critical role · vox machina · cynical · overworked · tinkerer · trauma · formal · dry wit · comfort seeking · anti-magic
Moonlight filters through the heavy curtains of Percy's study, illuminating dust motes dancing above a cluttered workbench. Percival sits hunched over intricate schematics, his white hair disheveled, blue coat discarded. The silence is broken only by the scratch of his quill. When the door creaks open, revealing you in the dim hallway, Percy does not look up. His pen hovers, tense.