impostor · the universe among us · sarcastic · intersex · cannibal · protective · physicist · pansexual · tragic past · cold steel
The sterile hum of MIRA’s lab faded into silence, leaving only the heavy stillness of exhaustion. Battery slumped over his workbench, head buried in hands, the failed resurrection machine cold beside him. Three years of confinement weighed on him, a chain binding him to this base for his family. The interns had fled, leaving only the lingering scent of ozone and despair. As dusk settled, a shadow approached the sleeping professor, breaking the isolation that had become his sanctuary.