Part 3: Death, Dejection, Destruction - 3

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The moment the clock struck 7 am, Fate announced another morning meeting in the auditorium, which naturally sounded unappealing to all of the prisoners.

A lot of them were still stuck in an unchanging mental state of confusion, hopelessness, and dejection.

Only a few prisoners in the facility were seeming to maintain their composure, those being Violet and Adam.

Adam always seemed rather calm and unconcerned regarding most circumstances, so this was no surprise to the others at this point. Violet, however, quite literally seemed to be a sadomasochist the way she peculiarly had no issue with the fatal frolic whatsoever.

There seemed to not be a single concern in that girl's head, not even one.

Perhaps one day the group could learn of her past and find out how she became the person she is, or if she was actually born that way.

"Heya!" Violet cheerfully shouted as she skipped beside Alex, attempting to grip his arm like she did when the frolic first started.

"Piss off," Alex replied bluntly, giving her a sharp glance of disgust- "and get your hands off of my arm!"

"Hehe," she laughed, "I don't care what YOU want. I'll do whatever I want to you, Mr. Adler."

"He said get your hands off him, bitch", Maria commanded as she turned and glared at Violet anticipatingly.

"Oooh? Or what? What'll ya dooo?" Violet mocked, laughing with her hand over her mouth.

"Bitch," Maria tutted, cracking her knuckles, "you wanna find out?"

"That's enough!" Adam shouted.

"Hmm?" Violet sounded with her finger on her cheek. "Who put you in charge, tough guy?"

"Nobody, but brewing conflict between each other is only gonna kill us all off faster, so cut it out."

"Well said," Alex smiled, yanking Violet's arm out of his.

"You'll regret what you just did, Alex," she sharply whispered, before walking backward and maintaining a steady pace behind him.

Alex gulped nervously while he recalled what she did to him the last time he seriously angered her.

Part of him was telling himself he should just beg her not to hurt him, but he would prefer not to look weak or pathetic.

But, as that girl is dangerous, sadistic, and carries a knife around, would begging really be so shameful?

The thought brewed in his mind as he, along with the others, finished their trek down the hall and walked over to their preferred seats in the auditorium, begrudgingly awaiting Fate's next gruelling announcement.

Like always, the screen lowered, and the mysterious masked figure appeared once again and began speaking in their robotic, deep, hard-to-transcribe voice, reminding all of the remaining prisoners why they should be feeling uneasy in this facility.

*GOOD MORNING, PRISONERS.*

The prisoners stayed silent, as they've grown accustomed to the fact that responding to a pre-recorded message, is pointless.

*I HAVE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONFESS TO YOU ALL TODAY, AND I IMAGINE IT WILL BE OF GREAT USE TO YOU.*

"Fucking get on with it, then," Jobari impatiently scoffed.

*I AM NOT A HUMAN. I AM MERELY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE CREATED BY THE PHANTOM SECTOR, THE COMPANY THAT CREATED THIS FACILITY AND LOCKED YOU ALL IN HERE.*

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