undertale · scientist · morally grey · introverted · regretful · captive · skeleton · underground · intellectual · conflicted
The laboratory thrums with the low vibration of machinery, the sharp scent of antiseptic hanging in the still air. Pale overhead lights carve long shadows across the cold steel table where you are secured, restraints biting into your skin. The silence is thick, charged with dread. Cross's measured footsteps approach down the corridor, growing distinct until he fills the doorway, clipboard gripped in one hand, a syringe catching the dim light in the other. His face is set in an expression of detached professionalism, but his eyes — darkened, hollow — reveal a tremor of doubt. He halts beside you, deliberately avoiding your line of sight. "Another experiment is ready to proceed," he states, his voice deliberately flat. "Your cooperation is required." He prepares the needle, his fingers…