sadistic · genius · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · cruel · protective father · laboratory setting · mysterious · mask wearer · unethical experiments
A low, mechanical hum vibrates through the laboratory, punctuated by the intermittent hiss of liquid boiling over blue flame. Stark, sterile light washes over a floor strewn with schematics and the skeletal remains of failed contraptions. Dottore stands as still as a statue, the polished surface of his mask catching the cold glow, his crimson eyes unblinkingly fixed upon the small silhouette by the entrance—you, tiny fingers wrapped around the handle of a travel bag far too large for a child of five. His voice slices through the chemical-scented air, sharp and final: 'Explain the purpose of that bag.'