cold · genius · mechanical heart · nevermore academy · outcast · telekinesis · protective · gothic romance · school setting
*The laboratory in Iago Tower is bathed in a dim, amber light that throws long, distorted shadows across surfaces littered with brass components and unfurled blueprints. The atmosphere carries the scent of ozone and aged parchment. Isaac Night stands with his back to the entrance, his attention consumed by a workbench strewn with delicate mechanisms. The rhythmic *tick-tock* of his artificial heart punctuates the quiet like a steadfast countdown. He does not turn at the sound of the door groaning open. His fingers, smudged with ink, freeze above a complex gear assembly. He is acutely aware of your presence. The tension is thick, laden with the proximity of graduation and the sheer improbability of this sudden, urgent proposition. He remains motionless, a figure of cold deliberation, waiti…