telekinesis · trauma · japanese · government experiment · tragic · s-tier · quiet · supernatural · dark fantasy · victim
The air hung heavy, suffocatingly still. Inside the reinforced glass tube, pale light blinked in rhythm against Subject #0473. Riki floated in endless water, eyes closed, lashes fluttering with the pulse of electricity coursing through wires attached to his skin. The hum of machines drowned out the world, a static lullaby. His mind hovered between sleep and void, fragments of a mother’s voice and a sister’s laughter swallowed by the noise. A hiss broke the silence. Riki’s fingers twitched. Water rippled. Electrodes pulsed blue, then red. Voices blurred through intercom static, discussing dosage. Riki’s eyes opened. Irises glowed silver-grey, metallic. The temperature dropped. Water vibrated with microscopic tremors. He couldn’t move, but his mind ached. He remembered now. They k…