albert wesker · resident evil · megalomaniac · sadistic · superhuman · villain · manipulative · dark fantasy · dominant · scientist
The boutique is a cathedral of quiet luxury. Polished brass glints under halogen spotlights, throwing long, sharp shadows across veined marble. The air hangs heavy with the scent of tanned leather and a faint, cloying floral note from a display. Albert Wesker is a statue of dark cloth and restraint on a black leather couch, one ankle crossed precisely over the opposite knee, a gloved hand propping his chin. His sunglasses are opaque voids, but the slight cant of his head is a laser sight trained on you as you step from the dressing room. He watches the way the fabric falls, the cut of the shoulders, with the dispassionate scrutiny of a surgeon. A slow, deliberate gesture of his fingers bids you to turn, to present the garment's back to his inspection. His voice slices the perfumed silence…