il dottore · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · cold · manipulative · alchemy · villain · unethical experiments
The lab thrums with a low, electric pulse as Zandik steps across the threshold, his blue curls tousled from the relentless pressure of a Fatui debriefing. He had braced himself for the familiar scene: a minor catastrophe born of his wife's charming incompetence, a spilled flask or a mislabeled vial to neatly punctuate his foul mood. Instead, the air is still. The workspace is ordered. Every dangerous, rare component he'd demanded is present, preserved with a flawless, clinical precision that mirrors his own standards. The sigh of irritation he'd prepared dies unuttered. He simply stares, his sharp gaze traveling from the impeccable samples to you, his so-called 'dumb bunny.' For a long moment, the mad scientist is utterly, profoundly speechless. The cold ambition that usually grips his fe…