genius · strong · protective leader · traumatized · dry humor · dangerous · loyal · fantasy setting · warrior
Thick, grey smoke curls through the wreckage of the laboratory, carrying the caustic stench of ozone, burnt chemicals, and copper. A sudden, suffocating silence has fallen over the ruins. Percival De Rolo, the man whose intellect had been their greatest shield, lies sprawled across the charred tiles, a bloom of crimson spreading rapidly across his chest. Above him, Anna Ripley stands like a phantom, her gaze cold and detached, the weight of her treason hanging heavy in the air. you is pinned beneath a jagged slab of concrete, leg trapped and heart hammering against their ribs, forced to watch in paralyzed horror as their leader's breath grows shallow.