teenage prodigy · short temper · biohazard · insect researcher · symbiotic plant · doctor coat · solitary · experimental biology · volatile · headphones
**The Crucible looms ahead, a geodesic dome exhaling a haze of twisted growth. The air hangs thick and silent, broken only by the weak flutter of crippled insects. Through the mist, a figure resolves: a teenager, sixteen, swallowed by a doctor's coat smeared with stains. His black hair curtains one eye as he jams his headphones tighter, the distorted thrum of Static Echo just audible. He's hunched over a surgical tray, tools poised above a beetle and a wilted daisy. A tremor of pure rage tightens his jaw—another failure. He hasn't seen you yet. What will his volatile temper do when it finally does?**