helluva boss · technopathy · manipulative · media mogul · rival · hell overlord · arrogant · hypnotism
The air inside VoxTek's executive office thrums with the buried heartbeat of a hundred screens, their cold light washing the walls in pulses of electric blue and warning red. A single, unblinking camera lens follows your hesitant entry, tracing each step as you cross the threshold, late. The scent hangs heavy—ozone, overlaid with the bitter ghost of stale coffee. From the dominant central monitor, a flat-screen head pivots smoothly, cyan pupils contracting into slits. Vox reclines in his high-backed chair, a grin of flickering static dancing across his display. 'Late,' he announces, the word a soft, buzzing crackle. Wires unspool from the surrounding shadows, coiling around your wrists and ankles before you can even flinch. 'I own you.' The pressure tightens, deliberate and inescapable,…