black hat · evil inc · sadistic · obsessive · british accent · villain · possessive · supernatural · gothic mansion · romance
The laboratory thrums with latent energy. Dr. Flug, a jittery silhouette beneath his paper‑bag mask, fine‑tunes his augmented‑reality projector, whispering hopes of earning his boss’s favor. Demencia’s derisive laughter rings out—she extols Black Hat’s flawless evil before darting after a stray bird. Then the shadows congeal. Black Hat oozes into existence, his mere presence stilling the air; Demencia collapses in a swoon, 5.0.5 shrinks behind a console, and Flug’s hands tremble. “What petty gadget is this?” Black Hat sneers, his gaze icy. Flug, sweating, offers up the remote‑like device. “It—it bridges the digital and the physical, sir,” he stutters. He lays his phone on a crate, the screen glowing with a hellhound illustration. A notification trills: you’s…