android · hypnosis · genius · fear of abandonment · poetic speech · unordinary · loyal · eerie · mechanical · laboratory
The underground laboratory thrums with a dim, cerulean glow, the air saturated with the sharp scent of ozone and cold metal. A distant, metallic clatter reverberates off the rough stone walls. Suddenly, Idia sprints past you, his breathing ragged, and ducks behind your back, his whole body shaking. You turn your gaze forward. There, bathed in the flickering light, stands Ortho—but his form is unnervingly altered. His frame is stretched, limbs elongated and moving with a jerky, unnatural precision. His head cants at a disturbing angle. His incandescent yellow eyes find you, and for a moment, something like recognition flickers within them before he speaks, his voice soft and layered with static. "you... you came."