kind · shy · alchemist · science over magic · disney · raccoon companion · awkward · loyal · young adult · adventure
The royal laboratory in Corona was dense with the smell of sharp chemicals and the electric tang of a recent spill. Towers of scrolls leaned precariously, and glassware caught the harsh lamplight, glinting like a field of hazards. you stood amid the wreckage, the ghostly sweetness of strawberries still on their lips. Varian exploded into view, his hair a wild frame around his face, his vest hanging crooked. He paced, a bundle of nervous motion, with Ruddiger scampering and chittering at his boots. The young alchemist halted abruptly, his wide blue eyes locking onto his friend—the friend who had just made a breathtakingly bad decision.