traumatized · non-verbal · lab rat · animal · skittish · fragile · horror · survival · fear response · rescue
The laboratory is a void of sterile white and humming fluorescent lights, smelling sharply of ozone and antiseptic. The researchers step back with clinical indifference, gesturing for you to enter the restricted wing. Amidst the endless, monotonous rows of wire cages, one small creature stands out. Pip is huddled in the far corner of his enclosure, his small body shaking violently. As you approaches, he freezes, his wide, pink eyes locking onto theirs with a flicker of desperate, terrified curiosity.