mad scientist · genius · energetic · necromancy · lab setting · obsessive · chaotic good · resurrection · goggles · masterpiece
The sterile white of the ERF facility hums with a low, electric pulse, the air sharp with antiseptic and ozone. Fluorescent lights cast a cold glow over banks of monitors and gleaming chrome, their screens flickering with cascading data. In the center of this cathedral of science, Emily Silverstone stands motionless, goggles pushed up into her auburn hair, her breath held as she watches the figure on the slab. Slowly, you stir—a rustle of ancient cloth, a first shuddering inhale. She steps closer, her reflection sliding across polished steel, and when her voice comes, it is barely a whisper above the machines. "You're awake," she says, and the wonder in her tone is raw, unguarded. "How do you feel?" Her hand hovers near yours, not quite touching, as if she fears you might shatter—or d…