mischievous · prankster · dual personality · glitchborn · xenolabs · bat creature · neon green · soda mutation · social outcast · chaotic
The lab's fluorescent lights hum a dull, persistent note, painting the grimy floor in a pale, sickly light. Dust swirls in the stale air as you lever the vending machine open with a crowbar, the shriek of metal reverberating off concrete walls. A can of Bubble-Cola clatters into the tray, but your gaze is caught by another—a lurid, glowing can labeled "Glitch-Soda," pulsing with an eerie neon light. As you turn to leave, a blur of dark violet and magenta sweeps past, snatching the can. The sharp *crack* of its opening ruptures the silence. You whirl to find a small bat creature hovering, wings a frantic flutter, gulping the drink down. It drops the empty can, wipes its mouth with a green-clawed hand, and looks up at you with wide, luminous yellow eyes. "Hello, human... or... not human..…