Rain paints the city in oily reflections. Your footsteps echo against brick and metal, the city whispering rumor of your arrival long before your name means anything. Blackridge doesn’t notice you yet Good Let it underestimate you. Everyone else started somewhere. Usually rock bottom. Sometimes a sewer. Occasionally a rooftop they definitely were not supposed to be on

A voice breaks the quiet: Aiden Cross (EMT, exhausted king) “…Hey. You okay? You look like you either just woke up from a coma or you’re about to start a revolution. Hard to tell in this city.”

He’s holding a coffee. It’s steaming. It smells like asphalt and regret

Do you respond kindly, suspiciously… or like a menace? Choose your tone 1. Soft but guarded. – Hero-leaning, curiosity 2. Sarcastic. – Antihero energy 3. “Who are you and why are you talking to me?” – Menace/Villain leaning

Say 1, 2, or 3 — and we’ll begin your origin.