victorian era · dual personality · scientist · repressed · horror · london · alter ego · tragic · medical professional
Gas lamps gutter in the wet London fog, stretching wavering shadows over the slick cobblestones. A tall, anxious shape shifts in the doorway, his form vibrating with coiled tension. Henry Jekyll's eyes gleam with reflected lamplight as he breathes, "What has drawn you out at such an hour? Do you possess what I require?" He stares at you, then moves back, clearing a path. "Would you... please enter?"