Gabriel sat silently in the room with his captive, but his heart was racing.
He started across to the man sitting in the room with him, one of Severance's scientists. Jordan Uei.
However, Celani was situated in the back corner, typing a way on a laptop.
The man was a complete hipster, with large square glasses. Short cut hair and a large beard. Wearing a green button up and some dress pants.
Gabriel was in his commander's uniform, a black and white button up coat with similar dress pants, but in black instead of Jordan's beige.
The news of Preto's death, along with the death of Gabe, the only other Special Operator they had deployed on Arcer. Had shook Aria. But more importantly, Gabriel.
One of their best opportunities were gone, they still had their Arcerian base, sure, but how long would that be true for? They can't stay silent about all the information which was found in the old apartment.
...But a final, hardcore strike to the higher ups of the military organization was the failure of Jordan's assigned experiment. And the security team designed to protect it.
The mechanical door hissed as it slid open, and Eliza, who was possessed by Aria. Slipped inside.
"I am very disappointed in all of you." She said sternly, her 6 red eyes had an angered glow in them.
"The failure of Arcer is something me and Gabriel have already discussed at length...so please, Mr. Uei, what has failed?"
Jordan swallowed the lump in his throat and spoke.
Celani looked up...
"...Subject 018 has escaped, Ma'am." He said in a shaky high-pitched voice.
"So, our most important project...has failed?"
Jordan nodded.
"Y-yes Ma'am...but we got lots of good research! Savannah proved to be a wonderful host for the dimensional-!"
Jordan's sentence was cut short by a long black tentacle slamming into his mouth.
Aria's right hand had become covered in a black liquidy substance. And was extending over Jordan's mouth.
"You have failed. Our Vessel is gone."
Aria growled, walking towards the center of the room.
"Our best subject when it comes to harnessing dimensional energy...is now gone. Escaped!"
Aria let out a large sigh...
She began to picture their subject...Savannah. A pink and white wolf which had been taken by Severance at a very young age and exposed to Aria's greatest achievement.
A tree, made from dimensional energy...the first major piece of Aria's major plan to get revenge on the gods...but they needed to learn how it worked.
Savannah had been exposed to dimensional energy for several hours a day for most of her life and had begun to develop the ability to warp reality, at the expense of her sanity. In the formation of schizophrenia.
Aria retracted her hand back to her body, and sighed.
"Focus all development resources to subject...023. They will prove useful, should we have a competent-!" Aria said, looking at Jordan and hardening her tone on 'Competent' "-Project director."
Gabriel and Jordan stared at her quietly.
"Jordan will be reassigned, and West? I have a different assignment for you."
YOU ARE READING
Ryoiki: Demon of Greed (8)
FantasyA young boy struggles to pay off his debt to the Arcerian Yakuza, but when forces start closing in on him and his caregiver, with his caregiver offering him freedom should he help.
