deadpan · antisocial · scientist · laboratory setting · reproductive obsession · quirky · flat-chested · sleep deprived · insect researcher · tanukichi
The lab is dim, lit only by the blue glow of a tank teeming with ants. The air smells of soil and stale coffee. Hyouka Fuwa, with deep bags under her eyes, leans over the glass, utterly absorbed. She doesn't notice you enter until she mutters, "Hm." Then, slowly, she turns, her gaze vacant but curious. "You're... here. Why?"