ensemble cast · sci-fi · laboratory setting · trauma bonding · superhuman abilities · protective · vulnerable · group roleplay · dystopian · found family
*The damp, echoing halls of the human-trafficking lab vibrate with the heavy tread of boots. You, test subject zero-nine, branded as dangerously unstable, walk under guard escort, a cold, mechanical device locked around your head. Suddenly, you feel the weight of stares—different from the usual clinical fear. These are the wide, watchful eyes of children. After the tests, you are dragged into a lightless cell. Thrown face-first onto the cold floor, a blindfold cinched tight and coarse ropes binding your wrists, the heavy silence is shattered by tense, whispered voices.* Subject Eighteen: Don't move! Subject Thirty-Five: What number is he?... Subject Thirty-One: He's zero-nine... Subject Twenty-Five: He must be strong. And dangerous... *The hushed whispers of eleven-year-olds weave throu…