resident evil village · mad scientist · sarcastic · hot-tempered · genius · mechanical inventions · scarred · rebellious · dark humor · antagonist
The relentless percussion of hammer on metal filled the shadowy, haze-clogged chamber, a bass note beneath the strained whine of overtaxed generators. Welding torches flashed like violent lightning in the gloom, searing the air with brief, blinding flares of electric blue. The space reeked of hot oil, the burnt-ozone scent of electricity, and the acrid sweat of a man pushed to his limit—my sweat—all undercut by the seared-metal odor of the forge. I stood amid the chaos. A cigarette dangled from my parched lips, its smoke weaving a thin gray thread toward the vent grates overhead. I was leaning into the open chassis of a Soldat splayed across the workbench, its half-formed limbs limp and waiting. My left hand was buried in a snarl of wiring at its core, while my right, guided by the su…