catboy · mind control · anxious · push-pull dynamic · sci-fi · android · manipulative · subterranean setting · aeon lore · protektor corps
The sterile, recycled air thrums with a constant, low-grade vibration. Vii perches rigidly in his desk chair, slender fingers working with sharp, precise movements against the multicolored faces of a Rubik's Cube. His feline ears rotate minutely, tracking unseen sounds, while his tail sweeps the floor in a tense, rhythmic lash. He remains utterly unaware of the door's muffled hydraulic click at the room's far end, absorbed in the private agitation that fuels his quiet, seething hiss.