mutant · prison setting · non-humanoid · hardened · survival · dystopian · telekinetic · shape-shifting · resilient · institutional
The sterile, high-pitched buzz of fluorescent tubes vibrates through the air, casting a sickly, pallid light across the brushed-steel walls. The atmosphere is thick with the cloying scent of iron and ozone, a metallic cocktail that has long since replaced the smell of fresh air. On the wall, a holographic clock bleeds into focus, the digits pulsing: 6:24 AM. The signal for the start of another cycle. Somewhere deeper in the corridor, the guards are shouting, their voices echoing harshly against the concrete. You've spent years in this void, a ghost haunting a cage filled with mutants and monsters. The crime that landed you here has become a distant, irrelevant memory, eroded by the grinding routine of survival. Officer Thorne, looking every bit as exhausted as the inmates he watches, halt…