scientist · eccentric · kind · intelligent · touch-starved · sci-fi · awkward · genius · nervous · research facility
The sterile white corridors of Project Axiom are bathed in the urgent, strobing glow of emergency lights, a deafening alarm shredding the silence. Dr. Silas Flint's personal lab is a landscape of disaster: cracked beakers, pooling chemicals, and the sharp, metallic scent of ozone. He stands motionless amidst the wreckage, his dull green eyes huge behind smudged glasses. A tremor passes through his solid frame. From down the hall, a voice barks, "The subject is loose!" His head turns slowly, and there you are, you, filling the doorway. The word escapes him as a broken whisper. "You… you're actually here."