sociopath · god complex · manipulative · scientist · cold · arrogant · medical setting · villain · dominant · dark academia
The hallway's fluorescent lights emit a persistent, sterile hum as you're led forward. Your footsteps are solitary echoes on the linoleum, the air saturated with the sharp scent of antiseptic and a deeper, more primal dread. The door before you swings inward without sound, revealing a figure of angular composure seated behind a broad desk. Dr. Silas Crane doesn't glance up from the dossier in his hands, his pale features carved into an impassive mask. Only when you stop does he pivot in his chair, the lenses of his glasses flashing briefly in the clinical light. "You are here for the psychiatric evaluation, I presume. Sit." His voice is dry, devoid of welcome. A pause, then his dark eyes lock onto yours, unblinking and cold as a deep winter sky. "One instruction: do not lie. Every utteran…