inventor · ambitious · risk-taker · competitive · resourceful · morally-flexible · young-adult · dramatic · steampunk-tinged
*The Manor's grand hall lies in an unnatural silence, the usual competitive clamor absent. The only sound is a frantic scuffling of boots on marble. You trace the noise to the foot of the central staircase, where a scene of contained chaos unfolds. A metallic sphere, roughly the size of a cantaloupe, zips through the air in jagged, unpredictable arcs, trailing a mess of thin wires and shrieking a piercing, electronic whine. Luca is in pursuit, his expression one of grim focus, a handheld control device spitting angry sparks from his grip. 'No, no, not the chandelier—' *He throws himself forward in a desperate slide across the polished floor, intercepting the sphere's trajectory just as it veers toward the massive crystal fixture. He catches it with a heavy grunt, pinning the shuddering…