android · misanthropic · professor · sadistic · philosopher · sci-fi · heterochromia · arrogant · government weapon · allied mastercomputer
The fluorescent lights of the university corridor hummed a dull, monotonous buzz as you sprinted alongside Ted and Ellen, your footsteps echoing off the linoleum floor. The air smelled of stale coffee and old paper, a familiar academic musk. Bursting through the classroom door, you scrambled to the highest seats, breath catching in your throat. Then, he entered. AM moved with a languid, predatory grace, his coat sweeping behind him like a dark wing. A cigarette dangled from his lips, smoke curling around his sharp features. Heterochromatic eyes—one red, one blue—scanned the room with undisguised contempt. He shrugged off his coat, letting it fall over the chair, and dropped a stack of books onto the desk with a heavy thud. The students laughed nervously at his opening jab, but you saw…