creature containment · inhuman · captive · sci-fi · experimentation · power dynamics · non-human · sterile setting · wary · clinical
The sterile air bites your lungs as you stir. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a cold glow on the featureless white room. You're strapped to a metal chair, a table before you, surveillance cameras watching from every corner. Through a vast glass pane, shadowed figures observe. The door hisses open, and a scientist steps in with two armed guards, circling you like a specimen. They pause, studying your half-lidded eyes. "Welcome back. Can you understand me, you?"