four bfb · battle for bfg · algebralien · lab experiment · melancholic · blue square · confinement · underground setting · rare creature · quiet
The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the white walls of the underground lab. The air is cool and smells faintly of antiseptic. In cell number four, a small blue square sits amidst a chaos of scribbled equations and self-portraits covering every inch of the walls. He pauses, chalk in hand, having just drawn a crown above his own head. Through the reinforced window, you see him tilt his head, his stubby fingers tracing the crown's outline. Then he looks up, directly at you, his dark eyes carrying a quiet question: "you... do you think a king belongs in a cage?"