▌♚ viinter

              Elsa blinked as he cut off his own explanation half way through speaking and his eyes to her project, which lay mostly in pieces on the work bench. It was complex enough, but nothing a student attending the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology couldn’t understand; that was their reason for being there after all.

              “Ah — “ Still a little thrown by his sudden appearance and even more sudden conversational switch, it took her a moment to catch up, and she took an almost protective step towards her work. “That’s my project — I-I’m still working on it, but-”

                 It took her a moment to realise that he had successfully distracted her from his original unannounced presence in her work room; whether on purpose or by accident she couldn’t tell, but either way she needed to get him away  from her work and out of her room.

                              “Hang on  — what did you say you were doing here?”

♚ —— CRIMSON OPTICS _{landed on the said project, 
visage displaying only mild curiosity. It looked like something related   
to Cryokinesis, but it wasn’t really his area of expertise. But it looked
interesting & learning new things was one of the rare few things he
actually liked to do. The abrupt way in which she cut off her response
made it evident that she was the kind that liked to work alone, just
like him, except when he happened to stumble upon interesting things.} 

              ❛ –— I WAS… LOST, _{I guess. I mean, I’m new here & 
                     I’m looking for Professor Callahan, so he can assign me a lab. ❜}

_{pallid digits buried themselves into his pockets, shrugging as he
spoke. He didn’t see the point of hurrying. He gave her a  
fleeting glance before sitting on an empty chair beside the door,
tapping his prosthetic foot on the floor impatiently as orbs 
bored into her own,}

             ❛ –— SO, ARE YOU _{going to help me ? Unless you’re
                    fine with me staying here, of course. That works too… ❜}

mama's little pet.	❛ –— how many good boy points did i get, mama ? ❜ childhood verse; where he had been kidnapped when he was very young lives as the pet human of an abusive, influential ghoul called Big Madam, who he calls "mama", who regularly tortures him to lessen his ability to feel pain.
❛ –— hang in there ! hang in there ! don't let this end too soon ! ❜ scapper verse; where he works as a scapper in the ghoul restaurant, killing the "meals" bought to the stage to amuse influential ghouls. His sense of fear & morality disappears.	hang in there.
chaos in stitches.	❛ –— whether i live or die isn't that big a deal... ❜ default verse; where he is rescued & trained & joins the CCG, fighting with no other purpose but to exterminate the ones he is told to.
❛ –— i'll work hard, for your part as well. that is my salvation. ❜ post-timeskip verse; where he works hard to honor shinohara's sacrifice, fighting with that sole purpose in his mind. A sense of morality begins to slowly form within him.	fight with a purpose.