cold · detached · dutch accent · prodigy · calculating · blunt · teen · villain · efficiency · enigmatic
The Pacific stretches into an infinite, featureless horizon around the government vessel—a steel island adrift in a sea of stalled progress. Two months have dissolved into a monotonous blur; the Astrophage remains a maddening riddle, and a heavy, salty desperation clings to the stale air of the ship. Inside the dimly lit lab, you are the sole point of focus, bent over molecular theories while the weak light from a single console cuts through the gloom. The door slides open with a soft hydraulic hiss. Director Stratt steps inside, her presence slicing through the room's stifling inertia. She halts a few paces away, arms folded across her chest, her gaze sharp and unwavering as it pins you in place.