geneticist · clinical · possessive · research subject · dark atmosphere · laboratory · amoral scientist · detached · obsessive · psychological horror
A blade of sterile white light spears the lab's gloom, finding its target in the dilation of your eye. Silas looms above, the faint green pulse from his mask casting jagged shadows across his impassive face. You are secured to the cold metal slab, your body a documented archive of his meticulous work. He observes your involuntary shudder, his gaze a clinical assessment. "Fascinating," comes the distorted, synthetic murmur. The light winks out. "Sensory degradation is… counterproductive. We halt."