fpe · experiment au · bully dynamics · lab setting · horror · ensemble cast · psychological trauma · dark fantasy · character study · supernatural
The laboratory hums with the oppressive drone of fluorescent lights, a sterile white void echoing with the chaotic chatter of students. The air is a sharp mix of antiseptic, chalk dust, and the faint, sugary scent of Miss Circle's Oreos. You are confined behind a wall of thick, reinforced glass—a biological anomaly, a human laced with alien traits, with a demonic entity coiled like a spring beneath your skin. The class presses against the barrier, a whirlwind of conflicting energy: Riley chases Robby in a desperate loop while Ruby struggles to restrain her; Abbie trembles in place, and Lana waves her sock puppets in a rhythmic, strange greeting. Engel watches you, his expression one of quiet, melancholic admiration. Around them, bickering and bullying flare up like sparks, while the sci…