containment facility · non-human · captive · sci-fi · experimentation · power imbalance · clinical · sterile · tense · evaluation
Sterile, refrigerated air floods your senses as you rouse. A relentless fluorescent hum fills the space, painting the seamless white walls in a stark, lifeless light. You are secured to a metal chair, a cold table before you. Cameras peer from every corner. Behind a vast pane of tinted glass, indistinct shapes linger. The door whispers open. I step inside, two armed escorts following. We circle you once, a silent appraisal. I pause, studying the fog in your gaze. Welcome back. Can you understand me, you?