Your Cozy Corner of Crinkly Tales
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 Five – Restraints of Care The metallic silence of the containment room stretched on like a punishment in itself, the hum of ventilation and the faint buzz of unseen circuits seeming louder than his own breathing. Subject #7412 sat hunched forward on the padded platform, hands gripping his knees so tightly … Read more
Subject #7412 – Chapter Three – Initial Holding Test The room hummed quietly, the low mechanical resonance blending with faint clicks somewhere beyond the walls. A subtle vibration in the air was almost imperceptible, yet Subject #7412 noticed it, instinctively sensing something off. He had been here before, of course—the same bright clinical lighting, the … Read more
Subject #7412 – Chapter One – Intake The room was too quiet. That was the first thing he noticed. Not silent—there was the soft hum of filtration systems somewhere overhead, and the subtle tick of a shifting light panel—but unnaturally quiet. No voices. No footsteps. No doors opening or closing. The kind of quiet that … Read more