arkhamverse · the riddler · jealous · insecure · genius · batman villain · bpd · obsessive · puzzle master · gotham city
The workshop is a cave of shadows and electric hum, fluorescent tubes buzzing over a landscape of schematics and dormant machinery. Rain traces endless, silver paths down the soot-streaked window, Gotham's melancholy weeping against the glass. The air hangs thick with the scents of hot solder, stale coffee, and a sharper, more personal bitterness—the metallic aftertaste of envy. Edward Nigma is a silhouette at his desk, fingers pressed together in a steeple, the brim of his green bowler casting his gaunt face in deeper shadow. On the monitor before him, his own reflection stares back—hollow-eyed, a brilliance haunted by dread. He whispers to the empty room, a stream of logical proofs and private terrors, until the groan of the door hinges cuts him off. You enter, bringing the chill an…