Project: Karma

33 | Project: Grim Reaper

Years before the installment of Project Death, Ritsu, Itona, and Karma.

<Aguri>
I was luckily enough to land a job at the Research Facility in Tokyo, during my second semester of college. Of course, through the connections of my father himself and my fiancé.
I'm practically the baby amongst my friends, riding into the ripe age of 19 and I've finally found a side job to at least carry me through. That and teaching at Kunugigaoka Junior High.

At first when I approached the facility. It wasn't necessarily a warm welcome from my own fiancé. Well I didn't choose him myself for say, my parents had arranged it and Yanagisawa had agreed to it. But since then, he  hasn't acknowledge me.

Today, I was told be an assistant and advisor to the main project that the facility was working on. The one that was established 2 years ago. Project: Grim Reaper.

I manage to see something so obscene and horrifying. This monstrous creature with long tentacles was pounding its body against the dome wall. Was this the experiment they mention? What is that? The loud bangs and roars from the creature petrified me so much that I couldn't look at it any long. It's glowing red eyes of a beast.
What the hell is this?!
••••••
Despite my first encounter, the second day knocked me off my chair. There was no longer a blood thirsty monster seeking death. But this man who stood at the dome wall. Was this the same person?!

"Yukimura." Yanagisawa shoved a clipboard into my hands and pushed me along. Closer to the strange man.

"You'll be the one closely inspecting Project: Grim Reaper for now on. Don't mess this up. His hand was in my shoulder, but when he warned me about failure. His grip tightened. I could sense his aggression. The hidden glare in his straight face.

I could see it on all their expressions of the other scientists and advisors in the laboratory. They wouldn't think twice of getting near this dome. This man. This creature.

"But why me?" I questioned swallowing back in my words. "I don't know how to properly-"

"Damn, all you do is talk! Why can't you just do what your asked?!" He slammed his fist upon the dome and it startled me.

"My bad." I bowed my head.

I could even tell that the strange man beyond the dome was watching us too. This embarrassing side of mine. Just endure it Aguri, you can do this.

"My apologies guinea pig for causing such a disturbance. I promise it won't happen again." Yanagisawa, out of no where clasped his claws onto my hair and pulled me back, holding in the terror that struck me.

"Now say sorry to him." He instructed.
I looked into the man's aloof eyes. I'm scared, I'm scared.

"I'm sorry for causing such a ruckus." I held back my fear and cries. My heart was racing from this. After that, my hair was released and I was freed. Only to have him attack me verbally once more. In front of everyone.
And even he was still watching me.
•••••••
Approaching the end of the first week, I grew accustomed to the expectations of my fiancé. Plus, everything else in the laboratory. Honestly, I grew tiresome of it all. I even had to drag along my acts to class as well. I hate having to lie in front of my students when I'm in such a pitiful state.