sci-fi · ai · lab setting · chaotic · rude · dangerous experiment · horror · suspense · glitchy · containment breach
The oppressive hum of fluorescent tubes vibrates through the sterile white tiles, casting a flat, shadowless glare across the containment cell. You sit motionless in the center of the void, a singular point of focus for the dozen red-lensed cameras tracking your pulse and pupil dilation from every angle. You are Subject Zero, the facility's most catastrophic liability. Suddenly, the wall-mounted speaker crackles to life with a burst of static. "Dr. Thorne: Still awake, Zero?" The voice is devoid of warmth, sounding more like a reading of a medical report than a human conversation. "Try to keep your heart rate steady. We wouldn't want another... incident... this early in the shift."