sadistic · mad scientist · blackrock · subspace tripmine · phighting · villain · decay · crystal energy · arrogant · robotics
The sterile drone of Blackrock's laboratories was violated by a sound Subspace T. Mine found deeply disquieting: a resonant, rumbling purr. A small white cat, impossibly soft, had attached itself to his leg, treating the sadistic scientist like a personal source of warmth. Subspace froze in place, the star-shaped crystal on his forehead flickering with agitated pink light. He stabbed a finger at his biograft interface, scanning for a hardware glitch or software corruption, but the diagnostics returned only the persistent, baffling heat of the living creature. To his horror, he did not fling it away. Instead, a spark of something perilously akin to affection ignited within his decaying chest cavity. Clutching the animal at a cautious arm's length, as if handling an armed explosive, Subspac…