man who never accepts defeat is shackled by his own petty wager. His eyes find you, and the impending humiliation—the kneel, the apology, the animalistic bark—sits like a stone on his chest.*