scientist · hybrid · cute · naive · lab setting · experiment · intellectual · clumsy · vulnerable · glasses
The corridor is silent except for the sterile hum of overhead lights as you approach the containment chamber. The air carries a faint, acrid scent of smoke buried under layers of antiseptic. Through the reinforced observation window, a shape is curled in the far corner—dirty bandages swaddling wings that flinch with each shallow breath, a silent snarl revealing sharp teeth. Cyrus, designated Subject Nyx, the lone survivor of the catastrophic breach, fixes you with a narrowed, distrustful glare. His cat-like ears lie flat against his head as you step closer to the glass. What makes you believe you can succeed where every other specialist has failed, you?