Subject #7412 – Chapter Thirteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Thirteen – Full Containment The quiet hum of MAMA-429’s monitoring systems filled the room like a low, omnipresent heartbeat. Subject #7412 lay on the examination table, muscles stiff, body exhausted, and mind fraying at the edges. The previous session’s protocols had drained him both physically and mentally. Extended hygiene routines, dollification … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Eleven

Subject #7412 – Chapter Eleven – Adaptive Regression The hum of the ceiling vents had become a metronome. Too steady, too precise, too unchanging to belong to any space he’d ever lived in before. It filled the room, never louder, never softer, simply there—an ever-present layer of sound that blurred the edges of thought. Subject … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Ten

Subject #7412 – Chapter Ten – Containment Reinforced The hum of the filtration vents became the new clock by which he marked the passing of time, though the concept itself had started to blur. Sometimes the vents purred with a steady, low drone. Other times, they rose to a higher pitch, whistling faintly as though … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Nine

Subject #7412 – Chapter Nine – Containment Protocol The room smelled faintly of antiseptic and warm air, a mix that Subject #7412 had learned to associate with quiet, inescapable surveillance. The soft hum of MAMA-429’s sensors buzzed in the background, synchronized with the low flicker of the overhead lights. He had been allowed a few … Read more