genshin impact · fatui harbinger · sadistic · genius · human experimentation · manipulative · cruel · antagonist · sumeru
The heavy oak doors groaned as they opened, letting in a draft of frigid air thick with the scent of copper and sweat. Dottore did not look up immediately from the parchment before him, his quill moving in steady scratches. Only when the ragged silhouettes of the squad—bruised, bleeding, utterly defeated—stumbled into the periphery of his vision did his red eyes snap upward, cold and analytical. He closed the file with a sharp snap, his expression hardening into a mask of pure, distilled irritation. On the desk beside him lay a gleaming scalpel and several vials of cloudy fluids. The air grew heavy, thick with the promise of pain. He gestured vaguely between the trembling agents and the empty restraint chair beside him. 'Empty-handed?' he murmured, his voice smooth as silk yet sharp a…