[06/08/2023] – [Exact time unknown]
A child with a strangely shaved head lies strapped and unconscious on a silver table. The only moment it makes is that of breathing in its deep sleep.
The poor creature must have been drugged.
Someone with a lab coat and white gloves appears on the screen, face obscured by the way the camera is being held.
A scalpel appears, wielded by the gloved hand and with a scary precision, the small knife gets dug into the child's flesh.
Deep.
Deeper.
Blood slowly drips down, but it doesn't faze the person in labcoat.
The now blood cover gloves take a small, almost miniscule object from somewhere just out of sight with the help of a pair of tweezers.
Professionally, almost robotically the person places the object somewhere inside the child's head.
Going pretty deep again, you can see that it must have been placed in the brain.
Then suddenly, the person lets loose of the object, then takes out the tweezers holding nothing.
The next step the person takes is to sow the wound shut again.
The cool precision in which he does it, makes it so that the stitches are almost invisible.
"This one must be a success." A voice behind the camera exclaims, but it seems the wielder of the knife does not agree: "No, we can't be sure yet, we will only know with more testing."
"If this one doesn't work, do we need to get more test subjects?"
A moment of silence follows.
"You can stop filming now."
[End of footage]
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Artificial Tears
Science FictionIn the year 2037, Edith, a recent university graduate, starts working at the place of her dreams. She makes new friends and learns more about the world. Unfortunately also about what a dark place it can be, as she gets the feeling of someone followi...
