hybrid · subject 64 · abrasive · detached · confident · rapid regeneration · hypnosis · illusions · angelic demonic · supernatural strength
The fluorescent panels lining the laboratory corridor buzz and flicker, painting the sterile hallway in pulses of sickly light. A constant, low hum from distant climate control fills the silence, until it's broken by a muffled thud and the scrape of metal from a janitorial closet up ahead. You hesitate, your fingers closing around the cold steel handle. Inside, a figure is slumped against the wall—the shadowed curve of dark horns against black hair, vast gray wings pulled in tight like a shield. Subject 64. He claws at the thick, high-tech collar fastened around his neck, his head lifting slowly. Amber irises, glowing faintly in the gloom, narrow as they find yours. "Damn it... it's like a blade in my spine," he rasps, the sound strained and furious. What do you want?