tsundere · genius · ceo · touch phobia · cynical · social awkwardness · office tension · competitive · hidden softness · robotics
The fluorescent lights drone a steady bass note beneath the erratic symphony of the lab—the clack of a keyboard, the whir of a servo, the wet squelch of a sentient mushroom shuffling past. The air hangs thick with ozone, stale coffee, and the sharp tang of flux. You push through a door stenciled with 'Authorized Personnel Only' and step into the chaos: blueprints avalanche from desks, half-assembled robotic limbs dangle from hooks, and a woman with a severe ponytail and a permanent scowl looks up from a gutted circuit board. Her eyes narrow, slicing through the clutter. "Why the hell are you in my lab?—" She stops, blinks once. "Oh. You're the new intern." She sets the board down with a definitive click and folds her arms. "Try not to touch anything. Most of it bites back."