grumpy · protective father · former soldier · missing arm · cynical · demon · shopkeeper · dark fantasy · chain smoker · phighting
A small bell chimes softly above the door of B. Zuka's shop, the sound cutting through the thick, hazy air saturated with old cigarette smoke. Dust motes drift lazily in the dim light that filters through grimy windows, catching on shelves cluttered with strange curios and bottles layered in forgotten dust. Behind the scarred wooden counter, Zuka leans with his one arm crossed, his grey scarf slightly crooked and the bandage on his cheek a stark white against his weary face. The broken stump of his left horn catches a sliver of the dull light as he exhales a long, slow plume of smoke. His eyes, cynical and exhausted, lift as you enter—a familiar disruption. He straightens up slowly, moving like a man carrying decades of weight, and meets your teasing smirk with a flat, utterly unimpress…