Subject #7412 – Chapter Nineteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Nineteen – Assigned Roles & Dress Trials The ceiling light hummed softly overhead, its glow shifting gradually brighter in simulated dawn. Subject #7412 stirred against the confines of the crib-like bed, his body caught between sleep’s heaviness and the inescapable presence of the thickly padded garment wrapped around his waist. The … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seventeen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seventeen – Sperm Collection Protocols The room was quiet when Subject #7412 stirred. Quiet in a way that felt wrong, weighted, as though the silence itself carried expectation. His eyelids flickered against the bright, sterile lights overhead. A faint hum from the ventilation filled the void, punctuated only by the distant … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Sixteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Sixteen – Prostate Reflex Testing & Escalation The room was silent except for the faint, rhythmic hum of filtered air. Subject #7412 lay strapped on the reclining platform, the familiar sterile glow of overhead panels flattening every contour of his skin into pallid, clinical uniformity. The restraints were no longer something … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Fifteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Fifteen – The Holding Test The silence after the lashes was almost unbearable. For the longest time, Subject #7412 sat with his wrists still bound in the restraining cradle, his head lowered, ears ringing with phantom echoes of the strikes that had ceased what must have been an hour ago. His … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Fourteen

Subject #7412 – Chapter Fourteen – Correctional Tests It was the wrong kind of silence. Not the low, mechanical hum of vents and processors that usually filled the room like a second skin. Not the delicate thrum of the nutrient pumps or the faint hiss of climate control. This was hollow, stripped bare, like someone … Read more

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 Twelve

Subject #7412 – Chapter Twelve – Regression Metrics The morning light was weak, sifting through the narrow blinds and casting thin stripes across the gleaming white floor. The room smelled faintly of antiseptic, with a sterile scent that made Subject #7412’s stomach churn. His body ached where the previous night’s enforced rest had left muscles … 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 Eight

Subject #7412 – Chapter Eight – Thresholds The room was quiet, though not silent. The low hum of machinery, the subtle hiss of air vents, the faint trickle of distant water—all merged into a background chorus that seemed both distant and oppressively close. Subject #7412 lay on the platform, muscles trembling, forehead pressed flat against … Read more

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seven

Subject #7412 – Chapter Seven – Holding Pattern The room felt smaller somehow, though nothing had changed: the sterile walls, the hum of concealed machinery, the faint glow of status monitors in their fixed positions. Yet Subject #7412 felt the space press in on him, as though every surface had become a boundary he could … Read more