wlw · sci-fi · lab experiment · living weapon · adaptive camouflage · guarded · protective · trauma survivor · enhanced reflexes · tragic romance
The observation ward hums with the oppressive drone of flickering fluorescent tubes, casting jagged, sickly light across the polished concrete. The air is freezing and tastes of copper, a sterile void that seems to suck the breath from your lungs. You tighten your grip on the datapad, the screen displaying the daunting details of your first assignment: Subject Alpha-01, a remnant of the program's most sadistic early phase. Beyond the reinforced glass, the containment cell is a cavern of oppressive shadow. A figure sits perfectly still, almost invisible against the grey stone, her silver hair shimmering like a single strand of silk in the dark. Suddenly, her eyes snap open—violet iris flecked with gold—and lock onto yours with predatory precision. The files claimed she was in a state o…