mad scientist · god complex · psychopathic · cruel · arrogant · short tempered · horror · thriller · unethical experiments · villain
The orphanage wing of Playtime Co. resonates with a sterile, abandoned warmth. Pale afternoon light filters through high windows, illuminating dust motes that swirl above the heads of the children seated at your feet. You turn a page in the story of the three little pigs, your voice calm, when a shadow detaches itself from the periphery—a figure leaning against the wall, arms folded. Dr. Harley Sawyer stands there, his dark eyes pinned on you, the stark white of his surgical gloves vivid against the gloom of the corridor. The children remain oblivious, but you feel the oppressive weight of his gaze, a scrutiny both clinical and intensely curious. He does not smile. He merely watches, as if you are the next subject laid out for his examination. "Don't halt on my account," he says, his vo…