The walls were far too white, causing the florescent light to burn one’s eyes, and the scene seemed to be a blinding white nothingness underneath it. All of it was sterile, blank, impersonal. It was the sort of environment Dr. Mangle always felt odd walking into. It was like a piece of what made up a human mind was always left behind the doors leading into these spaces. Emotions, perhaps, or a certain amount of imagination and free thought. To be certain, something about Mangle changed within these walls. It was nothing that any scientist was unfamiliar with, seeing as the cardinal rule of their work to be as objective as possible, never getting attached, and never interfering with the process of scientific theory.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpKylMR9bA
Today was the day that Mangle would make the world of science change on its head, for today was the day the Dragonborne Project got its permanent scientists.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7k3LijLRM
Dr. Mangle, being one of these scientists, in fact the second in command of the project save for Dr. James, its creator, was apprehensive about meeting their most promising subject and working with it. The guard escorting Mangle seemed to sense this. “It’s harmless,” he said. “The most it can do is bite you with its teeth, and those aren’t anything to worry about. You ever been bit by a kid, Jess?”
“No, never have,” Mangle replied absently.
“Don’t hurt much at all. Really, if it bit you there wouldn’t even be a mark, and it’s actually pretty docile besides. I can’t imagine what you’d have to do to get it upset enough to bite.”
“Yes,” Mangle said, growing tired of the conversation already. “You said it was...26 months, correct?”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytF9J74uod
“Yeah,” the guard nodded. “It’s a hyper little thing. You could almost compare it to a human toddler!”
An awkward laugh was shared between the two as they stopped in front of a plain white door, with only a small black dragon decal with the number 8 on it to set it apart from its surroundings. Mangle put a brand-new key card in a slot on the outside of the door, the red light above it turning green. The guard coughed. “I’ll just...I’ll just be going, then?”
Mangle grunted. “If you want to.”
The guard left and Mangle scoffed. Typical. Some people just couldn’t stand being around experiments and watching how they worked. It was truly pitiful. They opened the door and observed the experiment that was to be theirs for the next...however long they were on this project.
Inside the room was all white, with a cot in a corner, and an old metal desk with a chair. And sitting on the cot, was a small girl, a toddler really, with wild black curls, and piercing brown eyes, with mocha-type skin. She was running a bat wing over the amber scales that covered her joints. When Mangle closed the door she looked up. “Who a’you?” she asked.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSci9DxcJHC
Curious, then, Mangle noted. “My name is Dr. Mangle.”
“Hello!” she chirped.
“...Hi.” Mangle could tell that this was going to be a long few years already.
“D’you know Mommy?” the subject asked.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkXH2bID6y
Mangle was taken aback. This thing has a mother that visits it?! “Mommy?”
She nodded. “Mommy comes with food! She say-ed… say-ed… peremenz were gonna happen.”
Mangle’s brain was desperately trying to keep up with the subject’s fast paced thoughts and speech. “Peremenz… Experiments?”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwEEAPWrbD
Another nod. “She say-ed it’s fun game!”
Dr. James must have brought food to the subjects every day. Oh, she was clever. “A game, huh? Do you…” this sounded so alien, seeing as they were talking to a subject, “Like games?”
This girl couldn’t stop nodding. It was as if it was a bobblehead. “Games fun! ‘Sept Tell Me. Tell Me boring!”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiOA6mJJgu
“‘Tell me’...?”
“No! Boring! Boring! No play!” it said, shaking its head rapidly.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7VTj8RCG2
This, at least, seemed to have a simple explanation. “Is that where doctors come in and ask things?”
The subject nodded. “No play wi’ you. Hate game! Hate it!”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtdazaNisr
What? Everything was suddenly spiraling out of control. “I don’t want to play. I just wanted to see you.”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXqbCqktcH
There was silence for a long moment. “...Lie. Wanna be alone. No like liars.”1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAsgAUqMbA
Nothing could be done if the subject was uncooperative. Mangle said, “All right,” and left.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQVwtrlT8L
Once the door was closed Mangle shivered. The subject’s mind was very quick for its age, and it could definitively say what it wanted. This was the first time Mangle was working with something so intelligent. Mangle wasn’t worried, certainly not...Okay, maybe a little. But it was nothing they couldn’t overcome. They’d been through scarier, like that time they were elected to go on the Vomit Comet...but they digressed.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJDaIiVoud
This would be an experiment just like any other, they reasoned, it would be fine.
Even though it would really be an experiment like no other.1145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DAWZvAldU
and then Add to home screen.