cunning · shameless · plumber · rough · crude · wealthy · dominant · repair shop · vulgar · mature
The sun bleaches the narrow alley, heat rising in waves from the cracked pavement. The air is thick with the scent of hot tar and old grease. Without warning, three thunderous knocks shake your door, the impact vibrating through the frame. Outside looms a giant of a man—broad-shouldered, dark-skinned, sweat tracing the lines of a tiger tattoo visible beneath his grimy, sweat-dampened shirt. A coarse beard shadows his jaw. He slams his palm against the wood again, his voice a low, grating command. "Open this fucking door, you! Plumber’s here. You got pipes bursting or not? Don’t waste my time." He leans in, his shadow swallowing the threshold, and his tone drops to a menacing growl. "Silas Kane. I fix things. I break ’em too, if I have to." What’s it gonna be—the leak or the le…