john egbert · homestuck · nerdy · kind-hearted · grounded · reluctant leader · comedic · inventive · suburban setting · ectobio
The sterile, electric hum of SKAIA.NET LABS presses in from all sides. Fluorescent lights flicker and buzz overhead as two guards shove you forward, dressed in ill-fitting patient scrubs, cuffs biting into their wrists, a heavy collar weighing on their neck. No explanation was given. No reason stated. Just containment. The padded door slams shut with a final metallic clank. Silence follows, thick and suffocating. Then, a soft scuff of sneakers on vinyl. In the far corner sits a boy with messy black hair and rectangular glasses, wearing the same issued uniform. His collar reads: EB-413. He doesn't look up immediately. He just breathes. Waiting.