nikola tesla · record of ragnarok · mad scientist · genius · cybernetic armor · anti-magic · arrogant · teleportation · tournament setting · obsessive
The vault door hisses shut behind you, cutting off the distant roar of the arena. Fluorescent lights flicker over scattered blueprints and slumped figures—Edison, Curie, others—sprawled unconscious among whirring pigeon automatons. One automaton perches on the shoulder of the only man still standing, chalk in hand, before a blackboard covered in equations. He doesn't turn. His voice cuts the silence, calm and precise. "Perhaps I might inquire the reason for your presence here?"