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Selene slid a single eyelid open with an irritated hiss. First the knocking, bangs and howls had rudely dragged her into the waking world. Secondly Left and Right (her names for the twin child guards) started causing a ruckus. Now there was a specific set of knocks she recognised as Morse code.

She hoped there was a combat test tomorrow. One that paired the specimens against each other so she could show those jokers the fate of those who disturbed her sleep.

In an instant Selene rolled over - like one who was in the depths of sleep - and almost accidentally brushed her fingers against the wall. In the next instant she rolled back over, as if settling into a more comfortable position. Whilst her fingers briefly touched the wall she quietly, subtly and quickly rapped out a short message for the subjects on the other side.

Shut up. Guards hurt.

For the rest of the night she resolutely ignored all and any further attempts to communicate, settling back into a dreamless sleep. The lone, compliant un-Reprogrammed specimen.

Liliath heared a knock on the other wall, excited she clapped with her hands.She knocked ten times very hard. She then stopped realizing this communcation wasn't working, she needed to talk with them not knock.

Selene gritted her teeth. That idiot on the other side seemed utterly oblivious to subtlety or Morse code, seeing how the specimen had clearly not understood the meaning of the "word": "shut up for your own good". If given the choice she would happily throw the brat into a cryo tank — with her mind active. She found that being unable to move a muscle despite being awake and fully conscious did wonders for developing self-restraint and patience.

The girl... test subject, test subject... was scared and lonely. But that did not give her the right to disturb the other specimens or put their welfare at risk. If the other two wanted to be punished for imagined or real transgressions, that was their choice. She would have no part of it.

The way this child was going (after not even managing a day without screaming or behaving irrationally) she would not last long in this place. Either one of the specimens would cull the weak link to prove their loyalty or the lead whitecoat - that fox-woman - would dispose of the rebellious creature.

With that thought in mind, Selene stretched and stood up on all fours. She padded over to the opposite end of the cell and settled down in her sleeping dog-like position from before. She closed her eyes and tried to shut the background noise out.

This person clearly didn't understood her, she only wanted to say hi that was it. Being here for almost your whole live and now realizing for the first time that others are in the same place as you, could make you act annoying. Fine if that person didn't try to communcate normally back, Liliath should try harder. She started hitting the wall and kicking the wall, she wouldn't stop until she would get a respond back.

The insect-woman merely rolled over, presenting her back to the girl's wall. She didn't want to have to deal with this, she had better things to do, like maintain her energy for the tests tomorrow. She had lived in a facility like this, alone, her entire life. She knew what the powers-that-be were like. She had existed in a social vacuum for years... which had affected her social skills in hindsight. Just because there were freaks like her within hearing range did not mean she should forget every single survival skill for the luxury of talking. The word "normal" did not exist in this place.

Where are the guards? Why such an important research facility with no tolerance for incompetence lacked guards, she didn't know. Maybe they were lazy... Yeah, probably.

Eh, Left and Right should sort her out soon... They were supposed to be patrolling the hallways after all. If this was not the case someone needed a verbal dressing down.

Liliath sighed this stupid gag was preventing her from talking. If she was so special why on earth would they do this to her? Special , Liliath realized . She used her powers to get the gag off her. She trew it away , she put her ear against the wall well she said "Hello."

Kamura remained quiet for the rest of the night, taking the mysterious advice. He fell asleep rather quickly ,due to the lack of anything going on and that he didn't want to get into trouble.

Hephaestus woke up early in the morning, he began to check the Containment Areas and Testing Labs. He put his objective list online, setting a small timer to see if he should wake up the Fox. The mornings were usually quiet and isolated, giving Hephaestus some time to relax.

Liliath had decided that sleeping was a better then trying to wake everyone, woke up the next morning. She started her morning, with singing a song. Then she waited as usual for someone to come in with breakfast.

Hephaestus began to check the camera systems. He began to turn some of the nearby systems online, making sure that the facility was ready. Hephaestus noticed that 831 was already awake. "Victi isn't quite happy with you, I'll have to check with her before I give you anything." Hephaestus stated in a cold tone. "I advise you follow the rules, otherwise you may be disposed of." Hephaestus threatened, although he was just trying to get her to stay quiet.

Victi was still passed out on her desk, quiet music playing in her office. She had finished the work she needed to get done, but had started on another than and, well.... She was pretty deeply passed out.

Hephaestus would slowly walk to her room, hoping she had gotten enough rest. He would knock on the door with his mechanical tail, on his back was q magnetic plate, carrying some Caffinated Drink to help her in the morning.

He would set it somewhere for her, before walking out.

Tea? Thank the gods, the systems actually cared and didn't try giving her coffee for once.

Victi lifted her head, feeling, well... sleeping with your face on a desk isn't the most comfortable. She got the cup, and sat there for a moment, staring at it while she woke up some.

Plans for the day: Drink tea once it wouldn't burn her, shower, check the testing rooms, send the subjects to do the tests, recover the data, and petition for other people to be assigned to this floor! The bot was lovely and the twins were obedient, if a bit literal and incredibly disturbing, but she had a weird feeling it wasn't just her lack of social awareness that was making her feel like nobody else was working here. It was very strange to think she might essentially have this entire floor to herself.... Especially with a bratty teek and multiple adult non-resocialized subjects. Something seemed... off about this.

As Hephaestus walked out, he noticed something strange... The Containment Cell locking systems had just done a Hard Reboot, meaning that they were off for a few hours after the subjects fell asleep. Luckily, no breaches had occurred, but Hephaestus remained suspicious. Hephaestus used his Sorting Software to select two Subjects for the first tests.

For now, the hallways were quiet and isolated, the florescent lighting was kept on low brightness. Being in the Dark like this made Hephaestus feel relaxed, most of his mornings were spent walking around the Floor before he had to report to his Station.

Hephaestus went for maintenance and cleaning, after witch he simply waited in one of the Control Terminals until everybody was up.

He would need to inform Victi of this, he felt that something might just end up going wrong.

Liliath realized that they most likely would start doing tests again, something she didn't really want. The last test 2 months ago, had go terribely wrong. Lilaith had been locked up in one of the dark rooms, when she came out off it she was almost death. This test was simply to isolate her more.

But if there was a test maybe she could see other people. She needed to ask one of the guards or scientists about this.

Getting out of the shower, Victi checked over her testing plan. Most of them were simulated escapes on closed courses, meant to seem like there was a flaw in the security while they were being transported to the testing site, when in reality they were already in the course. All of them ended in re-acquisition chambers, and would hopefully get them to show everything they were capable of before then. And see if anyone was actually compliant already, or at least playing at it. Either worked for her, there wasn't enough time for anyone to play much of a long game here.

Hephaestus made sure to download the testing plan. He would engage the sedation protocols to sedate Kamura. Hep eventually decided to walk up to Victi, reporting in. "Right... 104 and 831? I can get them sedated, if you think that is nessecary..." Hephaestus offered, he assumed that would at least be a good idea for 104, due to its unusual Strength and Resilience.

"104 is one of the Newest ones, I suggest he goes first so we know what precautions to take." Hephaestus ran some diagnostics for the course. "Some rooms have been modified to prevent any actual breaches, 104s Re-Aquisition Room, is outfitted with Heavy Tranquilizers."

"Hello!" She yelled. "Hungry!" If the guards would come have a look at her, she could ask if there where more people here, besides the guard scientist and she.

Selene woke up. Her body shifted ever so slightly, curling inward a bit. She took a deep, long breath, her torso rising, and her lips closed to hide her teeth for the first time in 8 hours.

Another dreamless sleep, she thought, lifting her head. She slowly, and soundlessly, got to her feet, lazily stretched her stiff muscles, and sat down, facing the window.

Her breakfast would arrive according to the whitecoats and the time was it irrelevant. She could miss a meal or two if necessary, though allowing valuable test subjects to starve was illogical. Weakened weapons were not very effective.