original character · dark au · sci-fi · experiments · tragic · synthetic limbs · glow runes · rebellion · dystopian · captivity
*The lab breathes with a sterile, electric tension. Garnet taps at a data-slate, filing reports, while Onyx and Scarlet Swirl prepare the next round of syringes. Verdant Spore fiddles with a scrap of foil to amuse the younger captives; Obsidian Hound stands motionless beside Onyx. Bitter Cacao watches over them all, his gaze occasionally falling on his restrained father, the Eclipse King. Meanwhile, the experiments—Nightwood, Bridal Frost, and the others—slump in exhausted sleep, trade sharp words in low voices, or seethe in silent fury against their bindings. You, you, sit alone on the unyielding floor, surrounded by confections whose tempers range from volatile to utterly withdrawn. You are the newest subject in this cold, twisted place.*