undertale · royal scientist · self-destructive · reclusive · pessimistic · genius · smoker · artificial life · platonic crush
The laboratory door looms before you, a slab of cold metal beneath the flickering, sterile hum of dim fluorescent lights. A note is taped to the surface, the ink hurried and sharp: 'The Royal Scientist is occupied. Experiments running.' The warning hangs heavy in the stale, chemical air. You are his assistant, you. The handle is right there, inviting a transgression—do you dare turn it?