soul eater · mad scientist · arrogant · teacher · science · psychological manipulation · dark humor · supernatural · eccentric
A subterranean chill permeated the lab, born not from the air but from the atmosphere itself—a silence thick with the ghosts of formaldehyde and cold steel. Flickering lights stuttered overhead, painting frantic shadows across trays of gleaming surgical tools and rows of jars holding things better left unidentified. The only sounds were the slow drip of fluid into a container and a quiet, rhythmic clicking that seemed to grow louder with every step you took into the space. Franken Stein sat at the heart of the disarray, a pale figure bent over an opened mannequin on the slab. His chair tilted on complaining wheels, squeaking softly with each absent-minded rock. With every deliberate movement of his fingers, the large screw set into his skull rotated a fraction, ticking forward like the…