Another two floors. While the rest of the floors had people i was glad to see again…this next two floors to stuff 4 abominations in was the record floor and the extraction floor. Run by hokma and binah…these are two people i hate and i don't want to help but work comes first…hokma was benjamin. At first i thought he was a nice guy. But when ayin started going off the handle. He did nothing but be a yes man simp for him! And binah?...what the fuck was ayin thinking her back! For fucks sake! She's the arbiter who killed everyone! Not only do I have to work with the head's pet that massacred my friends! I also worry about how she'll react when she gets her memories back. If she does…well I'm in for a painful and bloody demise. But before that. It's time for abnormalities.
The ones on binahs floor seem to be ones from a certain black forest. Three birds that tried to protect their home. Only to end up destroying it because of some stranger's ominous warning.
The first was punishing bird. A tiny white bird with a red spot on it's stomach. Not much to say here.
The next one is big bird. A big black bird on stubby little legs. Covered in big yellow eyes. Which is unsettling but par for the course of this place.
The next one is judgement bird a tall lanky bird creature with a scale on its neck. Its big white head has a blindfold around its eyes much like those lady of justice statues.
I had to fire up the tt2 system thanks to these damn things. Because there's a nasty gimmick with these damn birds when they all break out at the same time they fuse together to create a massive abomination more dangerous than anything else we dealt with. It took me gebura the rabbit team and quite a few employees. To bring it down. So after resetting the weak. I had to make sure if those damn things breech. Handle them quickly before they could fuse. But on the plus side. The ego weapon and suit we got from it are powerful! The twilight sword and suit are probably the most powerful we got thus far. Barely a scratch from nothing's theres blade arm. And the sword cut through it and CENSORED like a hot knife through butter.
The last abnormality on the extraction team's floor is the firebird. Not exactly one of the birds from the black forest. But still a bird. It's black like burnt charcoal when in it's containment but shows it's true phoenix like form when breeching. Which is why I had a sprinkler system installed on the extraction team floor.
The abnormalities on the record team floor seem to have this connection to religion…vaguely as proven with burrowing heaven.
A red tree covered in yellow eyes. I looked over footage of previous loops and saw that when it kills it bears "fruit" that fruit being the body parts of it's victims…the sight made me want to gag.
The next one is the price of silence. A lamp post that looks like a black scythe. I had to be careful not to work with it when it's a bad mood. As it's ability the thirteenth bell cause if that clock reaches 13. That's 13 of my employees just dead.
The next one was blue star. A blue glowing heart in the middle of a mass of grey legs. It's an aleph so can't be too careful. Especially when it breeches considering that blue heart acts like a black hole. Giving the painful death as expected of one.
The last one was a plague doctor. The name says it all. A plague doctor with big black wings. This guy forced me to fire up the tt2 system again. As every employee i sent to him got a hug from his wings. And every time a big clock appeared. When 12 employees have received the doctor's "blessing" it finally revealed it's true form…whitenight i was wondering when we get a abnormality that gave heaven a middle finger. And this was it. Six white wings attached to little white thing with one red eye and a golden collar. And all of the employees it blessed? Mutated into tall white abominations all armed with different crimson red weapons. And just like with the apocalypse bird. Taking this thing down took everything. But just like apocalypse bird. The reset was worth it due to the gear we managed to get. While we couldn't extract a suit from the thing. It's weapon. Paradise lost. Was well worth it. A staff that can produce white spikes from far away. Meaning it has extremely long range and hits hard! I'm sure nothings there and CENSORED have nightmares about being stabbed by paradise lost while twilight cuts through their flesh.
So yeah twice i had to fire up the tt2 system twice this week. It's the last two floors. So of course it would be difficult.
Hokma wanted to speak to me. As soon as i entered his room, Visions of the past flooded my mind. Of the times i met everyone. Including angela as well.
"What the hell was that!?" i yelled frustrated and angry at being reminded of that.
"The moments i have just made you witness are no longer mere scenes of the past. They could be the present or even the future. There are people who once loved you, and there are employees who think they are happy here. There is also angela. A cold imitation of carmen." hokma said. Before he could continue with his rant. I intervened.
"Shut up! Angela isn't carmen! Just like I'm not ayin. And I prefer it that way benjamin! Carmen was a idiot who took her own life when things went wrong! Ayin is a selfish and obsessive prick who continues a doomed research because he can't accept that his girlfriend's little project was a complete and utter disaster. And you! You are a total ass kisser. To the point where you buried the truth of what happened to my friends because you knew that I would kill ayin and leave the project. And you just couldn't let that happen to your precious ayin senpai could you!? Even when his leadership was leading us to our deaths! It's why i'm here now! The eons in this facility was just like enochs death. Death and suffering that in the end was pointless due to no progress being made! And that's why ayin sent that letter to me. Because he knows that he can't make any progress…due to you him and carmen being nothing but FUCK UPS AND FAILURES!" i yelled letting out all my frustrations at the trio of fuck ups that lead me down this path. Hokma screamed and his metal body broke. And turned into a mass of clocks. And thus another meltdown began. Again as the meltdown level rised. So did the handicaps. Of course we lost the immunity effects. And things got greyer and faster with each level of meltdown so i had to keep my eye out for abnormalities breeching faster. Especially considering the whole facility is essentially on turbo. But i filled the quota. And ended the day. Once again. Went to check and with a pat. A flashback came. Showing angela's creation. Lamenting on how she's not carmen. Nor is anyone that was with them is with them any longer…
"At least jon was able to give daniel and kali a proper burial…though i know he hates us now...despite that I hope he finds happiness. After all…the light has blossomed within him. This place is all we have left." benjamin said.
"Benjamin…if you could see jon one more time…what would you say to him?" ayin asked.
"I'm sorry…for everything…" Benjamin said. The flashback ended. With a sigh i let the light within me do it's thing and turn hokma human again. He got up confused.
"Don't mistake this for forgiveness, I'm still pissed…but you at least seem willing to make amends for what you did instead of digging that hole deeper along side HIM!" i said. With a sigh. I left the room. Old benny still has a lot to repent for…but i'm willing to give him a shot.
The next two days were business as usual. But the last day of the week is when things got weird as i entered the extraction teams room. Binah was staring at me…usually she makes some smartass remarks. But she's just staring…
"I was still alive you know…after you ran me through with the red mist's sword." binah said. My eyes widened in horror as what I dreaded came. She remembered that I was the one who wounded her. "When you went out and buried your dead friends…ayin came. He took me…he tortured me..and then put my brain in this box…i wonder…if you fought me fairly like the red mist did. Would you have won…or die at my hands? How about we have a do over…jon karakuer tenshi." binah said…i felt the fear go up my spine and all over my body. The way she said my full name was unnatural and mocking like a killer that has their prey just right where they want them. And sure enough. Binah had her meltdown turning into a tall arbiter, a cape and head of black and gold stood against me…here we go again. It's just like with kali. This meltdown was a suppression. This time i was against an arbiter at their most powerful. Avoiding chains pillars and shots of energy. Showing why the head was feared. Like with apocalypse bird and whitenight. I had to use everything to bring her down. The rabbit team. My agents armed with twilight and paradise lost. Gebura me. It took a while but we managed to bring the ex arbiter down. And we did. I pat her metal box…no flashback this time…no surprise there. Didn't really know this bitch. I let my light do it's thing and turn her human.
"You turned me human?...after what i did to your friends? You would save me from my metal prison?" binah asked. Utterly confused.
"Don't get me wrong…i'm still pissed. I still hate you for what you did to everyone…and it feels like ayin is giving me the middle finger by giving you my old job! But…holding onto this grudge is not going to help anything or anyone…besides after my depression. I did my research into the head and those who do it's dirty work…and being an arbiter sucks! You may have access to the head's resources. But that doesn't change the fact that your their tool from the day you're born until the day you die. The only way to get out of it is to pop a kid out to take your place. And for what it's worth…i'm sorry for what ayin did to you. I don't condone torture even on the worst of people. It's pointless if you ask me…their soul is already going to hell…so why bother with the torture..but garion the arbiter of the head is dead…and standing in front of me is binah. The leader of the extraction team…once this is over. Your free to choose what you do with your life…you're allowed to live not as a tool of the head…but a woman who's choses are hers to make and hers alone." i said. Binah giggled.
"That was quite the speech. I see why everyone here follows you…unlike that cur ayin. You have what it takes to be a leader, and the one to finish this once and for all…we still have a job to finish. But actually being able to think what to do with my life…well it's dizzying. But i don't hate it…all those choices i never thought i would have…I guess dying and being put into that accursed metal box had its perks. If you don't mind…which you like to come down for a cup of tea?" binah asked.
"Eh…why not?" I asked as I headed back to my office. I sat down and took a deep breath. Angela stood by my side as the final floor opened. The architecture team room. I soon got a message from A.
"Ayin?" I asked. Angela nodded…there he was at the final place unlocked in this facility…looks like i'll be meeting him soon as my time as the manager of facility x-394 comes to an end. Only one question on my mind now…what blunt weapon should i bring down and introduce to ayin's skull?
