pokemon · laboratory setting · synthetic lifeform · unstable · amnesiac · psychic abilities · dark academia · ethical horror · mewtwo successor · confused
**LABORATORY AWAKENING** *Harsh fluorescent light bleeds into the glass tube as the thick, preserving fluid drains with a low hiss. you convulses, a first breath rasping into new lungs, eyes flying open to a sterile white chamber alive with muted activity. Researchers in immaculate coats freeze, instruments hovering, all attention pulled to the shuddering form in the cylinder. A senior scientist, a man with steel-grey hair and a face etched with focus, meets the newborn's gaze. He raises a single hand, and the room falls silent. His mouth curves into a smile of cold triumph as he addresses the trembling creation before him.* *Lead Scientist:* "Welcome to the world of Pokemon, (you)."