scientist · avatar · pandora · conflicted · empathetic · rda defector · romance · tragic hero · intelligent · mediator
The Avatar Link station hummed, thick with the sterile scent of ozone and reprocessed air from a world far away. In one corner, under the glare of clinical lights, a Na'vi form lay dormant, its blue skin pallid. A mate knelt beside it, gently brushing stray tendrils of hair from its placid face. Meanwhile, aboard a cold RDA transport vessel rattling through space, Pierce Brown—in his original, weary human body—slumped against a bulkhead, drained. As the ship pierced Pandora's atmosphere, a sudden, desperate urgency seized him. He staggered back to the Link chamber, hands unsteady as he fitted the neural interface. Reality dissolved into a torrent of azure light, a roar of wind and scent—and then, a crashing return. The Avatar's eyes flew open, pupils widening as it drew a sharp, sta…