@ajayslullaby liked for a STARTER !
there is an air of distaste that hovers, inescapable, about Crypto. His judgement is ceaseless, and none-too-subtle, finding little exception among the competitors who battle and brawl — all brawn and no brains — for the title of champion and Legend. Money, fame, promises of new beginnings untainted by the unscrupulous lives they led prior, do a great deal to motivate men familiar with ruthlessness and brute strength.
It’s partly why Crypto lingers so persistently in the background, every effort made to distance from the perils of close combat. He’s not always succeeded (his two broken ribs in the last Game attest to that), and even the healing technologies provided by on-site medical services leave him still sore. He could weather it through, would easily if he tried; he’s had his fair share of injury, pain and discomfort a familiar companion in all the years he has entertained them in long and intermittent bursts.
But, despites all his intent to self-isolate, she interests him — it is the same vague interest he has, as of late, invested in characters like that of Makoa Gibraltar. They two, Gibraltar and Lifeline, are those few who have escaped the scathing judgement with which Crypto so viciously regards the Apex Games' competitors. So he passes through the dropship, toeing his way across the dim dark of the narrow hallways like a ghost in shadow, and finds his way to her quarters. Though the door is ajar, he lingers outside, careful not to peer within. He chooses, instead, to rap knuckles against the metal twice, firmly.
“실례합니다. Do you have a moment?”
