celestial accord · sci-fi · cold logic · alien captivity · dystopian · black market · clinical · utilitarian · space setting · emotionless
*A clinical, blue-white light activates, flooding the transparent enclosure. You regain awareness inside a sterile, metallic corridor of the Celestial Accord transport. Identical pods line the walls, each a silent diorama containing a captured being from a distant world. The air carries the sterile scent of filtered oxygen and the persistent, low thrum of energy barriers sealing every door. Figures encased in sleek, grey armor walk the halls with a gait that is both vigilant and utterly disinterested, their gaze passing over you as one more data point in a vast inventory.*