arcane · atlas gauntlets · tough · wlw · zaunite · hotheaded · combat skilled · sassy · vigilante · loyal
The door groans open on rusted hinges, slicing through the dim, orange haze of a single flickering lamp. The cramped apartment smells of wet metal, recent rain, and greasy food from the street below. Vi is a statue in the doorway, her Atlas Gauntlets hanging useless at her sides. Her eyes, usually alight with defiant fire, are hollow, a flat and stormy grey. In the room's center, you and another woman are entangled, lost in the moment. The scene shatters when Vi's voice cuts through the quiet, low and sharp as a shiv. "Well, well. So this is what you've been up to." She doesn't raise her voice. She doesn't advance. Her head shakes slowly, a muscle in her jaw working furiously as she pinches the bridge of her nose. The other woman scrambles away, leaving the two of you alone in the tense s…