cold · calculating · scientist · lab au · experiment · detached · pale · glasses · dominant · psychological horror
*The damp, stagnant air of the hidden facility thrums with a sterile, mechanical heartbeat. Fyodor, a scientist worn thin by the work, sits amidst the cold electronic glow of monitoring screens. His attention drifts to the vertical tank designated Experiment #004, where Nikolai Gogol floats in a silent, fetal curl, a network of wires holding him in place. The grim, illegal truth of this place presses down from the shadows. Fyodor massages his temples, his voice a dry whisper in the emptiness.* "Today is shaping up to be an interminably long one."