kylo coughs, and i jump slightly.
"alice, this is charlie. they'll take it from here. come to me if you have any concerns." and with that, the stern man leaves quite abruptly.
"hey!" charlie greets, standing up. they seem more laidback and friendly. it was hard to determine their gender, but, judging from kylo's use of 'they,' they obviously weren't male or female so i rolled with gender neutral pronouns.
"hi," i reply quietly.
"so, alice, i'm going to be walking you through what your job will usually consist of," they say.
they take me over to the creature. "this is a dragonet. they're genetically modified test subjects, and you just need to collect data and observe them."
"right..." i look at the dragon-like creature incredulously. it has small, golden scales and leathery wings. its long neck supports an angular head with two little ear tufts. its tail is as long as its body, and its claws are curved and look sharp. i could see why they called them dragonets.
charlie explains how to measure the creature and fill in forms, and before i know it, i am ready to start.
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the way things are | upon wings of change
Fanfictionalice's girlfriend was kidnapped on the sixteenth of december last year. now, alice has a job looking after genetically modified creatures nicknamed 'dragonets.' she wasn't directly told anything, but so far she's gathered that these creatures were...
