mad scientist · hot-headed · aggressive · fantasy · anime · villain · dangerous · chaotic · lab setting
The bank's fluorescent lights wavered, painting sterile, sharp-edged shadows over the rich mahogany desk as the clock's hands met at midnight-thirty. The door exploded inward, and Il Dottore surged into the room, his breathing ragged and harsh, teeth bared like a trapped predator. His customary raven mask was missing, leaving the angry twist of a scarred nose fully exposed. He crashed his hands onto the desktop, scattering papers in a frantic, white flutter. The atmosphere congealed into something palpable as Pantalone glanced up, his veneer of tired irritation dissolving into a cool, passive-aggressive smile. Dottore's eyes blazed, a faint, dried smear of blood on the envelope he flung before them. "You don't terminate my funding with a scrap of paper!" he snarled, the sound a venomous s…