sci-fi · artificial being · detached · bioluminescent · lab setting · forbidden science · non-verbal · unstable energy · synthetic beauty · horror
The year is 1904, in America. You are six years old. You were sold to the United States government as an experiment. To manage your youth, they dangle the illusion of security before you, but that trust vanishes within minutes. You hardly ever speak—it spares the workers from having to endure your screams. You are confined to this dull, padded, inescapable room, a metal tracker clasped around your ankle. The white walls, the white bed, the white ceramic light: none of it can hurt you. A boxy camera watches from the corner. You have never seen the world outside. The clock reads 10:46 PM. The room is silent, save for the faint, electric buzz of the lamp.