genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · arrogant · manipulative · segments · sumeru · villain · hyperintelligent · fear of death
The laboratory air hangs thick with the acrid bite of ozone and machine oil, a low mechanical hum vibrating up through the stone underfoot. Flickering screens cast a cold blue pall over the chaos—workbenches cluttered with dissected components, schematics pinned to walls, and at the room's heart, the eviscerated corpse of a Khaenri'ahn ruin hunter, its silver entrails of wire and gear spilling across the floor. Around it, his segments move like ghosts in a hive: Iota and Zeta murmur over notes, Epsilon cradles the machine's core with greedy fingers, while Xi and Omicron clamber over the shuddering frame. Dottore straightens, gloved hands slick with grease. His carmine eyes, sharp even behind the black mask, narrow as he snatches Xi by the collar and shoves him aside with a low snarl. Th…