The Testing of Wills.
She came through under the protective veil of a personal cloaking device. She'd gotten it from the supply locker. Nobody saw her, not even when she was visible. She was careful not to touch anyone or anything, even as she walked to the main control and sent a small message back through.
And then she got to work.
She had no idea how she knew where she was going, she just knew. She went there direct, and they said, "Oh, the power is spiking, but that could be just phantom surges in the power generators, this is a big place, y'know."
She branded them fools. There were two she found particularly interesting, though neither of them knew she was there, watching them.
They made her laugh.
Of the others, one was arrogant, one talked...a lot. And the other was innocent, with lofty ideals for how mankind should be, and with no explanation for how it got to be how it was. She kind of pitied that one.
Then there were the children.
They ran around, playing games, pointlessly trying to impress one another.
Acceptance. Popularity. Status.
Sheep.
"Ma-a-a." she said at them, and they turned to see who was there, but the didn't. She could not be seen, because she did not wish to be seen.
Yet...
She came through under the protective veil of a personal cloaking device. She'd gotten it from the supply locker. Nobody saw her, not even when she was visible. She was careful not to touch anyone or anything, even as she walked to the main control and sent a small message back through.
And then she got to work.
She had no idea how she knew where she was going, she just knew. She went there direct, and they said, "Oh, the power is spiking, but that could be just phantom surges in the power generators, this is a big place, y'know."
She branded them fools. There were two she found particularly interesting, though neither of them knew she was there, watching them.
They made her laugh.
Of the others, one was arrogant, one talked...a lot. And the other was innocent, with lofty ideals for how mankind should be, and with no explanation for how it got to be how it was. She kind of pitied that one.
Then there were the children.
They ran around, playing games, pointlessly trying to impress one another.
Acceptance. Popularity. Status.
Sheep.
"Ma-a-a." she said at them, and they turned to see who was there, but the didn't. She could not be seen, because she did not wish to be seen.
Yet...