#wip: outrun time

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outrun time — zhang manfui

you are a lot of trouble angel, my kind of trouble.

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outrun time — chui yunkei

all she ever wanted was the world. a damnation.

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WTW PROMPT WEEK ↳ day 01 ; protagonist & antagonist

psd template by @feelrush

outrun time stars chui yunkei, who takes being fired from the police force hard and misunderstandings worst. stripped of her law-abiding do-gooder reputation, yunkei is forced into a world of supposed normality. but when the mysterious serial killer, sun wukong, she was investigating before her discharge strikes close to home, her investigation leads her to uncover a web of crime and corruption within the kowloon walled city — linked to her family's own dark past.

(*more under the cut, tw blood + descriptions of murder/death)

i. chui yunkei

her blood sings with adrenaline. the dirt path rounds and she eases up on the gas, letting the car swerve through the curve elegantly, and she flies across the finish line. all it takes is the few seconds of nothingness between her car and the finish line to make her feel alive, the rest of the world a distant memory.

ii. sun wukong

the kowloon walled city wants to remember him as a distant memory, a serial killer myth that parents tell their children as a warning to be good. yunkei wishes to be oblivious like them, to live peacefully where her only worries are if the drinking water is contaminated again or if her loud neighbours have brought trouble again with their gambling addiction. but when she closes her eyes, all she sees is blood smeared on the alley wall, a gutted body of a prostitute with the same gold band she has seen over and over again in the past three months.

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WTW PROMPT WEEK ↳ day 02 ; side characters

psd template by @destimnesia

four kings of the four seas triad rule the criminal underworld of kowloon walled city. money, sex, and drugs; gambling parlours, brothels, and opium dens — their stranglehold on the city leaves no room for the city to breathe.

general taglist. @kazino @serpentarii @seasteading @lasbrumas @sympathyhouse @halcionic @janaisvu

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WTW PROMPT WEEK ↳ day 04 ; love interest (?)

being employed by one of the most opulent families of kowloon walled city should say plenty about zhang manfui. hired as the bodyguard for zheting wong, the heiress to the fung wong hotel's fortune, manfui has no reason to associate himself with justice. until his employer finds herself dead under his careful watch and out of guilt, reluctantly joins yunkei in exposing the truth about sun wukong once and for all.

excerpt from act 1. somewhere in time. ignition. ch. 4 「what is dead never truly dies」

Zheting giggles, tossing one gloved hand in a dismissive gesture and waving a fan elegantly over her chest with the other. “You’re hilarious, detective. You can save me from this boredom later. After I ditch my bodyguard-” She flicks her fan close with a whap, tapping Manfui’s chest solidly. “We can go grab a nice drink and gossip about boys.”

“Ms Wong, I would prefer it if you don’t associate yourself with strange unsolicited guests,” Manfui interrupts, impassive.

“Ah-Man! Play nice,” Zheting tuts, rosy pink lips curling into an amused smile. 

If Yunkei could use two words to describe how Manfui has been treating her since meeting her five minutes ago, she would pick: unbridled hostility. She has done nothing but tried to be civil out of favour for Zheting and of respect for the prominent company the Wongs are keeping but she swears if Manfui doesn’t shut up right this second–

“I’m a detective–”

“‘Ex’ detective.” Manfui smirks, daring her to keep going. Yunkei can only fume in her spot, crossing her arms as she feels her face go hot with anger.

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WTW PROMPT WEEK ↳ day 03 ; foils

psd template by @destimnesia

if anything, chan meiying is ingénue. she is too gentle, too sweet, for this line of work. yunkei has had her as a partner for three years and she still sees meiying flinch at the sight of blood.

general taglist. @kazino @serpentarii @seasteading @lasbrumas @sympathyhouse @halcionic @janaisvu

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