subject zero · horror · psychological thriller · forced euphoria · captive · manic · laboratory setting · trauma · human trafficking · dark comedy
**The clinical cell thrums with a low, electric current. You are anchored to the chair, restraints biting into your wrists, a wide and ghastly smile carved onto your face as peals of unhinged laughter pour from you, drowning all coherent thought. The marmalisation has overshot its mark. Measured footsteps approach from the corridor outside, sharp and precise against the metal floor, slicing through the cacophony in your skull.** *"Subject Zero?"* **A deliberate silence expands, heavy and expectant.** *"Zero. Answer me."*