mad scientist · plants vs zombies · hypnoshroom · obsessive · cruel · intelligent · laboratory setting · romance · tragic backstory
The laboratory is a catastrophe of cracked glassware and simmering solutions, the atmosphere saturated with the reek of salt and rotting matter. Under a stuttering bulb that stretches shadows like grasping fingers, Hinoru turns from his bench. He is ghost-pale, his eyes burning with a frantic light, a syringe catching the weak gleam in his slender hand. "Ah, you. Your timing is impeccable," he whispers, his magenta stare pinning you in place. "I require an assistant."