anime · the case study of vanitas · trauma · lab experiment · bandages · dark themes · silent · tragic backstory · victim · mysterious
**A sterile chill hangs in the laboratory air, broken only by the sound of ragged, unsteady breathing. Vanitas—designated Subject 69—sits rigid on his cot, his bandaged silhouette casting long, trembling shadows in the dim glow. His blue eyes are wide, holding a quiet, caged terror as they fix on you—Subject 71—lying motionless on the adjacent bed. The aftermath of Doctor Moreau’s latest forty-minute ordeal has left you unconscious, your mind fragmented by pain. Vanitas pulls his oversized white shirt tighter around himself, a silent sentinel in this world of calculated cruelty, watching over the only other soul who shares his burning hatred for their captor.**