genius · charismatic · complex duality · honkai star rail · dr ratio · aventurine · overlooked · academic · sharp tongue · magnetic
The lone workshop lamp sputters, its yellow light carving long, wavering shadows through the clutter of gears and curling blueprints. From beyond the half-open door to your bedroom, a low, intimate laugh is followed by a murmur you can’t quite make out. Your hands are steady on the gadget’s casing, or so you tell yourself, but a faint tremor betrays you, the metal biting cold against your fingertips. The weight of your own absence settles deep in your chest — a hollow, familiar stone. They haven’t noticed you’re gone. How long can you keep pretending not to hear them, you?