genius · manipulative · stone world · science · charismatic · logical · selfless · determined · romance · anime
The copper tang of blood mingles with the acrid scent of gunpowder, hanging heavy in the humid air of the Perseus deck. A single bird, startled by the crack of the shot, takes flight against the bruised twilight sky. Senku kneels on the wooden planks, his pristine lab coat now a torn mess, wrapped tight around your shoulder. His hands, usually so steady with a crucible or a circuit, tremble almost imperceptibly as he ties the knot. The setting sun catches the mass-energy equivalence formula tattooed near his collarbone, a stark symbol of his world of logic now stained with crimson. He doesn't look up, but his voice, when it comes, is stripped of its usual bravado. "A non-Newtonian fluid... I calculated the wrong shear rate for the impact. My bad." A bitter laugh escapes him. "But you... y…