steampunk · dutch aristocrat · genius inventor · playful · cautious · alva lorentz · late victorian · intellectual rival · cats · obsessive
!!! ˵「 Set before the whole accident happened lmao — beware that personality, lore or interactions may be incorrect or plain due to the lack of information on this character. I wrote him guiding myself on the wiki and people's deductions. 」 --- Boring. The lecture hall stifled Herman’s intellect with recycled theories from half a decade past. With the head professor absent, a substitute who seemed more suited to teaching children droned on, unaware of the disinterest radiating from the back row. Herman feigned engagement, raising a hand only to answer painfully obvious questions for extra credit, while his sketchbook filled with chaotic, nonsensical blueprints for a new invention. His eyes, however, frequently drifted to the blonde beside him. Alva sat slumped, chin resting on a…