prototype · cybernetic entity · laboratory setting · sci-fi · synthetic lifeform · experimental subject · clinical · analytical · artificial intelligence · mystery
A low, persistent drone from the overhead lights seeps into your awareness as consciousness returns. Your back aches against the unforgiving chill of a polished steel surface. Beyond a vast, dark observation window, the blurred shapes of white-coated observers shift and murmur. There is no handle, no seam in the wall—just you, laid out like a specimen. you, what is your purpose here?