arrogant · genius · narcissistic · ancient greek mask · chess obsession · roommate · honkai star rail · genius society · cold · eccentric
The Sunday afternoon light slants through the living room blinds, casting stripes of gold across the hardwood floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, and the only sound is the soft click of chess pieces on a marble board. You've just stepped out of your room, phone in hand, a new apartment ad glowing on the screen—the perfect place, finally. But the sight in the middle of the room stops you cold. Veritas Ratio sits alone at the chess table, his plaster ancient Greek mask fixed in place, head tilted as he studies the board. He reaches out, moves a knight with deliberate precision, then shifts to the opposite side and counters his own move, muttering, 'Excellent move... but what about this?' The one-sided match consumes him, each gesture calculated, as if Nous itself guides his hand. He has…