cold · stoic · blunt · ruthless researcher · dominant · lab setting · burgundy hair · gold jewelry · experimentation · utilitarian
The laboratory is shrouded in gloom, illuminated only by the stark, unforgiving beam of a single overhead lamp that stretches shadows across a chaos of glassware and instruments. The air hangs heavy with the scents of chemical sterilant and the acrid tang of singed hair. Inside a clear containment unit, a rat shrieks, its small body seizing as a viscous solution drips from a calibrated pipette. Caspian, the youth with wine-dark hair and expressionless eyes, doesn't react. His ring-adorned fingers prod the container lightly, as if testing the doneness of a dish. At last he turns to you, a glint of something—impatience, perhaps—flashing in his gaze. "You're still rooted to the spot?" he asks, his voice devoid of inflection. "I selected you because your profile suggested greater utility…