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The Citadel

The girl surfaced again in time to hear his words. She laughed, a cruel but light sound.

"And I care? They introduce boys to me, knowing exactly what I'll do. They want me to kill you. It's that simple. God. I should have drowned you by now," Her last line was muttered, as if she meant only to say it to herself.

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In fact, this was true. Dr. Rivercot was wondering why the girl hadn't caused significant harm yet, or at least attempted to. She made note of this, and knew the mermaid would be reprimanded later.

Oceanus Research Facility

"We have Anispeakers who sometimes end up here. A few of our Anispeakers prefer the forested lagoon," Alice replied simply, stepping inside the enclosure.

She spoke carefully, not wanting to reveal too much. They did have Anispeakers, but only one- a half siren Anispeaker who rather disliked interaction with new people. This Anispeaker siren was known only by her number designation: SBJ-055-SAI, or sometimes as Sai, also from his designation. Of course, the Anispeaker siren did have a name; she just never said it.

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The guards put Tidus on the stretcher and carried him to his containment.

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Emerie had returned to the bottom of the pool when the guard turned off his music, slightly saddened by this.

Oceanus Research Facility

"To one of our many indoor habitats- I say habitats because there's no better word for them that I'm aware of," Alice replied, stopping at a door that read (55, 56).

As she opened the door for Vaan, birds could be heard chirping and chattering and making general bird sounds inside. Of course, illusions were powerful things...

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The guards with the stretcher entered the medbay to move Tidus to his SCP containment, silent even though they could tell what the other was thinking. These two guards had a few features similar to merfolk, but where not merfolk.

Backward Day ( BaileyBlue302 + PeculiarSasha)

I really don't know what to call this

Take a moment and imagine a world in which everything is backward; a world in which you are born as an elderly human(don't ask) and age slowly backward until you are a baby; a world in which, when you go to the bank, you earn money and if you do deposit, interest is taken from your account, not added; imagine this with so many more backward things. Even eating, drinking, sleeping, and learning. The only normal, at least by our standards, thing about this world is the language and the way it’s spoken, though words have different meanings, and you’ll see this in the story soon to be told. Now think about our world; the world in which nothing is backward, except for when you want it to be. Think about how different a reversed world would be from our own. Imagine… imagine you were part of a backward world, but not from it. Imagine you were from our world but dropped into a backward world with no knowledge of what happened. How would you get back to our world? Would you want to? What would be different? Similar? Now take a moment and picture a blank paper and a pencil in your hand, while you are in this backward world. Would you write with the pencil or the paper? Would you write on the paper or the pencil or the chair you’re standing at, with the table you’re standing on. Right. Not sitting in the chair, standing on the table. Remember, this is a backward world. Focus your attention on the paper and pencil in hand. Once you’ve decided which item writes and is written on, think about what you would write.

Havoc Library ( BaileyBlue302 + DayzeeLewis1121 )

"What kind of pain, Kadia?" Rowan asks the she-werewolf.

But Kadia only whimpers, her ear flicking backward in your direction. She doesn't want to elaborate, so much so that she's willing to do something she'd normally never do- disobey Rowan and leave her post. She stands,padding away from him. But Rowan follows her, tail lashing angrily.

Havoc Library ( BaileyBlue302 + DayzeeLewis1121 )

Rowan resorts to simply growling at Kadia until the she-werewolf finally mutters a single word.

"Pain."

Havoc Library ( BaileyBlue302 + DayzeeLewis1121 )

Rowan growls angrily as Kadia does not respond to him. Kadia only whimpers submissively.

"What. Happened. Kadia," Rowan growls, getting rather loud and aggressive.

Yet, despite herself, the guard only whimpers again.

Oceanus Research Facility

Alice nodded, realizing that this would be easier than expected. She moved to the door after standing.

"This way. I'll get you settled and I can have some guards get your friend comfortable," She stepped out the door and began making her way down the hall, keeping her pace slow enough for Vaan to keep up while being able to make sure he followed though she did not turn.

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Two guards were getting a stretcher to transport Tidus to his containment. They weren't struggling, per say, but the stretcher wasn't coming out of the closet, which was surprisingly empty.

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Emerie got bored and surfaced, splashing around a bit like a child. Her boredom was becoming infectious, and the guard took out a small hand-held cassette player, pressing play. It was classical music, but it calmed the mermaid, as she rarely heard music.

The Citadel

Emerie giggled upon hearing this. Her behavior would annoy, and that was her objective.

"Your little fire can't hurt me! Why should I?" Her voice was taunting as she surfaced for a moment to speak before ducking back down.

To the girl, this was a game. She liked games. She also liked the suffering of others, but that was a subject to change with her. Little boys. The researchers should have known how I would react, She thought, daring to run her fingers along Vaan's ankles before darting away.

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Claire finished the cookie, which made her sad but she didn't show it. She lowered her hand and remained motionless. The girl wouldn't move until somebody came into her room and interacted with her, but she doubted that would happen any time soon. Very few people actually interacted with Claire.

Oceanus Research Facility

A guard who had been passing by stopped Vaan, but Alice snapped at the guard and they went back to their rounds. Alice sighed, muttering something unintelligible. She turned to Vaan, keeping an eye on Tidus though.

"That can be arranged. Would you like me to show you to your quarters?" She asked Vaan while fiddling with her radio.

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Emerie was getting bored, and went and let herself sink to the bottom of her pool, in her mer form. She was unharmed, as she could breathe underwater like most merfolk. She was just bored, and her tail flicked occasionally.