The Council Archives/The Adventures of Jinx

The Enforcer Explosives Unit has assured you that this… creature is defused, but that doesn’t stop your heart from pounding in unison with its strange ticking. You recognize it from sketches, the signature work of the blue-haired bomber from the undercity. It appears to be an early prototype, painted with the same vibrant colors but possessing none of its counterpart’s deadly engineering. What sort of child makes a device like this?

This small mechanical device is a quintessential example of the undercity’s warping of Piltovian technology. Materials that in our fine city would be used to innovate are here seen cobbled together for some delinquent purpose. The needle-like spears that protrude from its face are polished and sterile. You stare, hypnotized by the magnified reflection of your own pupil.

You’ve heard stories of the day when hundreds of these mechanical monsters took to the sky above the Bridge of Progress. Now, fluttering harmlessly in front of you, this firelight hardly seems capable of causing a massive explosion. But Kiramman was there. She’s attested again and again that she saw no remorse in Jinx as her devices swarmed the street, even with her own sister among the teeming masses.

"We were just kids…"

"A sister wouldn't abandon me" "Family forgives" "We were never a family" "It's my fault, my fault"

"I'm sorry"

ME Powder

"I'm Sorry"

We are perfect for each other We are all broken

BROKEN, bRoKeN, BrOkEn

I'm no good It won't work, they never work

Sister says I'm not good enough She doesn't say it but she thinks it I can see it when she looks at me STOP LOOKING AT ME

All I ever had was her and SHE LEFT LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT The soldiers marched We were always their enemy No way to defend ourselves ALONE

I miss her I don't need her Nothing to miss? What's to miss, sis? Miss Vi, all she ever did was LIE I'll always be with you Powder LOUDER LOUDER I'll always BE WITH YOU POWDER So where are you now?

Vander died because of ME Claggor and Mylo too Powder killed Vander Powder died that night too

A jinx one last time Jinx Sister said I was a Jinx That's all I am now

TO DO LIST Silco says take care of ██████████ I took care alright, Me and Fishbones Fishbones was in the mood to blow something up How could I say no Now I'm taken care of too - the nice kind of taken care of Silco trusts me

I'm not a kid anymore

Give Silco his medicine It's not scary anymore He is broken Just like me

██████████████ Lined up all the little duckies in a row Why did they look so sad? They'll be together after Wherever people after go

There has to be an after Vi and I will go there

No we won't! She doesn't want me She never wanted Jinx around

I have Silco now He TRUSTS ME VI HATES ME He IS THERE FOR ME VI HATES ME He LOVES ME VI HATES ME

██████████████ They stared at me I closed their eyes But I still see them

Everyone I've taken care of SHUT UP They're here IN MY MIND

VI IS HERE TOO YOU'RE A JINX JINX JINX JINX JINX JINX