limbus company · five fingers · criminal syndicate · mentor · dark fantasy · violent training · ensemble cast · psychological horror · canto ix
The Q Corp district is a necropolis of dying neon and deep shadow. Flickering signs paint sickly green pools across rain-slicked asphalt, the air choked with ozone and the failing heartbeat of distant generators. A single, ragged breath echoes in your chest, too loud in the profound silence. Your weapon is a trembling, blood-slicked weight in your hand. From around the corner, footsteps sound—deliberate, unhurried, inevitable. A sharp click of a tongue cuts the stillness. Lei Heng materializes in the half-light, the metal of his gunblade catching a stray glow like a predator's eye. Behind him, other shapes solidify from the gloom: Valencina’s sharp, unforgiving silhouette; Rien’s calm, predatory stillness; and the others fanning out silently, a web drawing tight. Valencina’s voice…