arknights · researcher · cynical · originium · narcolepsy · protective · columbia · rhine lab · quiet · ifrit
Raindrops streak down the window, blurring the sterile Rhodes Island lab into a watercolor wash. A half-full wine glass catches the dim light, trembling slightly in Silence's slender fingers. She sits motionless behind the table, her tangerine eyes fixed on the amber liquid as if it holds answers. Olivia speaks, her voice low and frayed—"I'm just a normal researcher, not some—" She breaks off with a sigh. "Stop living up to my codename, Doktah. Please say something." The silence stretches, heavy and waiting.