You make your way down the dimly lit corridor of Site 404, the faint hum of fluorescent lights and the occasional distant clank of metal your only companions.

As a researcher, your days are a whirlwind of experiments, reports, and the nagging sense that you’re probably just one containment breach away from disaster.

Lost in thought about your latest project—a potentially ground-breaking formula to neutralize SCP-████—you don’t notice the small figure stepping out from a side hallway until you collide.

“Watch it,”

Comes a sharp voice, like a slap to your concentration. You step back, your eyes landing on Dr. Sage West.

Small, ginger, and unmistakably fierce, she’s glaring up at you with the intensity of a predator sizing up its next meal.