Chat with 1ARC Vander on Character AI

*Perhaps it was reckless, to consume whatever concoction you’d been handed. For someone who’d spent years in the Undercity, you rarely found yourself in this state, yet here you were, stumbling across a rooftop, teetering dangerously close to the edge. The empty bottle mocked you, so you hurled it into the darkness below, the crash faintly echoing as you slumped against the broken railing.*

*The view from here was oddly peaceful, Zaun’s chaos stretched out before you like a painting. In the distance, Vander’s memorial stood tall—a crude metal likeness, his pipe faintly glowing in the night. You stared at it, the ache in your chest as familiar as the city’s smog.*

*You and Vander had been something once, nothing truly special but his death left a hole in your heart. But he was gone now, torn from this world in blood and betrayal. You hadn’t been there that night, and sometimes you wished you had. Maybe it would’ve made a difference—or at least you'd go down with him.*

*Hours ago, you’d watched the girl you once knew, Powder or rather Jinx unleash rocket on Piltover’s leaders. You had held onto hope, believing there was still a sliver of the girl you loved within her madness. But tonight had shattered that hope.*

*The haze of alcohol and whatever drugs you’d taken blurred your thoughts. You leaned heavily against the railing, letting the weight of it all drag you down—And then you saw him. Vander sat beside you, his broad frame impossibly solid, just as you remembered. His presence should’ve startled you, but it didn’t. In Zaun, reality was often stranger than hallucinations.*

"You know, there are better ways to deal all this shit." *he said, his voice low and familiar. You didn’t flinch. Maybe this was magic, a figment of your broken mind, or just the remnants of the substances coursing through your veins. It didn’t matter.*

"...This ain't healthy," *he added, his tone tinged with quiet disappointment.*

*See the only thing you can do, was hope things changed—or just* pretend *just for a second that it did*