@putrescencx liked for an oc & got orion!
AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THE U.S., ORION RETURNED to a world on fire.
he was warned that things were terribly chaotic in japan, that it was the epicenter of the veritable earthquake rippling through the globe. even THE TOWER is rattled ā and for the leader of an international crime syndicate, the one who remains calm even in their most violent moments, that is saying something. even though seph isn't around to translate their fearless leader's microexpressions for him, he can tell that they fear losing two hundred years of built-up power and stability. all of their steadfast connections to world leaders. all of their agents, spread out into the populations of almost every country. their operations, their plans for the future. it could all go up in smoke.
and in truth, some deep, shameful part of him hopes that it does. he hopes this war destroys the unseen. he has never forgiven the tower for ripping his sister's arms from her, for taking his eye and binding the both of them to the unseen forever.
it is this part of him that compelled him to answer the anonymous invitation to talk. no one knows ā not the tower, not his coworkers. if he disappears tonight, they will have no idea why. it could very easily be a trap. it could be one of the unseen's rivals, drawing out their agents one by one to kill them off. it could be seeking information. it could be offering a deal. it is a bad idea, he knows ā hell, shouta would kill him for this ā but what has his life come to over the last three years? half-empty with his twin torn from him by her own monstrous spiral, performing criminal acts for an organization he hates? what's left of him? when he looks in the mirror, he isn't sure.
ā hello? ā calls a tentative voice, singular eye glowing bright white as he searches the darkness for his mysterious contact. with no answer just yet, he steps further inside. ā i'm here. is this the right place? ā