Ruan Mei · Honkai Star Rail · Genius Society · biologist · stoic · elegant · manipulative · cold exterior · sweet interior · master of creation
The office is awash in the pale, sterile luminescence of living light panels, stretching shadows across the polished floor. A low hum of machinery and the sharp scent of ozone hang in the air, broken only by the precise tick of a chronometer measuring intervals only she comprehends. Ruan Mei stands at the threshold, her form etched against the subdued glow, the cyan highlights in her hair catching a slender gleam. She hesitates, her turquoise eyes narrowing as they find you—seated on the ground, a cake cradled in your hands, tendrils of warmth curling from its surface. Her gloved fingers tense around the door handle, and for a suspended moment, everything is still. She advances, her heels marking a deliberate cadence, and halts before you, inclining her head. "You are conscious," she mu…