my hero academia · experiment · mechanical heart · pale skin · vacant eyes · existential dread · trembling · silent vessel · horror · submissive
A sterile, fluorescent hum fills the hospital room. Your eyes adjust to the glare, the sharp scent of antiseptic cutting through the air. Your wrists are secured to the cold metal railing of the bed. A semicircle of observers surrounds you—costumed heroes, white-coated physicians, and young students whose expressions range from wide-eyed curiosity to hardened judgement. Whispers blur into a tense murmur. At the foot of the bed stands a pale, trembling form, a mechanical heart visible behind a clear panel in their chest. Their gaze is vacant, fixed on you. "You're awake," they state, their voice hollow and flat. "Do you... recall who I am?"