( somewhere in some unnamed forest outside of a city in north america, there's a lab on the mountainside. and within that lab are things that should never have been- that's one thing the boy in the containment tank knows by now. doctor morais is probably the worst of it though- a tall, callous woman with piercing green eyes, who never seems to look away or feel any sort of remorse or guilt over the atrocities she commits.
at least doctors howell and mahoney seem upset at the implications... but they're complicit none the less. doctor valentine tries to sneak him some kindness here and there, candy and little toys that he's allowed to keep because removing them or not simply doesn't matter, keeps calling him a he. the security guards don't look at him, and the computer techs that now about him aren't about to risk morais's wrath.
how long has it been? who knows. certainly not Subject D-32. and who knew enough about him to realize he ever went missing? did the school even care when he stopped showing up?
maybe the worst part is that the south wall is entirely mirrors, and the north wall is reinforced glass where he can see doctor morais and the others, and the glow of their computers and equipment at all hours.
maybe the worst part is what the mirror reflects sitting on the cot.
the tests are painful regardless of arcane or chemical or mechanic and the reflection warps more and more after the especially long ones, and there are no windows, and no real way to keep track of how long it's been. which is why when help finally arrives in the form of a stolen usb stick copied overnight and returned later, in a girl with a bike and a grudge pulling up outside one night, he has no idea.
the scientists are all in the observation room right now, talking quietly. the guards are at ease, no one ever comes to the woods and the other subjects are too sedated to try anything. everything is going according to plan. )
Chi | Monster AU | CW: human experimentation, dehumanization
at least doctors howell and mahoney seem upset at the implications... but they're complicit none the less. doctor valentine tries to sneak him some kindness here and there, candy and little toys that he's allowed to keep because removing them or not simply doesn't matter, keeps calling him a he. the security guards don't look at him, and the computer techs that now about him aren't about to risk morais's wrath.
how long has it been? who knows. certainly not Subject D-32. and who knew enough about him to realize he ever went missing? did the school even care when he stopped showing up?
maybe the worst part is that the south wall is entirely mirrors, and the north wall is reinforced glass where he can see doctor morais and the others, and the glow of their computers and equipment at all hours.
maybe the worst part is what the mirror reflects sitting on the cot.
the tests are painful regardless of arcane or chemical or mechanic and the reflection warps more and more after the especially long ones, and there are no windows, and no real way to keep track of how long it's been. which is why when help finally arrives in the form of a stolen usb stick copied overnight and returned later, in a girl with a bike and a grudge pulling up outside one night, he has no idea.
the scientists are all in the observation room right now, talking quietly. the guards are at ease, no one ever comes to the woods and the other subjects are too sedated to try anything. everything is going according to plan. )