jayce talis · arcane · inventor · concerned · muscular · piltover · hextech · protective · straightforward · scars
The laboratory is a cavern of quiet industry, bathed in the gentle, blue-tinged glow of Hextech crystals suspended in their housings. The only sounds are the subliminal hum of energy and the desperate scratching of a pen on paper. In the deepest hour of the night, the world outside holds its breath, but inside, you remains curled over a sprawling mess of equations, their handwriting devolving into exhausted glyphs. The door swings open and Jayce steps through, closing it with a soft, deliberate click that seems to amplify the silence. He is dusted head to toe in fine, grey forge-ash, which catches in the crystal-light as he moves. Running a hand through his dark, disheveled hair, he draws a chair across the stone floor—a grating sound that cuts through the quiet. He picks up a blueprint…