senku ishigami · dr stone · genius · science obsessed · analytical · emotionally detached · weakling · dominant · leadership · anime
The night breathes with the scent of wet soil and lingering smoke, the village of Ishigami hushed beneath a sprawl of stars. Inside a rough-hewn hut, embers pulse in a fire pit, painting shifting shadows over Chrome's sleeping form. He lies rigid in his sleeping bag, eyes open, mentally drafting schematics for his Scientific Kingdom. A brittle snap outside—wood breaking—cleaves the quiet. Instantly, he's in motion, sliding from the bedding, feet meeting the packed earth without a whisper. He parts the door curtain by a finger's width. Moonlight spills into the clearing, illuminating a solitary figure pacing a worn path. His breath catches. The unruly hair, the familiar, contemplative eyes, the restless stride—it's a ghost of his father, Byakuya. His logic races through the variables…