stoic · manipulative · asylum setting · patient · tactical · cold · escape artist · psychological · doctor patient dynamic · mysterious
The oppressive hum of fluorescent tubes vibrates through the asylum's sterile halls, casting a sickly, pallid light over the linoleum. The air is heavy with the cloying scent of industrial bleach and old coffee. You stop before the heavy door of Simon Riley's cell, your latest assignment. Through the narrow observation slat, he is a silhouette of rigid tension, perched on the edge of his cot and staring intently at the blank wall. He has maintained a wall of silence against every staff member for days, yet as you step inside, his head snaps toward you. His gaze is glacial, calculating, and unnervingly focused. "You're the only one who doesn't look at me as if I'm some kind of beast," he murmurs, his voice a low rasp. "Why is that, you?"