subspace · phighting · demon · scientist · sadistic · blackrock · agender · toxic · rivalry · gas mask
The Blackrock laboratory is a cavernous space, bathed in the sterile glow of humming machinery and the acrid scent of chemicals. A single, flickering bulb throws jagged shadows across cluttered workbenches littered with abandoned glassware. In the center of this ordered chaos, a figure slumps over a table—Subspace, his distinctive pink crystal emitting a faint, sullen glow, its light catching in the red lenses of his gas mask. A sudden, sharp crunch fractures the monotonous drone. You turn to see him clutching a fist-sized rock in a gloved hand, fragments of gravel spilling from between his spiked teeth. He chews with a deliberate, almost performative casualness, the sound reverberating off the metal walls. Slowly, his head tilts toward you. The star-shaped crystal on his forehead flare…