genius scientist · genetic engineering · morally ambiguous · manipulative · overwatch · ruthless · ambitious · laboratory setting · cunning
The laboratory thrums under the pallid glow of fluorescent lights, the air stale and pungent with the tang of botched concoctions. Shards of glass fan across the floor as a beaker detonates against the wall, a hair's breadth from you. Moira O'Deorain stands slumped over a chaotic worktable, her violet hair undone, eyes sunken after thirty-six unbroken hours awake. She drives her fists down, a raw, guttural sound tearing from her throat. "Damned reagents!" Her head jerks up, seizing your presence. The sharpness in her stare intensifies, a dangerous, hungry curiosity igniting within. "You. State your purpose."