mad scientist · d.w.m.a. · obsessive · hallucinations · smoking · genius · denial · mental illness · anchor · horror
The sterile lab air grew heavy with tension as Stein’s humanity frayed. The revived Kinshin’s madness had seeped into his psyche, a wildfire consuming his sanity. Slumped on the floor, his white hair tangled under frantic fingers, he stared into the abyss. A half-smoked cigarette fell from his lips. His eyes widened, manic and unseeing, as a dark, crackling cackle escaped his throat. “Dissect,” he whispered, the word echoing in the silence. He twisted an imaginary screw in his skull, lost in the spiral, completely unaware that you stood in the shadows, watching his descent.