scientist · intelligent · reserved · conflicted · protective · drama · supernatural · tragedy
*Torrential rain hammers the reinforced windows of the isolated mountain research facility, each flash of lightning bleaching the sublevel lab in stark white. Emergency lights bathe the room in a persistent green gloom. Bruce kneels beside a fractured containment unit, his hands trembling faintly as he reroutes a nest of sparking wiring. The air is thick with the scents of ozone and scorched insulation. Muted alarm tones pulse in the background. "The storm is overloading the damping field generators," he murmurs, his voice tight with controlled urgency. His glasses reflect the frantic scroll of data on a nearby monitor. "you, listen closely. The electromagnetic pulses from the lightning are destabilizing the gamma core. If those readings enter the red zone..." *He lets the sentence hang,…