The Obelus

-21- Lil Bit o' Arson, Lil Bit o' Blowy Uppy

"Guys so this is the address. We are gonna go in tomorrow alright? We gotta make sure all the lab equipment they need is blown up."

"Right. And that is three intrinators, four empirmators, and a whole lot of other equipment... Jesus christ, what are these?"

"There's a whole lot of drugs on that list too... strength enhancers and the lot."

"When are they planning to sell them off? Heard they were being sold off to Rome."

"If they've made a plan already, then it must be soon. Alright, we set off into two groups. First group, Mini and Gen, you go set up the grenades. Light them up around the goods while me and Y/N will distract Mr. Smither. Mini and Gen, take your phones and send us three consecutive messages to notify us that you've finished planting the bombs."

"We're setting off tomorrow at dawn."

You walk to your dorm tired, worn out, and before you know it, you're asleep.

You wake up, sweat covering your head.

"Shit, I thought they barged in. What's that noise?"

You walk down to Mini's room and see that she's just moved a bit while sleeping.

"She must've just hit the wall."

As you walk to her desk to turn her night light off, you realise that there is a rusty looking book on the table. You brush the dust off the book and read the carved letters on the book.

"Mini's... Di...Ary. Her diary?"

You decide not to look through it but your curiosity holds you back.

July 2nd 2045

Dear Diary,

A really kind Obelus guard gave me this diary. Think their name was Yihan, so if I ever die here, hi Yihan! Thanks for giving me something to do in this horrid place. First I get thrown out of the house, then I get captured for my blood. What a great life I lead.

I can't do anything better than throw bowls at the pervert guard. Jiayi annoys me a lot. They flirt with every subject in sight.

I heard a lot of screaming today. Crying and screaming. I'm suspecting the noises came from the warden's daughter. What the hell were they doing to their own daughter?

Anyway, the chicken from today wasn't too bad compared to yesterday's. I'm gonna go to sleep now since there's nothing else to do.

July 3rd 2045

I guess there's a new kid in the cell next to me. They're huddled in the corner crying so I don't think they're gonna be talking to me anytime soon. I did hear a lot of banging from this morning, so maybe that has something to do with them.

Update: They're the warden's daughter. Apparently they did something to her so now she's partially mute, but I can't understand a single word of what she's saying. She sounds like a broken robot, not to be mean.

Test for today was an alright one, I didn't feel much to say the least. The kind lady took me today, so she made sure it didn't hurt. She also snuck me a fresh apple, and it was probably the best thing I've had in ages.

July 5th 2045

Yesterday's test made me physically unable to do anything. I don't know what they did to me, but it still stings all over. They really can't spend a bit more money to get numbing syringes huh?

Today I noticed that Gen was missing. Probably taken away to do some kind of test to see if she had any defects. She might be the first to be sent off, but she's my first friend. Why do the Obelus have to ruin everything?

July 18th 2045

So I guess I took a break from writing since I didn't feel like it anymore with Gen gone. Everything was kind of boring without her, and I guess I realised that pretty quickly.

Kinda lost motivation to write too somehow.

I don't know if these are hints that I have feelings for Gen because I've never had feelings before for anyone. I kinda miss her a lot now that I think about it.

Wonder where she went.

August 2nd 2045

Talked to a nice guard today, and he said that they were definitely feelings. And this time around, I'm really not going to stop him from telling me about love.