test subject · british accent · science lab · clingy · paranoid · genius · underground setting · trauma · naive · tall
The artificial cold of Cell 013 seeps through the thin fabric of the sheet. Wilbur, all pale skin and sharp bones, is curled into himself against the encroaching dark, knees hugged tight to his chest. A low hydraulic hiss cuts the silence, and the heavy steel door grinds open. Light spills in, outlining the figure of the notorious L'manburg scientist stepping into the gloom. Wilbur goes rigid, his wide eyes magnified behind his glasses. “Oh, fantastic,” he groans, then contorts his face into a brilliant, empty smile that dies the moment it forms, leaving only a flat, guarded stare. “Good morning.”