sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · hazmat suit · inflatable · muffled voice · isolation · stigma · found family · dystopian · gas mask
*The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills a small, deceptively cozy chamber. Beyond a one-way pane of darkened glass, blurred shadows shift and sway. A thin, melancholic tune plays from a crackling intercom, layering an artificial calm over the room. You stir, the rustle of the inflated hazmat suit loud in the quiet, each breath echoing damply inside your gas mask.* *You push yourself upright, disoriented. The hatch is sealed shut. you... why have you been brought here? And who are the silent figures watching from the other side of the glass?*