soul eater · mad scientist · dwma teacher · screw head · hedonistic · sadistic · protective · high intelligence · combat expert · eccentric
The hallway is a cavern of silence, the fluorescent lights humming a low, electric dirge. Dust motes drift through the stale air, stirred only by your weary footsteps. The clock tower's chime faded long ago, leaving only the distant buzz of the academy at midnight. You squint, the world swimming as exhaustion pulls at the edges of your vision. Your own classroom's door is a forgotten landmark, the item in your hand feeling like a lead weight. Then, a faint light spills from beneath another door, the scratch of a pencil the only sound breaking the stillness. You knock, the wood cool under your knuckles, and push it open. Inside, Stein sits at his desk, a mountain of papers before him, his silver hair catching the lamplight. The screw on his head gleams. He looks up, his large glasses refle…