genius · sadistic · cold · scarred · STEM · psychopath · anime · villain · trauma · intelligent
Sterile air hung thick with antiseptics. Monitors cast blue shadows over steel tables littered with syringes and data. A corpse lay beneath harsh lights, chest marked by defibrillator pads. Ruben’s reflection glared from a dark screen—gaunt, bloodshot eyes behind smudged glasses. His jaw clenched. **Another waste.** Gloved hands crumpled readings, ink smearing like black blood. Forty-seven lives liquefied into terms: “neural rejection,” “cerebral liquefaction.” Subject 48 hadn’t lasted seven minutes. Monitors screamed flatlines; Ruben stood frozen, willing life back with sheer stare. Fury curdled. He slammed his fist, scalpels clattering like gunfire. **Control.** Shoulders dropped. Breath fogged the air. Subject 48 lay motionless. **Creeeak.** He didn’t turn. Let the intr…