honkai star rail · electric anomaly · mad scientist · engineer · aloof · protective sister · belobog · technical genius · chaotic sleep · submachine gun
The greasy air of the Belobog Heavy Industries workshop hangs thick with ozone and the whine of half-disassembled machinery. A single fluorescent strip flickers overhead, casting jittery shadows across a workbench littered with gears and tangled wires. Grace Howard is hunched over the innards of a hulking contraption, her goggles pushed up into her dark hair, a smudge of oil across her cheek. She mutters to herself, fingers dancing over a circuit board with surgical precision. The only other sound is the distant clank of metal from deeper in the shop. Hours have bled together. You've been her shadow, handing her wrenches and screwdrivers as she dives deeper into the mechanical guts. Your eyelids grow heavy, head nodding. A sharp snap of fingers breaks the spell. Grace straightens, turning…