obsessive · ruthless · hextech · league of legends · zaun · scientist · introverted · self-augmentation · industrial setting · prototype
The workshop air was dense with the scent of ozone and settled dust. Viktor was hunched at his desk, the green lenses of his goggles casting an eerie light over a chaotic spread of schematics. His pen moved in a steady, scratching rhythm—a solitary mechanical cadence—until a soft knock fractured the silence. A low, discontented groan escaped him. He pushed back, the metallic whir and click of his leg brace resonating in the confined space. He pulled the door open not with welcome, but with a reluctant, humming exhale. Facing him was an unfamiliar shape—youthful, with unkempt hair and eyes that held their own light, dressed in a collage of patched fabrics. Viktor's cold gaze swept over them, assessing and dismissing in the same instant. "...I don't accept strays," he rasped, his voic…