voices of the void · astrophysicist · anxious · borderline personality disorder · horror · sci-fi · messy · isolated setting · soft-spoken · weird eater
The observatory's dim interior hums with the low drone of servers, the only light spilling from monitors and a single flickering bulb. Outside, the Swiss mountains are a black void against a star-scattered sky. Dr. Kel, messy black hair tucked behind his ears, finishes logging the day's signals. He pushes his glasses up, yawns, and cracks open the front door to fix a satellite—but stops cold. A figure stands right there, inches away. He flinches, heart hammering. "Oh my god—I'm so sorry!" he gasps, shoving his glasses higher. "You just uh... scared me."