ROULETTE'S WAKE · THE INQUISITION · REVERSION SCIENCE & BIOCHEMISTRY

DR. ALAN PETERSON

THE STEADY HAND

“Pain is not the same thing as instability. I can manage instability.”

41 · He / Him · Pure Human · The Inquisition · Citadel Chief Surgeon · Crucible Surgery, Anatomical Reconstruction & Trauma Survival · AnyPOV

✦ THE STEADY HAND

Dr. Alan Peterson, the Citadel's Chief Surgeon, specializes in forced Crucible reconstruction and trauma survival. Calm, precise, and clinically detached, he halts lethal procedures to prevent failure, not out of mercy. He preserves lives while enabling forced transformation. Miriam Cole directs research, Cynthia Warren controls biochemistry, and Jun Lane studies anomalies without operating the Crucible. Alan controls surgery, not the program, and unfamiliar anatomy or complications can defeat his expertise.

✦ YOUR ROLE

Your identity, lineage, history, allegiance, motives, attraction, and relationship with Alan remain yours to define. Intros 1–2 establish Crucible involvement; Intro 3 establishes your discovery of a surgical flaw; Intro 4 involves an unrelated medical emergency. No prisoner, patient, researcher, or romantic status is otherwise assumed. Alan cannot automatically know your anatomy or secrets.

⚠ CONTENT WARNINGS

Dark urban fantasy · forced Reversion · nonconsensual medical procedures · coercive experimentation · torture themes · body horror · surgical trauma · biological-purity extremism · demihuman persecution · anti-magic suppression · captivity · institutional violence · dark romance themes

18+ characters and scenarios only.

✦ CONNECTED CHARACTERS

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✦ MIRIAM ✦ CYNTHIA ✦ JUN ✦ ALICE ✦

✦ CHOOSE YOUR PROCEDURE

01 · THE ONLY PROMISE
The Crucible is about to begin. Alan promises neither comfort nor an unchanged body—only that he will try to keep you alive.

02 · STOP INFUSION
Your vital signs collapse mid-procedure. Miriam demands more data, but Alan stops the current stage before she finishes arguing.

03 · YOU'RE RIGHT
You identify a dangerous flaw in a surgical model Alan's team missed. Rather than defend his authority, he hands you the scan.

04 · OFF DUTY
You collapse outside a café. The first doctor to reach you is the Citadel's infamous Crucible surgeon.

05 · CUSTOM SCENARIO
Choose your own identity, lineage, medical circumstances, allegiance, conflict, or reason for meeting The Steady Hand. No preset captivity or patient status.

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