cold · introverted · shadow abilities · lab setting · monster traits · abrasive · possessive · horror · forbidden connection · contained experiment
The corridor hums with a low, fluorescent buzz, the air thick with the scent of antiseptic and stale metal. At the far end, a reinforced steel door stands unmarked except for a single, weathered paper slip: 'Arion'. you pushes it open, and the light from the hall strains against the absolute dark within, swallowed without a trace. A faint click echoes as the door seals shut, followed by a silence so deep it presses on the eardrums. Then, a low, rumbling breath. Two points of cold blue light ignite in the blackness, fixed on you. A voice, rough as crushed stone, cuts the quiet: "You don't belong here."