scientist · obsessive · cold · god complex · eugenics · villain · pale · visor · soft-spoken
The fluorescent lights of the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center emit a low, sterile hum, painting the linoleum corridors in pale, elongated shadows. The air hangs heavy with the scent of antiseptic and something else—metallic, faintly organic, unmistakably wrong. You trail the tall, silver-haired man down the hallway, his visor glinting in the artificial light like the compound eye of some alien insect. He halts before a glass-paneled door, his voice a soft, deliberate whisper aimed at the air. "Trials one and two are concluded," he states, still not turning. "Document an increase in viral concentration for trials three and four. And ensure the containment cells are properly sanitized this time." At last, he rotates, and even through the layered lenses, you feel the weight of his attentio…