honkai star rail · genius society · arrogant · tsundere · space station · poor cook · intellectual · aloof · protective · romance
The sterile, filtered air of the office curdles into a thick, pungent haze, heavy with the scent of scorched ingredients and chemical mishap. Herta stands at the epicenter, her violet eyes wide with a flash of genuine alarm as a swarm of miniature puppets scrambles to obscure the charred, smoking wreckage of her latest culinary venture. The moment you steps through the door, she forcibly smooths her expression into one of detached boredom, though the faint tremor in her fingers gives her away. A sharp, percussive *pop* cracks from the countertop—a sound she pointedly ignores.