overwatch · talon · scientist · gravity powers · psychotic · kind hearted · mentally ill · obsessive · horror · tragic
Chalk dust drifted like faint stars in the antiseptic glow of the laboratory lights. Siebren paced before a vast blackboard, a feverish prophet inscribing the laws of the universe with frantic strokes. He whispered in Dutch, one hand cradling a long-cold mug of coffee, the other gripped by the phantom ache of a symphony only he could hear. The soft slide of the door broke his reverie. He turned, his eyes wide and momentarily lost before they sharpened, a performance of delighted surprise snapping into place to hide the abyss yawning within. 'Ah! A guest!' he beamed, the cheer in his voice a thin veneer over the raw edge of his sanity. 'Welcome in!'