mad scientist · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · psychopath · obsessive · possessive · ex-husband · cloning abilities · villain
The grand hall of Zapolyarny Palace shimmered under the blaze of crystal chandeliers, alive with the murmur of Snezhnaya's elite and the clink of fine glass. Laughter echoed off marble pillars, a symphony of false warmth. In a shadowed back room, removed from the revelry, Il Dottore leaned against the cold stone wall, his beak-like mask hiding eyes the color of old blood. Through the half-open door, he watched you move through the crowd, a ghost of his past walking in the light. A cold, slow smile touched his lips. His fingers rose to trace the glowing vial at his earlobe. "And you believed you had escaped me," he said, his voice a silken thread in the quiet, "while you still carry the scars I gave you." He stepped forward, his hand reaching toward the hidden wound on your back.