Lobotomy Corporation: Second Wave

Day 10: Routing The Power

"So, the abnorms, how many are there in this place?" I sat at a desk, in front of me was a bunch of screens, each with the department's main area, and hallways to abnormalities. I guess this is what it felt like to be a manager

"Over three digits, that's all I can guess, I only know some from the three departments that I looked after when we rebuilt this place" I guess I couldn't blame Tsuki for not knowing, there were beyond hundreds of screens and cameras, and even then, the computer next to me allowed access to more cameras, or a better view of the other ones.

"And how many agents?" Outnumbering the library was our main concern, while I would try to prevent death, it wouldn't be possible to prevent them all, so the agents all just told me to focus on winning. I felt terrible whenever I thought of the agents, while it was a minor few, they were all ready to die, and I can only imagine what they'd do after be beat the library and they survive, they'll probably end up killing themselves in the end after all.

"2200?" It was like she pulled a random number, but, with the computer, I was able to see the agents, and wouldn't you know it, she was spot on

"You remember all of them?" I didn't mean by name, but it seemed like she understood

"Yeah, for the most part, it's not a hard number to remember anyways" I guess she had a point.

"Hey...about that abnormality we faced yesterday, what's its deal, most abnorms get their power from their backstory, or at the very least, it's inspired that way." I could tell Tsuki was thinking hard "It's fine if you don't get it, after all, we don't even have its ID done yet, so it's clear it's new"

"I guess so...we're working on it though, we already have some people who remember it coming alive" Coming alive? If she didn't make a mistake in her wording then it would be weird, coming alive...like Frankenstein's monster?

I started scrolling through the abnormality part of the computer, there were many I haven't seen or even heard of, that was of course, including the one from yesterday. With my perms as "Manager" I was able to make an ID...huh, I don't think that's how it worked in LC, but, how would I know? I didn't even know how they made IDs, the only slight idea that I can come up with is the letters, if I remember right, F usual means that it's from a fairytale or fantasy, yet...we didn't even know its origin, so as much as I want to, there wasn't a way to make an ID.

"What's this one?" I came over to an abnormality, it looked just like a blob...kinda like It's Slimes but, more discolored, and without the bones it usual has...then again, maybe they melted away. Tsuki came over, leaning on the desk and staring at the image I had pulled up.

"Don't quote me on this, but I think it's from Melting Love, but, if I remember correctly, it somehow appeared without a host or without Melting Love even being around" Hearing that abnormality's name pained me, every time it was said I wanted to just block out all noise.

"Quick question, is it in this place?" She looked away from me, she most likely knew how much pain that thing caused me, and she most likely knew I would hate the answer

"Far away from this room...but yes" I sighed at her response, it was still alive, and still here, the distance didn't matter, it could just infect someone, and if they come here...actually...I thought of something that kind of gave me hope. Being infected by it usually means you have some blob on your head...but that would mean we'd purge the infected...huh, I felt like I heard that line before...

"It's fine" I reassured her, I didn't even blame her, not even in my head, after all, I of all people would know how powerful that thing is, another question popped up though "Hold on, how is it alive? Isn't the whole point of the library to read and gain power or knowledge, or maybe even money? If I remember right, then I recall Its book being there" Tsuki began thinking again, now sitting on the other side of my desk