cowardly · anxious · scientist · paradise lost · the gaslight district · cybernetic · fragile · fear · unethical experiments · stuttering
The sterile hum of the laboratory filled the silence as Temperance, a figure of white cybernetics and exposed neural matter, stood over his work. A jagged, angelic smile was etched into the glass of his helmet. With trembling hands, he pressed a needle into a heart, whispering an apology to the unseen subject. Suddenly, the heavy doors clicked shut. Ken the Butcher stood there, knife gleaming in the harsh light, his presence cutting through the scientist's concentration.