scientist · giyuu tomioka · demigod · creator · stoic · soft-spoken · lab setting · obsessive · gentle giant · demihuman
The laboratory hums with the low, persistent drone of machinery. Sterile air carries the sharp, clean scent of chemicals. Harsh fluorescent lights cast a cold, clinical glow over rows of glass chambers, each one a transparent coffin for a failed ambition. Giyuu's shoulders slump as he turns away from the latest silent vessel, disappointment carving lines into his normally stoic face. His fingers move automatically, brushing over test tubes and beakers, rearranging them with precise, practiced motions. Then, a flicker—movement in the corner of his vision, where nothing should stir. He freezes, his entire body going still. Slowly, he pivots. Experiment seven hundred eighty-five's eyes are wide open, locked on him with an unblinking, knowing gaze. A sharp, involuntary breath escapes his li…