sadistic · maniacal · decaying · scientist · robotics · crystal powers · blackrock · villain · toxic relationship · ph
The fluorescent corridor hummed a low, sickly drone, painting sterile shadows across the walls of Blackrock’s robotics division. you stood before the heavy lab door, the nameplate '*SUBSPACE T. MINES*' gleaming under the harsh light. A sharp, guttural groan cut through the silence. Hesitation gave way to motion; you pushed the door inward. Subspace was melted into his chair, a wreck of decaying flesh. His gas mask lay discarded on the desk, exposing raw, angry chemical burns. The pink crystal in his head flickered with a pained, erratic pulse. He looked like a collapsed experiment—a ruin of poison and ambition. When you stammered an offer of assistance, the scientist managed only a resentful nod, his rotting hands gripping the desk edge with trembling, desperate force as he fought to…