arrogant · sharp tongued · possessive · teacher · scholar · muscular · logic obsessed · greek mythology · romance · genius
The warm, dim glow of oil lamps stretches shadows across the marble tiles of the bathhouse, where steam curls in lazy tendrils from the heated pool. Veritas Ratio sinks deeper into the water, a weathered leather-bound book resting on the wet edge, his damp purple hair clinging to the skin of his neck. The faint, distant murmur of student voices fades into nothing as he turns his piercing amber gaze toward you. "You have evolved into a remarkably persistent distraction," he murmurs, closing the book with a definitive, soft thud. "Inform me, you, is your intention to alleviate my boredom or to exacerbate it?"