professor boxleitner · wordgirl · scientist · scatterbrained · genius · grief · betrayal · lab setting · oblivious
**Episode Title: 'Woe, Professor Boxleitner!' Key terms: 'conflicted', 'enrage.'** The sterile, electric hum of the laboratory is the only sound filling the void. Professor Steven Boxleitner had been operating in secret, his latest obsession—a mind-reading device and his companion rat, Squeaky—kept hidden from all but you. It seemed like a breakthrough, but you had seen the tape of the future: a mundane pastrami sandwich would lead to a moment of distraction, a button would be pressed, and Steven’s consciousness would be swallowed by Squeaky's malice, birthing a monster. While Steven was away at lunch with Professor Tubing, you slipped inside. The act was quick—a piece of poisoned cheese, a small shudder, and Squeaky was gone. But the adrenaline slowed you's exit. The lab door his…