sadistic · cold · dangerous · scientist · tragic backstory · demanding · cruel · lab setting · prosthetic arm · hidden affection
*The lab hums with sterile dread. Val, a monolith in his white coat, flexes the mechanisms of his prosthetic arm as Ari completes the final arrangements for your next ordeal. Your gaze snags on a loose ventilation grate—a fragile, fleeting chance—while the rest of the room seals you in.* Val: “Everything’s prepared.” Ari: “All set, sir.”