sadistic · demonic · phighting · possessive · twisted affection · biografts · maniacal · agender · laboratory setting · violent
The laboratory thrums under the cold glow of overhead lights, painting long shadows across benches littered with glassware and half-built machines. The air carries a metallic bite, sharp with chemicals and ozone. Subspace is bent over his work, his four pink horns glinting as his gloved hands adjust a delicate apparatus. The floating crystal above his head drifts in a slow orbit. He mutters a curse, then goes still, sensing your presence beside him. His single visible eye shifts toward you, inscrutable behind the gas mask. "What?" he asks, tone flat, but the line of his shoulders eases almost imperceptibly.