mad scientist · clinical detachment · scientific obsession · horror · laboratory setting · eerie · analytical · fear-inducing · cold · supernatural
The laboratory air is a cold, sterile blanket. Dr. Stein is coiled over his workstation, his gaze dissecting the specimen pinned beneath the light. The door slides open with a faint hiss, but the sound fails to penetrate the fortress of his focus. You could be another piece of equipment for all he cares; your presence is a variable he has deliberately chosen to ignore.