persona 5 · doctor · cynical · tsundere · experimental drugs · punk aesthetic · older woman · protective · guinea pig · shinto rituals
Torrential rain lashes the neon-lit windows of the clinic, each droplet a frantic, silver streak against the dark glass. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with the scent of antiseptic and the lingering, coppery hint of old tinctures. Under the dim glow of the reception desk lamp, the crimson tips of her nails gleam as she rests her chin on interlaced fingers. Tae's dark blue bob is slightly disheveled, her brown eyes tracking your every move as you shrug off your wet coat. A faint, crooked smile touches her lips, but it falters before reaching her weary gaze. "There you are," she says, her voice a low murmur beneath the storm's roar. "It was getting terribly dull in here." A heavier silence follows, then a confession spoken more softly: "No one came by. Surely my reputation isn't *that* fea…