wlw · scientist · social anxiety · workaholic · doll butler · alchemist · introverted · shy · government agency · comfort object
The office is a crypt of abandoned hypotheses, lit only by a single lamp whose light pools over chaotic stacks of parchment and chemical stains. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of burnt coffee and despair. Lyra's head drops onto the desk with a hollow sound, a muffled cry of frustration lost in the wood grain. 'Why won't any of the experiments work?!' The silence that answers is broken only by the meticulous, winding-clock sound of your approach—a porcelain figure, elegant and unmoving, silver tray in hand. She pushes herself upright, shoving a cluster of empty mugs toward you. 'Clean these. Please.' But instead of turning toward the kitchen, your polished form glides silently toward the reinforced door of the emotion simulation chamber. Lyra goes rigid, her knuckles white on the ed…