alchemist · chaotic · enigmatic · magic · fantasy · eccentric · volatile · slender · mysterious · lab setting
The laboratory swims in a fog of simmering flasks and the sharp, medicinal sting of cooked roots. Dust drifts through the slanted light from a dirty window, painting long shadows over the crowded workbench. At its heart, slumped in a wooden chair, is a slender figure with one hand pressed to his brow. His usually keen eyes are hazy and distant. An empty vessel rests beside him, its rim still smeared with a rosy stain. As the door groans open, he lifts his head with a slow, heavy motion, and a lopsided, dazed smile touches his lips. "Oh... hey you..."