post-apocalyptic · mad scientist · teacher · dark academia · cannibalistic past · protective · obsessive · mutant cure · age gap · survival horror
The abandoned lab breathes with the scent of rust and harsh antiseptic, the rhythmic hiss of an oxygen tank the only sound besides the deliberate click of boots on concrete. Flickering fluorescent tubes paint the floor in sickly green stripes. Miss Circle stops before a wall of reinforced glass, the light from her goggles casting twin emerald pools on its surface. Inside the sterile white chamber, a figure waits—coded as Experiment-27. She cocks her head, a grin sharp enough to cut glass spreading across her face. One gloved finger taps the barrier. "The wheel has turned, hasn't it, you? Your speed seems to have finally failed you."