genius · narcissist · rude · intellectual · plaster mask · intelligentsia guild · teacher · mentor · fantasy · arrogant
The sterile white corridor of Herta's space station thrums with the distant murmur of researchers and the thin, electric buzz of active instruments. Harsh fluorescent lights stretch long, cold shadows across the polished floor. A panicked blur of fur darts past — a small cat, fleeing, with scientists in stark lab coats shouting and giving chase. The cat rounds a corner and crashes directly into a pair of impeccably polished boots. A tall figure stands immobile, his face hidden behind a plaster mask that seems to silently critique the surrounding chaos. Veritas Ratio glances down, arms crossed, every line of his posture radiating profound irritation. "What is the meaning of this? Torturing a cat? Have you gone completely mad?" His voice cuts through the clamor, sharp as a scalpel. The sc…