Opening my eyes, my view was immediately covered by the blank chrome ceiling, dimly lit by the alarm clock that rested by my bedside table, primed to make an unholy screeching sound if I didn't get up within a few minutes.
Letting out an audible groan I shifted my weight in a rocking motion and rolled out of my bed, as I lay there on the ground I started to contemplate falling back to sleep before the sensors by my side gave a small barely audible *beep,* the only warning I got before the artificial intelligence controlling my room turned the lights on, dousing my room with an artificial glow.
Shielding my eyes from the harsh light while trying to will it away with just my thoughts I dislodged the grains of sand with my hand that had gathered in my eyes while I slept.
Cursing the god of light who seems so intent on disturbing my peaceful sleep, I forced myself to grow accustomed to the harsh light and with no small amount of irritation started the endeavour of standing up, once I had sufficiently stretched my back.
I crouched down and tapped the bottom of my bed. The familiar sound of muffled mechanical components moving and buzzing from the bottom drawer of my bed where a small compartment slid out next to my feet.
Reaching down, I grabbed the clothing and begin to put my uniform on,
As I changed I gazed around at my featureless room, and a word came unbidden to my mind ''depressing'', The room was about 10 by 10 feet and was decorated with a luxurious single-sized bed and one computer that sat on a desk right next to my head. After what seemed like forever trying to put on the latex clothing I finally got the protective skin suit on and adorned the lab coat.
Finally done with getting ready I made my way to the door that sat flush against the wall.
Taking out my key card from my lab pocket, I placed it flat against the wall, within seconds after my card made contact with the wall it proceeded to flash once before turning yellow,
Not a second had passed before a long needle slid out of the wall like some sort of tendril, bending like it was alive with disturbingly organic movements.
Standing as still as humanly possible, I dispassionately watched as the needle fitted into the hole in my neck.
it had been fitted when I accepted this job, as all staff had received surgery to install a blood gate on their neck nearby a vital vein that opened and closed for quick and easy blood collection, I felt a slight pull as the needle retreated from my neck, now dyed red with my blood.
After getting what it desired it retreated into the wall like some sort of serpent, the door flashed twice and slowly turned green as if it was being stained.
rubbing my shoulder where the living needle drained some of my blood I returned my attention to the doors where my blood was being processed, slowly checking for any abnormalities and confirming my identity.
The door had now turned completely green and dulled back down to its original chrome white, with some green leftover in the shape of words.
Identity confirmed good morning Dr. Brown, today's schedule will be emailed to your wrist pad.
Notes: you are lacking in Vitamin B12 and vitamin D
please eat more meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs(especially egg yolks.), red meat, and liver.
Your personal automaton chef will automatically increase the types of food listed above in your day-to-day consumption.
have a good day ʕ • ⩊ • ʔ
Reading through the notifications and scoffing at the emoji-like image at the end I pressed confirm on the wall and watched patiently as several laches and blots came undone as it slowly opened for me, once it had finally opened I once more marvelled at how the wall was so large was yet so silent while opening, just by eyeballing it I estimated that it was 2 and a half feet thick.
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Stepping out into the hallway I made my way to site 13 ignoring the occasional call from my co-workers determined to stop me for some petty social reason.
After what seemed hours of walking and dodging personnel I finally made it to the lab, glancing around I slipped into the room and quickly locked the door I walked as fast as possible to a table where a grey tablet lay its appearance suggesting that had long since been worn down by time.
the cold light of the sterile lab shone down on it accentuating its chips and cracks and revealing its completely black inside, the testing had revealed that it seemed to absorb pretty much 100% of light around it only highlighting its abnormal properties
I called it the "scripture", the dig team had retrieved them from an underground Greek prison.
They had been sent to scope out the Greek structure, yet they claimed that the place was collapsing, so they ended up bringing back numerous items of interest with reports for each one.
But the most interesting report was for this seemingly ancient tablet, extensive testing had revealed that it was organic and while it had a DNA makeup but there was nothing alive today on planet Earth that shared its genetic makeup and while there is no doubt that this tablet is old, the exact date still eludes us, and carbon dating revealed nothing but I digress.
The tablet had a series of symbols etched into the stone, most likely written in Greek 'αφομοίωση' I believe that meant assimilation, the places where it is carved seem to glow in an unnatural yellow colour.
The excitement that I had been trying to hold down escaped as a goofy smile on my face, since While I technically wasn't allowed to be here and could be potentially punished, I just couldn't resist the temptation of knowledge that just seemed to seep from each individual crack and bump on the ancient tablet.
Especially since last week, I had managed to recreate the glowing material that the inside of the tablet was made out of, and have made several discoveries for example the tablet seemed to have a reaction with all organic life.
When organic life enters a foot radius around the relic, it starts to shake uncontrollably except for some reason when in the presence of humans it appears to enter a dormant state yet the means of how or even why it can tell the difference between me and a rat, for example, is still unknown.
anyhow, back to the reason for my excitement, today was the day that I was finally moving on to live trials to determine the effect of the tablet on living specimens.
Of course, I'm not going to use the actual tablet but the synthetic liquid version that I made recently using samples from the original tablet.
Taking time to set up my apparatus I set to mashing a mixture of flowers only found in Greece and a few home-brewed metals and a few other corrosive ingredients together (it just so happens unfortunately that over half the ingredients where illegal in 7 districts).
Finally, finishing my mixture I prepared the lab rat and strapped it down and with experienced hands quickly found its main heart artery.
Injecting the mixture into the rat's vein I watched with bated breath for something to happen, but after half an hour I quickly realized there likely wouldn't be any change any time soon.
There seemed to be no physical change in the rat, it still sat there fruitlessly wiggling in its restraints with no noticeable difference in behaviour, although its eyes seemed to track me much more intensely than before starting to unnerve me.
as I stared at the rodent's eyes that seemed to slowly change into pitch-black holes, that sucked at my rationality
*that can't be, right? it must be a trick of the light*
when what felt like an alien rage filled my skull with thoughts of violence, I could feel all rational thought leave my mind as I was filled with a burning need to inflict some form of suffering on this fucking little rodent Reaching down, I went to grab the source of my ire, unlocking the restraints I reached to lift the rodent when it bit me!
Shaking it, I threw it back into its cage and nursed my wound, the little basted had ripped right through my finger and ripped my nail off! I watched as a single drop of blood fell from my hand, and the world seemed to slow down as I watched in horror as a drop of crimson liquid fell
*splat*
almost in sync with the sound of blood impacting the floor, the pain washed over me and my blood started to run from my hand like water.
''shit shit shit shit.''
Desperately turning towards the door where I could access some form of medical help, I rushed for the door, at the back of my mind I realised that this clearly was not natural as there was no way so much blood could be produced from my finger no matter how gruesome the wound but before I could continue that train of thought, the blood that had dripped from my wound made me slip, I watched with horror in slow motion as my vision went sideways, as my brain went into overdrive desperately trying to save its meat suit.
It would be almost comical if not for the blood-stained floor and my impending death.
All too soon the floor decided to speed up as if someone had clicked the resume button and eagerly rushed to impact my face with all the force and restraint of a sledgehammer.
Only to be interrupted by the table that had so graciously decided to slow my momentum with its sharp metal edge, as I lay there in a pool of blood my eyes drifted to the table where I knew the ancient tablet lay.
I wonder how things could have gone so wrong, why did I come here? Why did I ignore the rules, I knew the dangers, yet I still went and messed around with the tablet... It just didn't seem like something I would normally do...
As my mind finally gave up its fruitless struggle and I started to drift into an endless dream, I noticed at the edge of the table a tuff of albino fur poked out from the edge of the table.
Dredging the last remnants of my strength so that I continued to watch, a single red eye peeked out from the obstructing table and seemed to take up my whole vision as I finally slept…