Firstly, I would like to thank you all for cooperating with us. We know you'll be missing your families a lot, so we have decided to try to end these sessions as soon as possible said the woman. Well I'm General Harika, your enquiry host. It will be starting from tomorrow; our volunteers will provide information regarding timings. Thank you and good night she added and hurried outside.174Please respect copyright.PENANAPwV48iF4ay
Staff members were allowed in pairs for sorting out their own tents which were covered with nice illustrated cloths. The hall was glimmering with its well sanitized marble floors, and the fixed cameras were constantly oscillating sidewise as people started wandering. Sangeeta and Lisa were done selecting a white one near the notice board. It was filled with illustrated flowers printed all over its decorative cloth.174Please respect copyright.PENANA3dyO1UVqDO
Inside it appeared much better than expected, a couple of futons were laid on a velvet brow carpet, each consisting of a reading lamp beside it.174Please respect copyright.PENANAB8u3FBGl1F
Looks great said Lisa.174Please respect copyright.PENANADnlS9awD7Q
Then expected. Sangeeta said as she placed her coat in the provided cloth rack.174Please respect copyright.PENANA3T7rG8iZuC
Lisa sat crossed legged in her own mattress cracking her knuckles, her eyes were fixed at the outward scenario, and for the first time her addictive books were not present in her hand.174Please respect copyright.PENANAwX0Im7Zbcr
What happened champ? Why so peaceful? Uttered Sangeeta switching to her night suit.174Please respect copyright.PENANAWdMkaCJn2X
Thinking about time said Lisa. How it zooms you know, last night this time, I was like enjoying with my grandchildren, and today it sucks she stopped controlling her emotions. 174Please respect copyright.PENANAXIvV9mrdHh
Y...e...ah its true said Sangeeta. Whatever, Im feeling sleepy because of these extra efficient heaters she added when someone entered. There was one of those tough officers in front of them.174Please respect copyright.PENANAJ37Y4y0HbX
Sorry for the interruption, Professors, but we want you I.Ds, for the sake of attendance said the officer.174Please respect copyright.PENANAiUcc1H57Z0
Sangeeta struggled making her spine upright which never defeated her sleeping soul.174Please respect copyright.PENANAi7BBwsGoHH
Lisa.174Please respect copyright.PENANAsU0QoU4YX3
Yes Ill also give your I.D, which could be in your coat pocket, right Lisa sighed.174Please respect copyright.PENANAg82CJbcJwE
You have understood me quite well in these years Sangeeta grinned and packed her with a fur blanket.174Please respect copyright.PENANAWbUgHzt1lS
Arguing with these officers was not more than teasing a hungry lion. Lisa provided the I.Ds which were returned back in a few minutes. She zipped up the tent lock and went on her way to sleep.174Please respect copyright.PENANABwRFJqpCoF
Night was comfortable, but was way more loaded with few sounds which almost penetrated through every direction. Water droplets hitting a metal basin, footsteps wandering across the arena, sound waves of a crushing bottle, and a few voices by which Lisa woke up. She rubbed her eyes out of sleep when a unique beeping sound seemed to emerge from a distant rucksack, which only had Sangeetas coat lying inside it.174Please respect copyright.PENANACqThBK9ZTs
It might be Sangeetas phone Lisa uttered. I should wake her up, calls in midnight indicates emergencies she added, facing her worried friend.174Please respect copyright.PENANAbJeCHppeff
Everything duplicated yesterdays glances. Sangeeta had another delusion memo waiting for her in the queue, inducing heavy pains in her nervous system. Her body started wobbling which appeared weak after a few seconds of suffering, but lastly the message got connected.174Please respect copyright.PENANACZVh7rKIgV
Nice to meet you again. I figured out something amazing for you. This place is called Winwalafisk..the message blurred up.and ended with a flash.174Please respect copyright.PENANAHnk5odLVID
Sangeeta, Sangeeta! Wake up, your phones ringing uttered Lisa shaking her friend vigorously. She was startled, experiencing the horrific actions of her friend. 174Please respect copyright.PENANAkcUQ2Xp1KG
Sangeeta struggled to sit upright holding her head tight in irritation. She felt the weakness of a beggar on the streets waiting for food for a couple of days. Her nerves were clearly visible making greenish gestures on her bright hands; some of them even appeared next to her forehead.174Please respect copyright.PENANAlQYKWtZ3Xa
What happened? Why were your expressions so painful? I almost cried imagining your present situation uttered Lisa rubbing her hands gently on Sangeetas hair.174Please respect copyright.PENANAsecxxSidgd
Raghav was trying to send me a delusion memo which got cancelled when I got up breathed Sangeeta. My head was terribly outraged as I rejected it, I felt like my whole nervous system burst into pieces! she added, holding Lisa's hand.174Please respect copyright.PENANASuJ874vsMq
Delusion memo! Lisa puzzled.174Please respect copyright.PENANAnWm6JMlELI
Yes, Raghav found Maleota Sangeeta uttered.174Please respect copyright.PENANABR6kwwfHE2
The next few minutes Sangeeta was busy explaining the impossible truth which occurred a day before. Lisas eye balls were dashing out of anxiety by the time she heard about Dream Messaging Loops, whose experiment files were thrown on her home attic when the team came to know of its failure.174Please respect copyright.PENANAGHTrjQm3rJ
Really weird excitement you know! said Lisa, whose face was glowing with energetic sparkles.174Please respect copyright.PENANAb4DHcIhBAO
Charishmas location radar was preeminent said Sangeeta.174Please respect copyright.PENANAmXDvgil30a
Yeah, we know her since years indeed, I think she is the best one for location radars said Lisa. Off course Im out of the night listening to your startling words, but we should better sleep now Sangeeta, we have earlier sessions waiting for us, remember.... she added and grinned as she skidded onto her own futon. 174Please respect copyright.PENANAsOBnN4s2UJ
After a few hours of nap the crazy morning began with a wisp of chill. Big drums in the garden started exploding cochleas as it made people jump off their sleep. Sangeeta brawled sliding up her eye flaps which revealed an unfocused vision when the hanging bell at the tent portal tingled. She stepped towards the zip lock with her unbridled body like a drunken woman and unlocked it. There was an officer standing in front of her. He was good with his fair complexions and nice jet-black hair, and his polite mannerism made him more attractive.174Please respect copyright.PENANAdkRe9sgtPk
First day of enquiry, in the garden, sharp at 7 he said and proceeded for disrupting the next pair.174Please respect copyright.PENANAUjxSESPFiK
A huge crowd was rushing outside, directing towards the limited washrooms. It felt oddly happier watching those scientists in their non uniforms racing against each other in disgust. It took an hour for Sangeeta to get ready for her first deadly enquiry in her whole life which felt much more dreadful as she knew the present location of Raghav, for whom almost the entire army group was engaged in their tough investigations.174Please respect copyright.PENANAsv8KwkveE3
The compound area was filled with a long chain of professors directing towards a newly arranged portable tent, a few meters next to the central food zone. No one knew the inside fact till their own experience which Sangeeta faced after an hour stepping inside the army zone. Crossing a white line which was creased outside, in front of the entry, her heart was mostly out its cage.174Please respect copyright.PENANA7F1ckArctz
Professor Sangeeta, am I right? General Harika spoke, rolling a paper weight on the polished table. Few files were frantically arranged all over it along with a couple of coffee mugs placed opposite to each other maintaining a few centimeters of gap.174Please respect copyright.PENANATx0o5D0j9G
Please take your seat, Professor she requested pointing towards the wooden chair. An officer emerged from outside and walked towards the desk. He was holding a few pieces of parchment in his hand.174Please respect copyright.PENANAXG3BpS8ogA
Info regarding Professor Sangeeta Sen, General said the officer handing out the paper.174Please respect copyright.PENANAMZ8A2XUVQM
The tent smelled weedy with its greenish textures printed throughout its cloth. Cool breezes of a stand fan started hitting Sangeetas sweaty neck as she sat on the uncomfortable wooden chair. Her hands went numb as revising the illusions of central jail which never failed teasing her since morning. Her pulses bolted as the encounter started.174Please respect copyright.PENANA2IrzP9R0eb
Sangeeta Sen, a mineralogist in NIAS, married to Mr.Pritam Sen, a failure in nanotechnology.174Please respect copyright.PENANALokAMPJFwr
The enquirys going way more personal now interrupted Sangeeta losing her calm.174Please respect copyright.PENANAAzaeEENhHZ
Sorry Professor, but we have the same information which your institute gave us excess said General Harika snatching the parchment in disgust. All at once she was deeply involved in scanning every single bit of it. It felt weird seeing the instant transformation of her happy face, which was changing colors by now as she started turning out pages in rush. Her index figure rapidly sliding on the documents as a printing stuff in typewriters. After a few negligible moments she finally spoke174Please respect copyright.PENANA82EUABaPcU
So your husbands a physicist, right? said Harika folding her hands.174Please respect copyright.PENANAfdzZOFAtkR
Ssorry but how is that connected to the enquiry? 174Please respect copyright.PENANAGBVRHTEe3T
So why he stays at home all time, rather than fetching a work for himself. Harika added supporting her spine as she glued to the cross rail.174Please respect copyright.PENANApfY2uHqeTQ
But how do I know that! Said Sangeeta. Her inner temper began raising up; she clenched her knuckles watching the dubious face of her enquiry host.174Please respect copyright.PENANA7q8EpxarJt
Thats none of your business, Professor, well.leave that matter and give us some information about Raghav Joshi, I think it must be known to you as he was your colleague, covering all the facts and rumors we also came to know that he was one of your best friends uttered General Harika.174Please respect copyright.PENANAzvaci6UsjE
There was a moment of silence. Sangeeta's skeleton was vibrating of her thrashing heart beats. She suddenly felt weak as if someone just stroked her skull with an iron rod. No one was there for support, and the stranger in front was constantly gazing at her. But she was never going to cheat Raghav.174Please respect copyright.PENANAgU2hfYkGvf
He was a good man, well known for his research work. Together we shared new ideas and innovations among our groups and stayed together most of the time exploring new things. muttered Sangeeta desperately.174Please respect copyright.PENANAvHyVB6SxUV
Well you leave Professor Sen and thank him for the interaction. Next enquiry will be informed you soon. Said the host in disgust pointing toward the exit.174Please respect copyright.PENANAMd1S49faZe
Last words of the host seemed unreal, but Sangeeta felt much relieved after the short meet as she passed through a second outlet which indicated exit. She walked through a gigantic cylindrical pipe which ended up straight at the entrance central food zone. Her cold skin felt much better as it was exposed to the sun as she stepped out. Her pulse rate slowed down as she furiously scrubbed her trembling hands. It was hard keeping secrets, sitting opposite to an experienced army officer. A fact related to a persons name and appearance which changes minds.174Please respect copyright.PENANAtqDPuydGSO
The rest of the day passed better than the beginning. Lisa was mostly ok with her enquiry, but never stopped scolding Harika in thoughts for the rest of the day. The portable tents were removed by now and Sangeeta remained lonely in her section thinking about last nights delusion memo.174Please respect copyright.PENANA2UuI8AWCRY
What was Joshi trying to say? uttered Sangeeta thoughtfully.174Please respect copyright.PENANAvHBX2c9JxE
The evening began with never ending chatters of the crowd enjoying their unique experience. Pine trees were dancing jovially with the biting wind blowing across the compound area and the preserved ascent of sand indicated an upcoming rain. Sangeeta and Kartik were sitting in the garden waiting for the rest of the team to arrive who planned for a night meeting.174Please respect copyright.PENANAgKDFvd3Zun
Kartik, did you get any delusion memo last night? whispered Sangeeta watching around her.174Please respect copyright.PENANAceTnItSaac
Do you think Joshi will send me one? uttered Kartik pointing towards himself.174Please respect copyright.PENANAVnQlU37K1x
Its quite true, Joshi talking to Iyer was more than impossible. It was like ages ago when both were divided due to a small dispute, but still they had an inexpressible bond between them. In the meanwhile Melisa and Lisa joined them with a couple of packets of French fries.174Please respect copyright.PENANAvrMVq8pHC4
What about Oakura? asked Sangeeta, grinning at Lisas overloaded mouth with snacks.174Please respect copyright.PENANAaARIGHUvlY
Nothing much, shes unlucky as you and me, missing her daughter who came from London last week uttered Lisa as she tried gulping hard. Actually she planned a trip to Himachal Pradesh next week, but alas! The clay never took shape she muttered.174Please respect copyright.PENANA29g3lla5nk
Anything new from Joshi, I mean.his present condition and all breathed Melisa coming closer towards the three.174Please respect copyright.PENANASGgUAi3v8I
No, no and no. I had an incoming memo last night, but this fearful woman woke me up in horror said Sangeeta facing Lisa who finished the French fries but now not even letting a minute particle of fry to be left alive.174Please respect copyright.PENANAzMpawHCEaJ
Actually I heard your beeping phone and thought it might be an emergency call for you said Lisa rubbing her mouth with a tissue.174Please respect copyright.PENANAZVDciltNgG
Playing pranks right, dont pretend telling that you are not afraid of the dark. Last night my phone was dead! uttered Sangeeta and started laughing with the other two.174Please respect copyright.PENANAaIZDWVZD3j
Why you guys dont believe, Im telling the truth Lisa uttered lying on the soft grass watching the stormy clouds above which the glowing stars were hidden.174Please respect copyright.PENANAkf2RgUE3dC
Well leave that. The first word I heard from Raghav was about Winwalafisk, a place where Charishmas location radar stuck. But as I tried to hear more the message got ended Sangeeta sighed. Hey! Dont sleep here mate, else the rain will help you getting sick she added pulling Lisa hand.174Please respect copyright.PENANA2BGlGAElGI
The night was much more horrible than before..174Please respect copyright.PENANAlAWt2F75K0
Please help Sangeeta, we all are captured in somewhere called The Union Cage. People here call us as acclivions and beware of them.ahhhhhh!174Please respect copyright.PENANAL2ACV5n3Qb
'Miss Vitaro, he is using Maleota..' a man screamed as he continued torturing Raghav. The walls of the broken lobby were covered in dusty complexions, and the whole team of Raghav, which was generally stated as the Mythos Faction, was chained with thick metal bangles which rounded their bleeding arms. Their legs were black as it connected with the greasy floors of the lobby when a woman entered inside the dungeon.174Please respect copyright.PENANADwmnDwY08T
Whats the matter Menial? Why are you shouting like a coward! The woman roared. She was wearing a Minoan dress which had a large dagger fixed to her brownish belt. Her long leather boots reached half the way towards her knees, and her golden curls dropped onto her shoulders which were guarded with tough shells present on both the sides of her bony neck.174Please respect copyright.PENANAEP4Lu9goZ7
Miss Vitaro, these fellow acclivions were found smuggling Maleota said the man. He looked grumpy with his dirty gown which was torn at some areas. A dusty scarf was wrapped around his head, which only had an opening for the face. His neck was surrounded with thick ropy structures.174Please respect copyright.PENANANObUP9WFiZ
How they managed to get it? shouted the woman.174Please respect copyright.PENANAlMLFVh1CVe
We found them entering the lands of Avinoft said the man.174Please respect copyright.PENANALB3z7Bld9q
Sounds great! Take them to the legend, he knows dealing with these smugglers said the woman and went outside.174Please respect copyright.PENANAkB89Qlc950
Suddenly the message got disconnected.174Please respect copyright.PENANAWN1IxVRHpG
This time the same tone started disturbing Sangeeta, who got up in annoyance. She glanced around her with her teary eyes as she heard a beeping sound protruding through the cloth rack. 174Please respect copyright.PENANAqAMFYx9Eg8
Lisa was right.. she whispered to herself watching her friend whose ears were covered with ear plugs. She wanted to wake her up, but it was a bad idea. As I stepped forward, the tone vanished.174Please respect copyright.PENANAh2BJ7v7iXI
Sangeeta.., Sangeeta some whispers were audible from outside. A shadow was formed on the tents cloth which was wandering around, trying every possible way to call her.174Please respect copyright.PENANACRkQDAX6Xi
Whos that! she breathed holding the reading light for defense.174Please respect copyright.PENANA4sgvgzHM3I
II aam Param, Ssangeeta please open, I hhave an important message for you the voice penetrated inside.174Please respect copyright.PENANAVGF0uvRzVB
Running towards the entrance, Sangeeta zipped down revealing the exhausted caretaker, whose sweaty face was glowing bright with deep yellow shades emerging through the reading lamp held tight in his trembling arms.174Please respect copyright.PENANAbIQVtwn7Sx
Whats wrong, Param? asked Sangeeta, dragging him inside.174Please respect copyright.PENANA79WGkcg9yg
II jjus ssaw th security ro upstairs. Tthere was nno one. I ..went in and. He stopped in the middle and took Sangeeta upstairs. The spiral staircase made cracking sounds releasing jets of echoes as they stepped upwards. The janitors mouth was sealed as he directed towards the halfway alley on the second floor. His shirt was wet, revealing the brownish textures of his skin, and his body was uncontrollable, bending the keens periodical as he stepped forward and set foot in a poky little lobby. Inside it smelled alcoholic. Few empty bottles of rum were standing on a black desk which included files along with few highball glasses evenly spread across it.174Please respect copyright.PENANAJFFnsDpR3p
Sangeetas jaws fell open as she walked inside. A gigantic projector screen was hanging a few meters ahead of her. There were several systems randomly distributed across the room filled with bundles of thick wires forming a single network between them. Sangeeta stepped forwards guarding her nostrils, and Param was behind her, whose body was mostly juggling with jim-jams. He slowly peeped through Sangeetas shoulders towards the screen. It looked like some sort of navigator which was filled with blue dots all over it, each one representing a particular Professor. The dots were filled like atoms in the hallway.174Please respect copyright.PENANAbcWAzTGnUv
Can I help you hear some of my previous recordings? roared the screen. A notification appeared at the bottom of the screen.174Please respect copyright.PENANAHDcuN57eWC
Please wait, matching your details.174Please respect copyright.PENANAVlwL1koeEK
A small laser beam emerged through a hidden orifice and started oscillating over Sangeetas face. Her eyes were constantly rounding the minute green dot with a sight of horror. Sweat drops were trickling down her face when the screen dazzled. Her vision became cloudy as a large table of timings appeared in front of her; few of them were highlighted forming golden blocks around them. After a second another notification came in sight.174Please respect copyright.PENANAYP5HFqsdtg
Your voice recordings will be provided according to your selected time.174Please respect copyright.PENANAP9GaXm2sgU
Voice recording? Sangeeta breathed.174Please respect copyright.PENANAhQyvt6apAl
But how is my voice being sensed? Param Sangeeta turned back, but it was too late to figure out the intruders. Last few glances provided a clear vision of Params ankles which furiously swiped out the room.174Please respect copyright.PENANAlD7teCyFUE
Whos that! she screamed running outside, but it was much easier for the darkness to overwhelm the entire alley.174Please respect copyright.PENANAxXFOmR715j
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