Chibisensei: *scratches head* Well, this chapter sent me to Wonderland. American McGee's version of Wonderland, that is. For those that know the reference, the star of this chapter should be pretty clear. For the record, Nii was very hard for me to do so please be easy on me. Enjoy and please review!

Warning: Come on, look at the character

Drabble summary: What does Dr. Nii think about during those long days in the lab?

Dr. Nii: On the Topic of Names

I let my cigarette droop to the left corner of my mouth as I stare at my computer screen lazily. Let's see…I wonder what the chances are of me being blown to bits would be if I clicked on this space right here. I take a puff off the cigarette as I make a few calculations in my mind. The odds come out to some 98.76854%. That would give me less than a 2% chance. I smirk. Those are good odds. After all, how do I know I'm really alive unless I tempt death?

Life and death. People like to delude themselves into thinking that the former reigns over the latter. I shake my head with a humorous smirk. Such flawed thinking is what makes things so interesting. I look as if to be the only one with enough objectivity on existence to understand that it is the opposite that's true. All of us are ink spots that the universe has to keep wiping clean. There is no significance in our existence. We simply are and then we're gone. I chuckle at the memory of my "student" asking me if there was a God before he was crushed to death. Of course there isn't. If there was, where is he now? I shift the position of the cigarette in my mouth. Even more humorous is that people don't understand what constitutes "life" and "death". I lean back in my chair, exhaling a puff of smoke. I've gone by number of different names growing up. Ken'yuu was my first name, given to me by loving and hard working parents. Each day they went through life believing that they mattered and, at one time, I might have believed that lie, but I was smart. I smirk. I remember my neighbors had a cat once. As a curious mind, it was my responsibility to question its subsistence. Was there a point to it being alive? I observed it for a while and found no evidence to support that. So why was it there? With a steady hand, I used my mother's best kitchen knife in search of the answer. It only took one cut for me to see the truth. The cat was there to satisfy my curiosity. It was there to be used for my own knowledge…and I did just that. The look of horror on my parents' faces when they discovered what I had done was a mirror opposite of the pride on mine. I chuckle lightly at the memory. It was then that I discovered that life was merely a tool to be exploited. There was no significance in it whatsoever. We are the pawns of the universe and the weak are the food of the strong. We feed off each other to survive and we will continue to feed until no one is left. I right myself up again and look at the computer screen again. Perhaps today will finally be the day my life will be exploited.

Not long after the discovery, I was sent away to school. Far away. There, I was hailed as a genius and excelled. It all came far too easy. I got into college at 13 and chose the hardest major available. To my delight, my peers were not as simple-minded as most, however, their views on reality were just as skewed. They also disgusted me.

My second name came after I received my PhD. Ukoku Sanzo. I was far too advanced to fail in getting that name, but why? Why couldn't I fail? Was there no one strong enough to eat me? I stare at the screen harder. Koumyou understood. He realized my truest desire before even I did. I want someone to be stronger than me. I want to be eaten.

"Hmmm, where do you think I should I should click?" I ask the stuffed bunny on my lap. I kept that "Ukoku Sanzo" name for a while, but, like with my first, evolved past it. I don't Now, I am Nii Jianyi. Names are just as worthless as the lives of those that own them so it doesn't particularly bother me which one I'm called.

"Dr. Nii, what are you doing?" I hear a huff from behind me. I swivel my chair around to face the speaker.

"What? You don't like Minesweeper?" I ask Dr. Hwang.

"You're supposed to be going over the data from our latest experiment, not playing around!" she retorts.

"My my, there's no need to raise your voice," I state. I swivel the chair back to the computer and move the mouse slightly. I double-click.

"There, you won," says Dr. Hwang impatiently. "Now can you actually do your job?"

I chuckle. "I suppose I can," I answer. For now, Koumyou, I am a feeder, but one day… I open a new game and click on the first square. One day…

Chibisensei: *sigh* I tried. Also, any requests?