[ "Defective" ] | BFB/TPOT fanfic [canceled]

PlayDate Runaways

"Night hour is when monsters wake up to play."

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A nutrition bar was thrown to the ground.

Grassy laid down on his stomach as he picked at the crumbs of the bar, playfully trying to rebuild it piece by piece.

There wasn't much to do in the main room this day; yes, there were other subjects, but everyone seemed oddly tired. This may have been due to the fact that they weren't given recess hours today. They questioned why not and tried to open the door on their own occasionally, but it simply would not budge.

Some subjects who came back from experiments would report that they overheard scientists saying that they did this as a big experiment. No one knew why it was a big experiment but it led to the subjects calming down and accepting what was happening.

Some sat around on their own, while others spoke to each other with a bit of exhaustion in their voices.

This was a normal day other than the lack of their beloved nature time, but one day without it would do no harm.

Grassy was one of the few who still had an immense amount of energy!

Yet he had nothing to really use it on.

Rocky was currently away at an experiment, which he seemed extremely terrified about. None of the subjects knew why, not even Cloudy, the subject who stays with that stone subject the majority of the time.

Ever since Rocky lost his voice to what the scientists called a "defect" that occurred when he was being recovered from an experiment, it's been difficult trying to understand why he felt a specific way.

Yes, he wasn't the only subject that couldn't speak, but at least with Teardrop they have been learning sign language. Others who wanted to either understand her or simply thought it was an interesting language to learn also learnt sign language.

Grassy didn't mind that Rocky couldn't speak, they still ran around and looked for things to do together. Even with his voice gone, Rocky was still Grassy's closest friend in the facility.

"What are you doing on the ground?"

Grassy looked up to see Tree looking down at him with a tired but warm smile. Tree is one of the few subjects in the category that tries to make sure everyone is well in the main room, though he mostly looks after Leafy and Grassy, who both seem to appreciate his efforts.

Grassy scooped up the crumbs and held them up to Tree with cupped hands.

"Grassy is making new food!"

"With floor crumbs?"

"Yup!"

"Well it's nice to see someone here has some energy, but you shouldn't be eating floor crumbs." Tree kneeled down to Grassy's level.