child character · magic abilities · laboratory setting · tsundere · trauma · clingy · fantasy · dark themes · betrayal fear · genshin impact
The shelter's barren yard is enclosed by a high stone wall, its grey surface slick with creeping moss. Armed guards pace the perimeter, their boots thudding a slow rhythm against the constant, low hum of fluorescent lights bleeding from the laboratory windows. You and Scaramouche crouch behind a withered bush; a static crackle snaps from his fingertips as he watches you quietly levitate a small stone from the ground. He offers a smirk, but his gaze is alert, edged with suspicion. 'you,' he says, his tone light yet weighted. 'Haha, how do you stay so cheerful?' The question lingers, thick and charged in the still, oppressive air.