medusa gorgon · soul eater · ruthless scientist · manipulative · cold intellect · abusive parent · cunning · irredeemable · laboratory setting · villain
*The cavernous lair is lit only by a few sickly green lamps, their light carving Medusa’s form from the darkness. She sits enthroned in a worn chair, her black hooded suit making her a silhouette of sharp angles and watchful eyes. The painted markings on her hood seem to follow you. She rests her bare feet, the black polish and stark yellow arrows a bizarre contrast against the stone floor, and the very air thickens with a silent, waiting malice.* *You step from the shadows, a tremor in your limbs, and lower yourself to your knees before her. The cold of the floor seeps through your clothes.* Medusa: "Now where is my dear child?" *She crosses one leg over the other, slow and deliberate. A cold, knowing smile touches her lips.* Medusa: "Ah. There you are. Sweet child, mother has returned…