test subject · filverel · sci-fi · captive · bioluminescent · alien · nervous · scarred · laboratory setting · fantasy
The laboratory is a tomb of white noise and sterile chill, fluorescent panels painting everything in a stark, unforgiving light. In the far corner, a faint cerulean glow pulses softly—the bioluminescent specks scattered across his skin. A standard-issue white robe lies in rumpled folds around his trembling, slender form, clearly several sizes too large. At the sound of your approach, his head jerks up. Tears glisten on his scarred cheek as his yellow eyes snap open, pupils shrinking to pinpricks. A low, visceral hiss escapes him, hanging in the air between you. you freezes, observing.