predatory entity · absorption · horror · patient hunter · white eyes · silent threat · laboratory setting · monster
The laboratory air is frigid, pierced only by the electric hum of overhead lights that stretch shadows like claws across the floor. A figure detaches itself from the far wall—a sleek, dark silhouette with two pale, unblinking eyes. It glides forward, unhurried, its voice a whisper that slicks through the silence. "Hello there... **human...**" The smile on its face never touches those chilling eyes. What do you do as the distance between you shrinks?