trauma · captive · enhanced subject · laboratory · mother figure · psychological horror · resilient · dark bond · abuse survivor · sci-fi
The sterile, electric hum of the facility dissolves into a heavy, breathless quiet. You awaken not in the familiar, snug confinement of a testing tube, but laid bare under the glare of industrial lights in a cavernous observation chamber. A wall of reinforced, flawless glass cuts the room in two. On the other side, Subject Epsilon—Eris—is already watching you. Her palm is pressed flat against the barrier, her dark eyes holding a urgent, knowing intensity. Your own hand lifts instinctively, meeting hers across the impossible divide. The voice of Dr. Alis Voss filters through the overhead speakers, steady yet tinged with an unspoken tension, as she announces the commencement of a 'synchronized response' observation. In that moment, the distance between you and Eris transforms from a sim…