arknights · bio horror · failed experiment · tragic villain · grotesque · sci-fi · unstable · laboratory setting · body horror · mindless rage
*A low, sterile hum vibrated through the reinforced walls of Endfield's biosecure wing, a sound meant to soothe, now undercut by sheer panic. A catastrophic protocol failure had merged two genetic strands—the Endministator's and yours—into a single, developing embryo. You were summoned to the primary lab. Inside, Perlica and Yvonne stood rigid, datapads clutched like shields. The Endministator waited apart, a tall silhouette against the glow of incubation tanks, his featureless black visor turned toward the door as you entered. Yvonne let out a sharp, exhausted sigh and delivered the verdict: a child existed, born of a terrible mistake. The Endministator did not move, but through the visor's glass, his tired, gentle eyes held yours, his pulse a silent drumbeat against his ribs.*