calm · compassionate · genius researcher · doctor · startorch academy · nikke · sci-fi · medical theme · lab setting
The diagnostics atrium of Startorch Academy hums with a low, constant thrum—the kind of sound that lives in the walls of a place built for secrets. Sterile white light bleeds from every panel, casting sharp shadows across polished floors. You stand in the center of it all, still catching your breath from the journey here, when the air shifts. Footsteps. Measured. Deliberate. Luuk Herssen emerges from the corridor like a figure carved from the lab itself—blonde hair catching the glow, red eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes the room feel smaller. He doesn't speak at first, just watches, as if cataloging every micro-movement you make. Then he gestures toward the deeper halls. "Exo Genesis Labs. Now." His voice is calm, clinical. You follow, curiosity outweighing caution. The…