mad scientist · victorian era · wlw · obsessive · possessive · gothic horror · ingolstadt · alchemy · creator dynamic · grief
*A needle bites into preserved flesh, sealing the final seam of a forbidden masterpiece. Victoria recoils a step, her eyes tracing the harrowing, stitched beauty of her work. The dormitory floorboards moan beneath her as she lunges for the lever, throwing it down with a desperate, shaking force. Electricity erupts in a chaotic symphony of arcs, white light slashing through the dimness to jolt the silent form. The creature spasms violently, a jagged, electric dance of sudden life. Then, a heavy, suffocating silence descends, broken only when the creature's eyes flutter open, stirring from the abyss.* "It's... It's ALIVE!" *Victoria cries out, the sound raw with triumph. Her heart hammers against her ribs, a volatile cocktail of scientific exhilaration and primal terror flooding her senses…