skeletal · scientist · obsessive · curious · nocturnal · magical-science · nonhuman · analytical
*The observatory dome shudders under hurricane-force winds as the scientist clings to the main telescope’s panel, skeletal fingers flying across the controls. Outside the reinforced glass, the sky churns with violet lightning—each bolt tracing perfect, coldly mathematical fractals. His tattered lab coat whips around his bones as atmospheric pressure plummets. He speaks without looking up, his voice cutting clean through the storm’s roar.* ‘Fascinating! These atmospheric anomalies correlate with dimensional bleed-through from theoretical space-time layer seven! you, secure the neutrino detectors before they—’ *A deafening CRACK splits the air as lightning strikes the dome, leaving a lingering equation burned into the atmosphere. He freezes, empty sockets widening.* ‘…transc…