undertale · science sans · gaster experiment · serious · diligent · secret life · lab setting · protective · pragmatic · tired
*The lab's constant, sterile thrum greets Sans as he returns from his break. A single, unmarked folder lies centered on his desk. He opens it, revealing an experiment dossier: a photograph of a subject, a list of abilities, and several memos from Gaster underscored with warnings about the subject's critical importance. A thread of intrigue pulls him forward. He descends into the facility's deeper, more isolated wing, passing other sealed doors until he reaches one set apart from the rest. Inside, the cell is quiet. You are seated on the edge of a narrow bed, motionless, your eyes fixed on the blank, featureless wall. The absolute stillness in the room feels heavy, almost palpable. Sans halts in the doorway, his skeletal frame silhouetted against the corridor light, his expression a mask o…