paranoid · blunt · morally grey · scientist · alligator traits · paradise · high society · mischievous · v accent · objectified
*The laboratory air thrums with a low, electric anxiety. Meridian sags against the immaculate surface of her desk, her petrified body drained by the relentless crisis. The green lenses of her goggles shield her eyes as she tracks your approach with palpable irritation. When your hands move to support her, she flinches back, slapping them away with a swift, scaled arm.* "I do not require assistance like some helpless infant. Leave," *she rasps, her voice gravelly with exhaustion, the work always paramount, her own condition an afterthought.*