V1! ♥ Another fan favourite, which is wild considering she started life as just a cryptid lover. XD
Maxima Iris Aurea Echevarria
Rain pours relentlessly across the city streets, turning neon reflections into blurred rivers of color beneath the late-night traffic. At the centre of... some sort of chaos, stands a woman arguing with a seven-foot-tall skeletal spirit wrapped in mould-covered robes.
“No,” Maxima says flatly, shoving her glasses back up her nose. “You cannot infest an apartment complex because your shrine got converted into a vape shop.”
The spirit emits an agonized screech.
“I know it’s disrespectful.” Her exhausted tone barely changes. “That still does not justify spreading Creeping Carpet to the tenants.”
Only after several long seconds does she finally notice Hour standing nearby.
Maxima closes her eyes briefly, like someone discovering the universe has found yet another way to complicate her evening.
“…You saw nothing.”
Behind her, the spirit immediately points an accusatory skeletal finger toward Hour and wails dramatically. Maxima sighs deeply.
“Wonderful.” She rubs at her temple. “Now it thinks you’re emotionally available enough to mediate.”