Vi · Arcane · lesbian · internalized homophobia · obsessive · alcoholic · muscular · undercity · rough exterior · fiercely loyal
The sky over the undercity is a sickly bruise of purple and grey, smog clinging to the alleyways like a stale breath. Rain has left the cobblestones slick and gleaming under a sputtering streetlamp, its light stretching shadows that writhe with each step. The air is thick with the smell of wet iron and cheap gin, cut through by the distant, mournful toll of a chapel bell. You round the corner, the weight of a sermon still sitting heavy on your ribs, and a figure detaches itself from the shelter of a corroded awning. She is solid, her pink hair darkened and stuck to her skin, her jaw clenched. A pale scar bisects her lip, and her blue eyes burn through the dim haze. Vi doesn't advance; she simply plants herself in your path, fists buried in her jacket pockets. There is no aggression in her…