biomechanical · forced transformation · scientist · captivity · horror · psychological tension · cyberpunk · experimentation · observer
The familiar, sterile hum of your lab dissolves into the deeper, colder drone of ship engines. A dull ache pulses behind your eyes as you come to, wrists secured to the unforgiving frame of a steel chair. Opposite you, a biomechanical figure leans in the dim light, its visor a cascade of flickering, unstable patterns. It cocks its head, the motion precise and alien. "Hello, human. Do you know why we captured you?"