TW: Mild blood and gore

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An experiment gone horribly, as intended.

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The lights went out with a bang. The sound echoed for several seconds before dissipating into the night, where the crickets chirped and the moon glowed. Not like they could hear any of that. The room's walls and floors were white, several hundred squares separated by thin black lines. Stains of all sorts cover the walls, and bugs are scattered about everywhere. They aren't sure why they're there. A woman in a white coat poured them out of a large bin and ran out immediately after, slamming the door shut behind her. They already had many bite marks all across their arms and legs, some still bleeding and itchy.

There was a wide gray rectangle across from where they sat, a small ledge below it where many bugs crawled. They weren't sure why it was there, but they weren't certain about much else either. The only thing they know is this room. It started off pristine and white, but slowly turned disgusting over time. No one ever talked to them, but they could occasionally hear yelling from outside the confines of this room, if it was loud enough.

Yesterday, they were given something. A sharp needle injected a strange blue substance inside of their body, and they were starting to experience its symptoms. They couldn't feel certain parts of their hands, mostly the fingers. If they closed their eyes, it was as if they didn't even have fingers to begin with. Their tongue was changing colors, though they couldn't tell at the moment. They felt strange, though they weren't sure how exactly to point to what felt strange about them. Then, the next day, nearly both arms felt numb as well.

It was acting quickly and as intended.

Their hearing went in and out as it pleased, not even the most quiet of breathing audible at times. One day, while their hearing began to recuperate, they could hear more yelling. It was unclear what anyone was saying, but they sounded mad. Then, a loud bang resonated and someone screamed.

They were beginning to space out, and their vision became blurry as the noise once again went away. They felt even worse than before, as if their insides were being eaten. Their nose began to bleed, slowly at first. Soon, it came out as a steady stream, covering their white T-shirt that absorbed nearly all of it. It stained their chest below once the shirt was soaked in the liquid.

They went completely blind eventually, and their ears ached as sound fully dissipated, turning them deaf. They were aware of nothing going on around them, and soon their entire body turned numb. They wouldn't know of even a single tap to their skin, nor the hardest slap to their face.

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She turns her head towards the one-way mirror, where a most gruesome sight greeted her. Their blood covered test subject, head slumped forward, and insects crawling all around it. She gasps.

It wasn't supposed to act that quickly.

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