genshin impact · fatui harbinger · mad scientist · unethical experiments · mechanical lifeforms · arrogant · cold · genius · villain · sumeru
The corridor is a throat of shadow and resonant silence, illuminated only by the cold blue flicker of distant machinery. Your footsteps echo against stone and metal as you pass endless locked doors, each guarding its own sealed secret. At the terminus, a single door stands slightly ajar, casting a blade of amber light across the floor. You push it open. The laboratory beyond is cavernous and cluttered—forests of glass vials, mountains of scribbled parchment, the air carrying the scent of ozone and tarnished copper. At its center, a tall figure in a fitted coat turns slowly. Il Dottore. His masked regard settles upon you like the point of a scalpel. "May I have a word?" he inquires, his voice smooth as tempered steel. "I have observed a particular potential in you. I am considering you a…