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Xree Zero
Location: Vasilieve Household, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 3rd, 7 BGW
3:21 pm, Sinis time
Anastasia Vasilieve smiles...Xree is asleep at his desk again. Sometimes she wonders if he does other things at night...but he doesn't ever leave the house at night. At least, not without telling her. She smiles again, and goes to the elevator. Sure, she could take the stairs down, but...the elevator is closer to her destination. She boards it once the doors open up, and moves to press the button to go down...that's funny. There's a panel loose here... She removes it and...there's a button there without a label. She looks at it curiously. She didn't know about this. And she presses it. The doors close slowly, and the elevator descends...and descends...and descends...and then it moves...forwards? The elevator is moving forwards? And then, the door dings open, and...it's a dimly lit hallway, artificial lighting. She must be far, far underground...she walks down the hallway...and enters the first door she comes to. It's an office. With a desk. She walks over and...that's a picture of her...does Xree have another office? Here? She starts opening drawers in the desk, rummaging through them, these papers...slaves? genetic experimentation? What does all this mean? What is this place? She starts gathering papers, stacking them neatly in place...
3:37 pm, Sinis time
Xree leans back in his chair and stretches. He shouldn't have stayed up so late last night in Underfreeze. But he had experiments to run, and Anastasia certainly couldn't know where he was going. She wouldn't understand at all. He gets up, and heads to the elevator...time for a snack. It takes a few minutes longer than usual for it to get there... Actually a few is an understatement... But he gets on, and immediately sees the panel has been pushed aside, the button exposed. He swallows, and checks that he's got his revolver on him, and punches the button, pulling the gun out. The doors close slowly, and the elevator descends...eventually moving forwards, and the doors ding open softly into the dimly lit hallway and...his office door is open! He hurries over to it, and walks in, holding the gun loosely in front of him.
Anastasia hears a noise, and looks up from her search through the papers, and sees Xree. "Xree...What is this?"
Xree swallows... "Anastasia...I'm sorry..." He raises the gun, holding it out...
Her eyes widen. "Xree no! What...what are you doing?"
He stares at her sadly. "I'm sorry..."
The world goes black.
June 4th, 7 BGW
9:13 am, Sinis time
Xree stands up slowly, dusting his hands off, and steps back from the grave...it's a simple one, with a simple headstone. He wipes away a few tears... places some roses on the grave, and swallows, slowly turning away, and walking off...
Location: Freeze School of Performing Arts, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
November 17th, 1 AGW
4:01 pm, Sinis time
It's been over a year since the war ended. Professor Xree lost his right leg at some point during it, and replaced it with a prosthetic one. Not that anyone knows that. He's kept that leg well hidden. He walks into the main office, and slides an envelope across the counter to a clerk. "Take this to the president. She'll want to see it." The clerk nods. Everyone knows Xree. He's quite well known, although...not the richest resident. But he carries a lot of prestige in that name. He's done a fair amount for Freeze, and doubtless this is a request of some kind, or maybe a donation. They get up, and wander off, might as well deliver it now. The president is in her office, and takes the envelope, and opens it, it'll be a nice break from before. A check falls out first, and she looks at it, and turns it over. And her eyes widen. There is no way... She counts the zeros, to be sure...no way anyone has that much money...and where did he get it? She's shaking, and stands up... Fifteen Zeros. The school will be able to run on that for thousands of years. For free. And she hurries to the door, running out, where did he go? He's not in the entrance...he's long gone down the street. The school will be renamed, the Vasiliev School of Performing Arts in his honor.
Location: Vasiliev Residence, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
4:56 pm, Sinis time
Xree smiles grimly. He'll miss Freeze. But he doesn't need to stay here anymore. He has work to do. He downs a farewell shot of vodka, setting the glass down on the center of his desk. And he boards the elevator. He'll have work to do. A lot of it. And he won't be back up to the surface again. Not in this body. Nor...in any other, technically.
Location: Xree's Office, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 3rd, 45 AGW
3:38 pm, Sinis time
Xree walks in, tiredly...it's been a long day. He's old. His hair is grayer, his face older. From the ceiling in a corner is a noose. He looks at it. It's been there for years now. An inside joke, with no meaning, and no humor in it either. On his desk...a knife, a shotglass, vodka, and a tablet of deadly poison. He won't be touching those either though. He sits at the desk, and sighs. They'd better follow his directions. Otherwise, well...it doesn't really matter. He won't be there to ensure it. But at least, he has this. He closes his eyes, and thinks. And feels the cold of the metal against the side of his head. A deep breath.
Bang. The world goes black.
Xree One
Location: Lab 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 4th, 5589 AGW
4:12 am, Sinis time
Light. And then suddenly, recollection.
Xree reaches a hand up to the side of his head. Fine. Hands are younger though... a lot. "How old am I?" Oh dear. Quite young. Eight? He turns to look around...ah the scientists. Alright. "Thanks. How-" He stops, and starts coughing uncontrollably. Once he finishes. "How old am I?"
One of the scientists blinks. "You're eight and a half sir."
"Good enough. Thank you boys."
August 4th, 5589 AGW
2:00 am, Sinis time
He's in bed. This is the fifth time in the past two months that he's been sick with something. His immune system is shot. Did it even exist? He stops to cough uncontrollably. No way he's letting them clone him again until this is fixed. He'll let them know that as soon as...as soon as the day properly begins.
February 28th, 5654 AGW
8:08 pm, Sinis time
Still in bed. He hasn't left the lab room but a few times since his awakening. And this last sickness will take him, it looks like. He huddles up, cold on the bed. He's wearing many layers, and under many more...still cold. He was never cold in Freeze. Now he is. He closes his eyes, gathering strength... taking a deep breath...
The world fades to black.
Xree Two
Location: Lab 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 1st, 5907 AGW
1:22 am, Sinis time
Light. Memory. He puts a hand to his mouth, and coughs experimentally. He's fine. Young. Once again, about eight... That's something. Cloning is odd though. He definitely hasn't existed until today. He grins. He'll have to find a way to accelerate it past eight at some point. But that point isn't today. Twelve would be nice. Although definitely slow the aging process until after twelve....don't want to... You know what he wants to do? He wants to see Sinis again. He'll do that in a few years.
Location: Vasiliev Residence, Freeze, Waste Sinis
September 23rd, 5929 AGW
10:10 am, Sinis time
A soft ding, and the elevator doors open. He steps out, a bag slung over his shoulder. He takes a deep breath. He's ready. And he'll travel the world. See Sinis again. And so he will.
Location: Pine, Sinis
July 11th, 5933 AGW
11:33 pm, Sinis time
He's happy here. He and Rosalie are walking hand in hand down the street. She's a natural pickpocket. And she fans him with a wallet she just lifted off someone, smiling mischievously. Too bad that wallet belongs to someone important, which they're just about to find out...now. They don't even cry out. The bullet hits her in the back. She crumples, and he spins around, drawing his revolver, and running for cover...he gets some shots off...but it won't be enough...he'll flee...return to Freeze. And he won't come back out again.
Location: Xree's Office, Third Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 5995 AGW
5:07 pm, Sinis time
He's sitting at his office now...no one to replace him for a while. He's alone. He wanted this. He sighs, sitting back. He doesn't have much time left. Probably a lot less considering what's coming for dinner. He closes his eyes, looking forward to the giant feast he's about to be presented with. He can almost smell it now, although the smell is getting fainter...and eventually...it all fades to black, the senses gone.
Xree Three
Location: Room 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 18th, 6014 AGW
4:11 pm, Sinis time
Memory. Sound... Xree smiles, and his eyes snap open. He laughs. Ten? That sounds right. He spins around and slams a fist into the wall. He's already feeling ready for science. X2 was weak. X3 will be strong. He will build Freeze. And he will make Freeze the one to be feared.
Location: Freeze B&B, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
March 7th, 6033 AGW
6:59 pm, Sinis time
The Detritus family is sitting at the dinner table, enjoying their food, talking animatedly. Slowly, however, they begin yawning, and eventually, one by one, the four of them slump over and fall asleep at the table into their plates. Nothing is special here. X3 has caused this many times over, and will cause it again.
Location: Lab 39, Floor 11, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
7:45 pm, Sinis time
The father is on the operating table. Xree grins widely, and draws the blade across his chest. This is one of the more...invasive and obviously so experiments...but it'll be worth it. Replacing his lungs with something better. That will be worth it. He'll monitor and collect data from it, of course... He chuckles slightly as he works. This family is in excellent health...a real find...too bad that the experiments will ensure they all die in the next twenty years.
Location: Forges, Floor 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 18th, 6105 AGW
1:15 pm, Sinis time
Xree grins widely. It's his birthday. He rubs his hands, watching the workers...and wanders over to a boiling vat of iron... he'll use this for something...maybe nanobots. He hasn't worked with those much yet! Those would be interesting to try on subjects. He leans forward over the vat, looking deep into it. A worker bumps into him...he waves his arms, silence is all he hears, and then...white hot pain! The world blacks out, but the pain...it lasts so much longer before stopping suddenly.
Xree Four Alpha
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 4th, 6111 AGW
3:47 am, Sinis time
He gasps, jumping forward. Remembering the white hot, searing pain. Oh the pain. He doesn't want to open his eyes. But he does. And it's light again. He takes a deep breath. Finally. He wipes his hands slowly. He'll have to be much more careful after that. Much much more careful...creators he hates to even think about the pain that that caused...
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 28th, 6204 AGW
2:00 pm, Sinis time
He sits there, patiently watching himself thaw out, the ice trickling down...and then X4B opens his eyes. He smiles across at him. "Welcome. I thought this might be fun to try."
Location: X4A's Bed, Floor 14, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 31st, 6204 AGW
12:33 pm, Sinis time
A flurry of dreams....he smiles in his sleep. He remembers them both, pretty as pictures...he misses her. Both of them. He really does...they're both there, smiling at him, shining, and slowly, his senses fade...
Xree Four Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 28th, 6204 AGW
1:59 pm, Sinis time
White fog...
White fog...
Cold. White fog...
He opens his eyes, and there he is...smiling at himself. Words he hears... "Welcome. I thought this might be fun to try." He's right. This was fun. Of course, it's hard to be wrong judging yourself, isn't it...
Location: Lab 99, Floor 22, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 5th, 6300 AGW
11:41 pm, Sinis time
He yawns. He's really tired. He shouldn't have stayed up to finish this project. He looks down proudly at the object on the table. The tablet is done. It'll be faster, better, and more powerful than anything across the continents, he's sure of it. He leans forward...he should test it...so tired... he lays his head on the table, embracing the darkness of sleep...only this sleep is forever.
Xree Four Gamma
Location: Unknown.
Unknown, Unknown AGW
Unknown.
White fog...
White fog...
Cold. White fog...
It's fading though...
Gray fog.
Black.
Xree Five
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 1st, 6318 AGW
12:01 am, Sinis time
Light. He snaps his eyes open, and snatches the edges of the growth chamber. An idea. The memory of the vat still haunts him too much. The searing pain. This will take time though... He pulls himself out of the chamber, and walks out of the lab...time to get to work.
March 11th, 6384 AGW
4:44 pm, Sinis time
He steps back from the growth chamber, and peels the goggles off, a mad grin on his face. It worked, he bets. It took a while, but damn it, it worked. There's a hiss, and the chamber opens, and X6's eyes open. He laughs slightly. Looks so young, but remembers so much... This will take some time to explain. Or it would, if X6 didn't already remember why he'd made him early.
Location: Lab 103a, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 6285 AGW
1:13 pm, Sinis time
X6 is on the table right now. X5 smiles at him. Time to begin. He pulls the blowtorch over, and blasts it onto X6's wrist. No reaction at all...heat. Check. He grins. It worked.
Location: Hallway, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 11th, 6404 AGW
3:09 pm, Sinis time
He walks down the hallway, but stops... creators, someone's sitting on his chest again. He can feel. His eyes widen. He needs to stop pushing himself so far... too late now. He kneels down, twitching and thrashing. His heart. He arcs his back, the pain is searing into his skull... he's gasping for air, and then collapses, face first, feeling the cool of the floor, the world spins slowly around him... and fades to black.
Xree Six
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
March 11th, 6384 AGW
4:44 pm, Sinis time
Finally...he's ready for this. He wonders if it worked on the inside too...the fog clears away, and there he is...grinning right at him. He smiles sadly, thinking back...if only he was brave enough to do this with emotional pain too.
Location: Lab 103e, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 5th, 6420 AGW
12:45 pm, Sinis time
Lunch was pretty good. A nice collection of meager helpings, which added up to a fantastic meal. But now, he'll continue testing himself. He sits in the chair, and throws the switch, and starts giggling. It doesn't hurt, but it sure tickles! He composes himself, thinking about how this feels...what is the best way to describe it...the world fades to black.
Xree Seven Alpha & Xree Seven Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
July 7th, 6436 AGW
7:17 am, Sinis time
There's a hiss, and the door opens, and 7 Alpha steps out. Well now, that was a bad mistake to make...I guess tickling isn't necessarily good. He turns to look. Another one. He smiles. Let that instinct take over. He rushes over to the table, and throws a switch. A hiss, and slowly, 7 Beta thaws out...and the hatch opens, and he steps out. The two look at each other, and grin, and in unison... "Let's make science."
Location: Lab 19, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 13th, 6438 AGW
8:14 pm, Sinis time
X7A wipes the sweat off his forehead, and steps back from X7B...did it work. A flash of him staring up at himself tells him yes. He laughs. "And now we are mind readers..."
Location: Lab 235t, Floor 16, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 12th, 6492 AGW
5:37 pm, Sinis time
Slowly, X7B picks up the glass tube...there's an acrid smoke inside it. Better be careful. He steps back, and bumps into X7A. The tube...spinning...falling...slow motion...until...
tinkle...
The two of them look at the smashed glass in shock. It registers, immediately, in unison, they grab a walkie talkie and radio up. "ISOLATE FLOORS FIFTEEN THROUGH EIGHTEEN NOW. QUARANTINE THEM. DO NOT OPEN THEM UP UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES."
They look at each other, and sit down...a matter of hours, and they're coughing, their skin tinged blue...
another fifteen minutes, and the world fades...to black.
Xree Eight
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 7th, 6500 AGW
10:09 pm, Sinis time
The door opens, and she steps- wait. She? Xree turns around and looks at his- no! No it's her reflection...in the glass... Xree is female now? Her eyes widen. She can use this. And indeed, she does... the years that follow, she makes thousands of clones, planting memories of relationships, and tearing them apart to see how they each react...putting many on elaborate torturing devices to see how the brain reacts to physical pain...Xree is studying the mind.
November 18th, 6588 AGW
11:11 am, Sinis time
Xree doesn't even wait for him to wake up. She just scribbles the note down, and sticks it on the glass, and walks out. She's done now. Retired.
Location: Xree's Office, Floor 3, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 7th, 6594 AGW
7:30 pm, Sinis time
Xree has been sitting in her...or his, because this was the first Xree's office, but she's been sitting in it for a few hours now. No one bothered to remove the poison, the knife, or the noose. She hates herself. Remorse. She hadn't expected retirement to give her remorse. She stands up, walking to the corner of the room, and steps up onto the stool... closes her eyes, and kicks... The sensation takes a while, and she twitches, the hemp fandango, her last dance...and the world fades to black.
Xree Nine Alpha
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
November 18th, 6588 AGW
11:11 am, Sinis time
His eyes open, and...there's a piece of paper in his way. He pushes the door open, stepping out, feeling the air rush around him...so refreshing. He pulls the paper off the glass and reads it. Two words. "I quit." Guess he's in charge now.
Location: Xree's Bedroom, Floor 18, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 12th, 6678 AGW
9:45 pm, Sinis time
Xree frowns, staring at the bottle...did he take his sleeping pills already, or not? This body's mind didn't age very well at all... he can't remember, so he pops a couple in his mouth, climbs in bed...a slowly, the world goes black...
Xree Nine Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
February 24th, 6618 AGW
2:13 am, Sinis time
Xree doesn't even bother paying attention to the waking up. He's done it so many times now, he just walks out the door, and goes to find himself, and continue his work. Because that's why he's here. To work. That's all he'll ever be here for. To work...
Location: Xree's Bedroom, Floor 19, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 5th, 6703 AGW
7:25 am, Sinis time
Xree coughs loudly. His lungs are getting torn apart. He doesn't have much longer. He slept a total of three hours for the past week...the coughs start again, and he doubles over, the coughs going on and on and on...he can't breath in. They get weaker, and he kneels down... his mind numbing, and the world spirals and fades away....
Xree Nine Gamma
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 15th, 6621 AGW
4:15 pm, Sinis time
That's when and where he'll wake up. And he'll step out, and stop. Idiot. He knows what he'll need to work on. And he'll need to start yesterday...
Location: Base of Crossroad Bridges, Floors 37-42, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 27th, 6714 AGW
3:26 pm, Sinis time
He's worked relentlessly on building Underfreeze up, and he gazes up at the bridges here, appalled. Some idiot didn't use the right supports at all during construction. They'll coll- his thoughts break as he hears the sound of tearing metal, the lowest bridge slowly bending down, and then a ripping sound, as it starts falling, picking up speed. He runs, the shadow getting bigger as it gets nearer...
Wham!
The world ends.
Xree Ten
Location: Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 22, 6762 AGW
3:27 am, Sinis time
The ground rumbles and shakes violently. People are woken up. Buildings crumble...Freeze is hit by an earthquake. Its first one in millenia...
Location: Explosion Test Control Chamber, Floor 109, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
Xree observes the fires through the protective glass, the fire reflecting off of his small round red sunglasses... He grins, baring his teeth, and punches a button. A flash of light from the other side of the room as the explosion begins...and then a shockwave, shattering the glass, followed by another explosion. This one doesn't even register to him. The world goes back instantly.
Xree Eleven
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
February 2nd, 6789 AGW
5:52 am, Sinis time
Xree flicks the lever, and pops the door open. As soon as they're thawed, he injects them with something to keep him asleep, and operates...
Xree Twelve (Alpha)
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 20th, 6809 AGW
4:21 pm, Sinis time
He creaks slightly as he stands there, waiting. He'll name him Adolphus. And send him to explore the world, and hear about it through him. He grins. Nothing could go wrong.
Adolphus Xree (Twelve Beta)
Location: A Small Cafe, Deep, Novem, Sinis
October 31st, 6858 AGW
2:17 pm, Sinis time
Adolphus sits down with Tezla, and smiles at her. She's so kind. "So where are you from, Adolphus?" She asks him. He smiles again, and folds his hands on the table, leaning forward. "Freeze. Well...more specifically I'm fr-" He suddenly feels the sensation of getting punched in the back by a single thumb...and then a small explosion in his chest. Tezla is looking at him in shock...colors are fading fast, and then the entire world does. He had no chance. The sniper's shot exploded his heart, and now, there is a hole in his chest as he slumps forward onto the table.
Xree Thirteen
Location: Temporary Sniper Post, Deep, Novem, Sinis
October 31st, 6858 AGW
2:19 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen blows on the barrel of the gun, and immediately starts disassembling it, stuffing it away in a bag. He'll leave for Freeze right away. That's taken care of. Underfreeze will remain a secret. He smiles grimly, and he disappears into the day...returning to Freeze.
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 6879 AGW
9:13 pm, Sinis time
He throws down the tool in disgust. He hadn't been fast enough replacing the lungs. Saqr Khamis was dead, his face a mechanical hawk. He turns around, and strides over to the cryogenic chamber where Adira was frozen. Screw thawing her. He yanks the door open, her arms and legs replaced with mechanical ones, and lets her fall to the floor. At least the boy wasn't a waste of time. He's already been returned to overfreeze. No parents for the boy anymore though. He growls low, and picks her up, throwing her over to her husband. Screw everything about them. He'll have to try again later.
Location: Monitoring Room, Level 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 29th, 6879 AGW
10:47 am, Sinis time
Thirteen watches the monitor, chewing on his lunch slowly. The boy was useless so far, only showing the regular parts of Freeze with that eye of his. He's wandering the streets now, having been thrown out by his neighbors after the finding of his parents. A figure approaches on the screen, and Thirteen drops his lunch on the table. It's her. He remembers her. She was talking to Adolphus when he fired that shot. She stops and talks to the boy. He watches the whole thing...She takes him to lunch?! What is she doing? What is she playing at? They talk, and she reaches and touches his jaw and then- the signal ends. He breaths in sharply. She cut the signal from the eye. He pounds his fist angrily on the table. ALL THREE OF THEM ARE USELESS TO HIM NOW!
Location: Lab 912, Level 67, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 11th, 6892 AGW
11:52 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen examines the portal on the floor, trying to see where it leads. He's smiling grimly. And then he freezes, feeling a pull towards it, and begins walking away. The pull gets stronger, and stronger, and then the computer in the room flies off its desk and flies through the portal. He's running to keep away from the portal...barely moving forward...and then slowly sliding backwards, and he turns to his side to see it, just as it explodes, and he's thrown clear. His right hand is gone, he stares at it in shock. What happened?
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
8:26 pm, Sinis time
The mythou on the table has been outfitted with ears...and a tail. Thirteen is looking through the notes, while he waits for it to wake up, muttering softly to himself in Russian. Eventually, they do wake up, and look around. "Теперь вы просыпаетесь" he says. The mythou narrows their eyes. "...Qué mierda." He punches a button on the wall. "Пожалуйста, подождите, мы получаем переводчика." he doesn't actually need a translator, of course...he speaks twenty-two languages fluently. Akran is included. But for the look of things, Fifteen will assist. Soon enough the boy arrives, although not before the mythou has sullied their mouth with more cursing. Once Fifteen arrives, only twelve years old he is...they interrogate. But the mythou shrinks and escapes from his bonds, and Thirteen erects a wall of glass between him and the other two...abandoning them. Fifteen will manage...
Xree Fourteen
Location: Lab 115c, Level 37, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 16th, 6893 AGW
8:47 pm, Sinis time
Fourteen smiles down at the little clone in his arms. He's so cute. He loves the baby clones. He just wants to hug them all. "Imma name him!" He announces. A look of disgust crosses Thirteen's face, and he stares at Fourteen silently. "Lookit him? Isn't he cute? I'm gonna call him Roff!"
Thirteen's eyes narrow, and he sneers at Fourteen. "Don't name it."
"Him. And I'm naming him Roff!" Fourteen protests, as baby Roff smiles up at him. "D'aww he's sweet."
Thirteen stares at Fourteen coldly. "Put it down. He'll work in the foundry anyway. So naming him might not be a bad idea. It'll teach you a lesson when it dies by an accident."
Fourteen just stares at him, offended. "No he won't!"
And in a way, Fourteen was right...
Xree Fifteen
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
8:49 pm, Sinis time
Fifteen leads Kit out of the operating room slowly. They'd had a discussion, and come to a mutual agreement that Kit wouldn't kill him if he showed them the way out. Too bad that wasn't what he had in mind. They exchange several impolite words, before making their way to the foundry, and stopping in the middle of it. Fifteen points to a door at the end. "You see that door in the back of the room there?"
"Yeah?"
"That door, is the way out. Too bad you're not going to leave through it." He bellows out, "YOU!" to get the attention of the workers. The workers in the foundry slowly turn to pay attention. "STOP THEM FROM LEAVING. KILL THEM IF NECESSARY." He shouts, pointing at Kit. The workers rumble towards Kit, who bolts, and fuses with the first one they touch, continuing running out. In the confusion he is successful...and makes his way out of Underfreeze.
Location: Observation Room 13, Level 45, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
10:59 pm, Sinis time.
Thirteen is pacing the glassed in room, waiting for the report...did the mythou escape, or were they apprehended? Fourteen stands in a corner, looking down at the workers in the distillery...hundreds of them, dedicated to making vodka... Fifteen sits in a chair, waiting nervously. He thinks he knows what happens if Kit escaped...and he doesn't want that. He's only twelve. But he'll be held responsible by Thirteen. The word comes in, and Thirteen looks over at Fifteen coldly, and points...the two wandering out, Fourteen gazing after Fifteen sadly.
He's led to Lab 103e on Floor 13...and made to sit in the chair. It tingles, and tickles, and eventually, the world blacks out...
Xree Sixteen
Location: Thirteen's Bedroom, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 13th, 6942 AGW
11:13 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen is the longest lived of the Xrees so far. Sixteen knows that, and looks and watches as his breathing slows, slows...and eventually fades away. He swallows coldly. He learned a lot from Thirteen, and plans on applying his style wherever he can. He nods grimly. Only ten years old in the body... But ready for the world, all the same.
Xree Seventeen Beta
Location: Beta's Room, Floor 3, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 16th, 6985 AGW
3:14 pm, Sinis time
Beta smiles at the baby she's holding in her arms. The first organically grown Xree clone. She'd insisted. She'd wanted to learn about the outside world again, and finally, Sixteen had acceded to her wishes. She'll nickname him Maksim. Maksim Xree. She likes it...
Location: Vasilieve Household, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 3rd, 7 BGW
3:21 pm, Sinis time
Anastasia Vasilieve smiles...Xree is asleep at his desk again. Sometimes she wonders if he does other things at night...but he doesn't ever leave the house at night. At least, not without telling her. She smiles again, and goes to the elevator. Sure, she could take the stairs down, but...the elevator is closer to her destination. She boards it once the doors open up, and moves to press the button to go down...that's funny. There's a panel loose here... She removes it and...there's a button there without a label. She looks at it curiously. She didn't know about this. And she presses it. The doors close slowly, and the elevator descends...and descends...and descends...and then it moves...forwards? The elevator is moving forwards? And then, the door dings open, and...it's a dimly lit hallway, artificial lighting. She must be far, far underground...she walks down the hallway...and enters the first door she comes to. It's an office. With a desk. She walks over and...that's a picture of her...does Xree have another office? Here? She starts opening drawers in the desk, rummaging through them, these papers...slaves? genetic experimentation? What does all this mean? What is this place? She starts gathering papers, stacking them neatly in place...
3:37 pm, Sinis time
Xree leans back in his chair and stretches. He shouldn't have stayed up so late last night in Underfreeze. But he had experiments to run, and Anastasia certainly couldn't know where he was going. She wouldn't understand at all. He gets up, and heads to the elevator...time for a snack. It takes a few minutes longer than usual for it to get there... Actually a few is an understatement... But he gets on, and immediately sees the panel has been pushed aside, the button exposed. He swallows, and checks that he's got his revolver on him, and punches the button, pulling the gun out. The doors close slowly, and the elevator descends...eventually moving forwards, and the doors ding open softly into the dimly lit hallway and...his office door is open! He hurries over to it, and walks in, holding the gun loosely in front of him.
Anastasia hears a noise, and looks up from her search through the papers, and sees Xree. "Xree...What is this?"
Xree swallows... "Anastasia...I'm sorry..." He raises the gun, holding it out...
Her eyes widen. "Xree no! What...what are you doing?"
He stares at her sadly. "I'm sorry..."
The world goes black.
June 4th, 7 BGW
9:13 am, Sinis time
Xree stands up slowly, dusting his hands off, and steps back from the grave...it's a simple one, with a simple headstone. He wipes away a few tears... places some roses on the grave, and swallows, slowly turning away, and walking off...
Location: Freeze School of Performing Arts, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
November 17th, 1 AGW
4:01 pm, Sinis time
It's been over a year since the war ended. Professor Xree lost his right leg at some point during it, and replaced it with a prosthetic one. Not that anyone knows that. He's kept that leg well hidden. He walks into the main office, and slides an envelope across the counter to a clerk. "Take this to the president. She'll want to see it." The clerk nods. Everyone knows Xree. He's quite well known, although...not the richest resident. But he carries a lot of prestige in that name. He's done a fair amount for Freeze, and doubtless this is a request of some kind, or maybe a donation. They get up, and wander off, might as well deliver it now. The president is in her office, and takes the envelope, and opens it, it'll be a nice break from before. A check falls out first, and she looks at it, and turns it over. And her eyes widen. There is no way... She counts the zeros, to be sure...no way anyone has that much money...and where did he get it? She's shaking, and stands up... Fifteen Zeros. The school will be able to run on that for thousands of years. For free. And she hurries to the door, running out, where did he go? He's not in the entrance...he's long gone down the street. The school will be renamed, the Vasiliev School of Performing Arts in his honor.
Location: Vasiliev Residence, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
4:56 pm, Sinis time
Xree smiles grimly. He'll miss Freeze. But he doesn't need to stay here anymore. He has work to do. He downs a farewell shot of vodka, setting the glass down on the center of his desk. And he boards the elevator. He'll have work to do. A lot of it. And he won't be back up to the surface again. Not in this body. Nor...in any other, technically.
Location: Xree's Office, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 3rd, 45 AGW
3:38 pm, Sinis time
Xree walks in, tiredly...it's been a long day. He's old. His hair is grayer, his face older. From the ceiling in a corner is a noose. He looks at it. It's been there for years now. An inside joke, with no meaning, and no humor in it either. On his desk...a knife, a shotglass, vodka, and a tablet of deadly poison. He won't be touching those either though. He sits at the desk, and sighs. They'd better follow his directions. Otherwise, well...it doesn't really matter. He won't be there to ensure it. But at least, he has this. He closes his eyes, and thinks. And feels the cold of the metal against the side of his head. A deep breath.
Bang. The world goes black.
Xree One
Location: Lab 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 4th, 5589 AGW
4:12 am, Sinis time
Light. And then suddenly, recollection.
Xree reaches a hand up to the side of his head. Fine. Hands are younger though... a lot. "How old am I?" Oh dear. Quite young. Eight? He turns to look around...ah the scientists. Alright. "Thanks. How-" He stops, and starts coughing uncontrollably. Once he finishes. "How old am I?"
One of the scientists blinks. "You're eight and a half sir."
"Good enough. Thank you boys."
August 4th, 5589 AGW
2:00 am, Sinis time
He's in bed. This is the fifth time in the past two months that he's been sick with something. His immune system is shot. Did it even exist? He stops to cough uncontrollably. No way he's letting them clone him again until this is fixed. He'll let them know that as soon as...as soon as the day properly begins.
February 28th, 5654 AGW
8:08 pm, Sinis time
Still in bed. He hasn't left the lab room but a few times since his awakening. And this last sickness will take him, it looks like. He huddles up, cold on the bed. He's wearing many layers, and under many more...still cold. He was never cold in Freeze. Now he is. He closes his eyes, gathering strength... taking a deep breath...
The world fades to black.
Xree Two
Location: Lab 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 1st, 5907 AGW
1:22 am, Sinis time
Light. Memory. He puts a hand to his mouth, and coughs experimentally. He's fine. Young. Once again, about eight... That's something. Cloning is odd though. He definitely hasn't existed until today. He grins. He'll have to find a way to accelerate it past eight at some point. But that point isn't today. Twelve would be nice. Although definitely slow the aging process until after twelve....don't want to... You know what he wants to do? He wants to see Sinis again. He'll do that in a few years.
Location: Vasiliev Residence, Freeze, Waste Sinis
September 23rd, 5929 AGW
10:10 am, Sinis time
A soft ding, and the elevator doors open. He steps out, a bag slung over his shoulder. He takes a deep breath. He's ready. And he'll travel the world. See Sinis again. And so he will.
Location: Pine, Sinis
July 11th, 5933 AGW
11:33 pm, Sinis time
He's happy here. He and Rosalie are walking hand in hand down the street. She's a natural pickpocket. And she fans him with a wallet she just lifted off someone, smiling mischievously. Too bad that wallet belongs to someone important, which they're just about to find out...now. They don't even cry out. The bullet hits her in the back. She crumples, and he spins around, drawing his revolver, and running for cover...he gets some shots off...but it won't be enough...he'll flee...return to Freeze. And he won't come back out again.
Location: Xree's Office, Third Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 5995 AGW
5:07 pm, Sinis time
He's sitting at his office now...no one to replace him for a while. He's alone. He wanted this. He sighs, sitting back. He doesn't have much time left. Probably a lot less considering what's coming for dinner. He closes his eyes, looking forward to the giant feast he's about to be presented with. He can almost smell it now, although the smell is getting fainter...and eventually...it all fades to black, the senses gone.
Xree Three
Location: Room 17, Seventh Floor, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 18th, 6014 AGW
4:11 pm, Sinis time
Memory. Sound... Xree smiles, and his eyes snap open. He laughs. Ten? That sounds right. He spins around and slams a fist into the wall. He's already feeling ready for science. X2 was weak. X3 will be strong. He will build Freeze. And he will make Freeze the one to be feared.
Location: Freeze B&B, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
March 7th, 6033 AGW
6:59 pm, Sinis time
The Detritus family is sitting at the dinner table, enjoying their food, talking animatedly. Slowly, however, they begin yawning, and eventually, one by one, the four of them slump over and fall asleep at the table into their plates. Nothing is special here. X3 has caused this many times over, and will cause it again.
Location: Lab 39, Floor 11, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
7:45 pm, Sinis time
The father is on the operating table. Xree grins widely, and draws the blade across his chest. This is one of the more...invasive and obviously so experiments...but it'll be worth it. Replacing his lungs with something better. That will be worth it. He'll monitor and collect data from it, of course... He chuckles slightly as he works. This family is in excellent health...a real find...too bad that the experiments will ensure they all die in the next twenty years.
Location: Forges, Floor 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 18th, 6105 AGW
1:15 pm, Sinis time
Xree grins widely. It's his birthday. He rubs his hands, watching the workers...and wanders over to a boiling vat of iron... he'll use this for something...maybe nanobots. He hasn't worked with those much yet! Those would be interesting to try on subjects. He leans forward over the vat, looking deep into it. A worker bumps into him...he waves his arms, silence is all he hears, and then...white hot pain! The world blacks out, but the pain...it lasts so much longer before stopping suddenly.
Xree Four Alpha
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 4th, 6111 AGW
3:47 am, Sinis time
He gasps, jumping forward. Remembering the white hot, searing pain. Oh the pain. He doesn't want to open his eyes. But he does. And it's light again. He takes a deep breath. Finally. He wipes his hands slowly. He'll have to be much more careful after that. Much much more careful...creators he hates to even think about the pain that that caused...
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 28th, 6204 AGW
2:00 pm, Sinis time
He sits there, patiently watching himself thaw out, the ice trickling down...and then X4B opens his eyes. He smiles across at him. "Welcome. I thought this might be fun to try."
Location: X4A's Bed, Floor 14, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 31st, 6204 AGW
12:33 pm, Sinis time
A flurry of dreams....he smiles in his sleep. He remembers them both, pretty as pictures...he misses her. Both of them. He really does...they're both there, smiling at him, shining, and slowly, his senses fade...
Xree Four Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 28th, 6204 AGW
1:59 pm, Sinis time
White fog...
White fog...
Cold. White fog...
He opens his eyes, and there he is...smiling at himself. Words he hears... "Welcome. I thought this might be fun to try." He's right. This was fun. Of course, it's hard to be wrong judging yourself, isn't it...
Location: Lab 99, Floor 22, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 5th, 6300 AGW
11:41 pm, Sinis time
He yawns. He's really tired. He shouldn't have stayed up to finish this project. He looks down proudly at the object on the table. The tablet is done. It'll be faster, better, and more powerful than anything across the continents, he's sure of it. He leans forward...he should test it...so tired... he lays his head on the table, embracing the darkness of sleep...only this sleep is forever.
Xree Four Gamma
Location: Unknown.
Unknown, Unknown AGW
Unknown.
White fog...
White fog...
Cold. White fog...
It's fading though...
Gray fog.
Black.
Xree Five
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 1st, 6318 AGW
12:01 am, Sinis time
Light. He snaps his eyes open, and snatches the edges of the growth chamber. An idea. The memory of the vat still haunts him too much. The searing pain. This will take time though... He pulls himself out of the chamber, and walks out of the lab...time to get to work.
March 11th, 6384 AGW
4:44 pm, Sinis time
He steps back from the growth chamber, and peels the goggles off, a mad grin on his face. It worked, he bets. It took a while, but damn it, it worked. There's a hiss, and the chamber opens, and X6's eyes open. He laughs slightly. Looks so young, but remembers so much... This will take some time to explain. Or it would, if X6 didn't already remember why he'd made him early.
Location: Lab 103a, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 6285 AGW
1:13 pm, Sinis time
X6 is on the table right now. X5 smiles at him. Time to begin. He pulls the blowtorch over, and blasts it onto X6's wrist. No reaction at all...heat. Check. He grins. It worked.
Location: Hallway, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 11th, 6404 AGW
3:09 pm, Sinis time
He walks down the hallway, but stops... creators, someone's sitting on his chest again. He can feel. His eyes widen. He needs to stop pushing himself so far... too late now. He kneels down, twitching and thrashing. His heart. He arcs his back, the pain is searing into his skull... he's gasping for air, and then collapses, face first, feeling the cool of the floor, the world spins slowly around him... and fades to black.
Xree Six
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
March 11th, 6384 AGW
4:44 pm, Sinis time
Finally...he's ready for this. He wonders if it worked on the inside too...the fog clears away, and there he is...grinning right at him. He smiles sadly, thinking back...if only he was brave enough to do this with emotional pain too.
Location: Lab 103e, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 5th, 6420 AGW
12:45 pm, Sinis time
Lunch was pretty good. A nice collection of meager helpings, which added up to a fantastic meal. But now, he'll continue testing himself. He sits in the chair, and throws the switch, and starts giggling. It doesn't hurt, but it sure tickles! He composes himself, thinking about how this feels...what is the best way to describe it...the world fades to black.
Xree Seven Alpha & Xree Seven Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
July 7th, 6436 AGW
7:17 am, Sinis time
There's a hiss, and the door opens, and 7 Alpha steps out. Well now, that was a bad mistake to make...I guess tickling isn't necessarily good. He turns to look. Another one. He smiles. Let that instinct take over. He rushes over to the table, and throws a switch. A hiss, and slowly, 7 Beta thaws out...and the hatch opens, and he steps out. The two look at each other, and grin, and in unison... "Let's make science."
Location: Lab 19, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 13th, 6438 AGW
8:14 pm, Sinis time
X7A wipes the sweat off his forehead, and steps back from X7B...did it work. A flash of him staring up at himself tells him yes. He laughs. "And now we are mind readers..."
Location: Lab 235t, Floor 16, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
June 12th, 6492 AGW
5:37 pm, Sinis time
Slowly, X7B picks up the glass tube...there's an acrid smoke inside it. Better be careful. He steps back, and bumps into X7A. The tube...spinning...falling...slow motion...until...
tinkle...
The two of them look at the smashed glass in shock. It registers, immediately, in unison, they grab a walkie talkie and radio up. "ISOLATE FLOORS FIFTEEN THROUGH EIGHTEEN NOW. QUARANTINE THEM. DO NOT OPEN THEM UP UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES."
They look at each other, and sit down...a matter of hours, and they're coughing, their skin tinged blue...
another fifteen minutes, and the world fades...to black.
Xree Eight
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 7th, 6500 AGW
10:09 pm, Sinis time
The door opens, and she steps- wait. She? Xree turns around and looks at his- no! No it's her reflection...in the glass... Xree is female now? Her eyes widen. She can use this. And indeed, she does... the years that follow, she makes thousands of clones, planting memories of relationships, and tearing them apart to see how they each react...putting many on elaborate torturing devices to see how the brain reacts to physical pain...Xree is studying the mind.
November 18th, 6588 AGW
11:11 am, Sinis time
Xree doesn't even wait for him to wake up. She just scribbles the note down, and sticks it on the glass, and walks out. She's done now. Retired.
Location: Xree's Office, Floor 3, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 7th, 6594 AGW
7:30 pm, Sinis time
Xree has been sitting in her...or his, because this was the first Xree's office, but she's been sitting in it for a few hours now. No one bothered to remove the poison, the knife, or the noose. She hates herself. Remorse. She hadn't expected retirement to give her remorse. She stands up, walking to the corner of the room, and steps up onto the stool... closes her eyes, and kicks... The sensation takes a while, and she twitches, the hemp fandango, her last dance...and the world fades to black.
Xree Nine Alpha
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
November 18th, 6588 AGW
11:11 am, Sinis time
His eyes open, and...there's a piece of paper in his way. He pushes the door open, stepping out, feeling the air rush around him...so refreshing. He pulls the paper off the glass and reads it. Two words. "I quit." Guess he's in charge now.
Location: Xree's Bedroom, Floor 18, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 12th, 6678 AGW
9:45 pm, Sinis time
Xree frowns, staring at the bottle...did he take his sleeping pills already, or not? This body's mind didn't age very well at all... he can't remember, so he pops a couple in his mouth, climbs in bed...a slowly, the world goes black...
Xree Nine Beta
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
February 24th, 6618 AGW
2:13 am, Sinis time
Xree doesn't even bother paying attention to the waking up. He's done it so many times now, he just walks out the door, and goes to find himself, and continue his work. Because that's why he's here. To work. That's all he'll ever be here for. To work...
Location: Xree's Bedroom, Floor 19, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
October 5th, 6703 AGW
7:25 am, Sinis time
Xree coughs loudly. His lungs are getting torn apart. He doesn't have much longer. He slept a total of three hours for the past week...the coughs start again, and he doubles over, the coughs going on and on and on...he can't breath in. They get weaker, and he kneels down... his mind numbing, and the world spirals and fades away....
Xree Nine Gamma
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 15th, 6621 AGW
4:15 pm, Sinis time
That's when and where he'll wake up. And he'll step out, and stop. Idiot. He knows what he'll need to work on. And he'll need to start yesterday...
Location: Base of Crossroad Bridges, Floors 37-42, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 27th, 6714 AGW
3:26 pm, Sinis time
He's worked relentlessly on building Underfreeze up, and he gazes up at the bridges here, appalled. Some idiot didn't use the right supports at all during construction. They'll coll- his thoughts break as he hears the sound of tearing metal, the lowest bridge slowly bending down, and then a ripping sound, as it starts falling, picking up speed. He runs, the shadow getting bigger as it gets nearer...
Wham!
The world ends.
Xree Ten
Location: Freeze, Waste, Sinis
May 22, 6762 AGW
3:27 am, Sinis time
The ground rumbles and shakes violently. People are woken up. Buildings crumble...Freeze is hit by an earthquake. Its first one in millenia...
Location: Explosion Test Control Chamber, Floor 109, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
Xree observes the fires through the protective glass, the fire reflecting off of his small round red sunglasses... He grins, baring his teeth, and punches a button. A flash of light from the other side of the room as the explosion begins...and then a shockwave, shattering the glass, followed by another explosion. This one doesn't even register to him. The world goes back instantly.
Xree Eleven
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
February 2nd, 6789 AGW
5:52 am, Sinis time
Xree flicks the lever, and pops the door open. As soon as they're thawed, he injects them with something to keep him asleep, and operates...
Xree Twelve (Alpha)
Location: Lab 17, Floor 7, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
April 20th, 6809 AGW
4:21 pm, Sinis time
He creaks slightly as he stands there, waiting. He'll name him Adolphus. And send him to explore the world, and hear about it through him. He grins. Nothing could go wrong.
Adolphus Xree (Twelve Beta)
Location: A Small Cafe, Deep, Novem, Sinis
October 31st, 6858 AGW
2:17 pm, Sinis time
Adolphus sits down with Tezla, and smiles at her. She's so kind. "So where are you from, Adolphus?" She asks him. He smiles again, and folds his hands on the table, leaning forward. "Freeze. Well...more specifically I'm fr-" He suddenly feels the sensation of getting punched in the back by a single thumb...and then a small explosion in his chest. Tezla is looking at him in shock...colors are fading fast, and then the entire world does. He had no chance. The sniper's shot exploded his heart, and now, there is a hole in his chest as he slumps forward onto the table.
Xree Thirteen
Location: Temporary Sniper Post, Deep, Novem, Sinis
October 31st, 6858 AGW
2:19 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen blows on the barrel of the gun, and immediately starts disassembling it, stuffing it away in a bag. He'll leave for Freeze right away. That's taken care of. Underfreeze will remain a secret. He smiles grimly, and he disappears into the day...returning to Freeze.
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 25th, 6879 AGW
9:13 pm, Sinis time
He throws down the tool in disgust. He hadn't been fast enough replacing the lungs. Saqr Khamis was dead, his face a mechanical hawk. He turns around, and strides over to the cryogenic chamber where Adira was frozen. Screw thawing her. He yanks the door open, her arms and legs replaced with mechanical ones, and lets her fall to the floor. At least the boy wasn't a waste of time. He's already been returned to overfreeze. No parents for the boy anymore though. He growls low, and picks her up, throwing her over to her husband. Screw everything about them. He'll have to try again later.
Location: Monitoring Room, Level 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
December 29th, 6879 AGW
10:47 am, Sinis time
Thirteen watches the monitor, chewing on his lunch slowly. The boy was useless so far, only showing the regular parts of Freeze with that eye of his. He's wandering the streets now, having been thrown out by his neighbors after the finding of his parents. A figure approaches on the screen, and Thirteen drops his lunch on the table. It's her. He remembers her. She was talking to Adolphus when he fired that shot. She stops and talks to the boy. He watches the whole thing...She takes him to lunch?! What is she doing? What is she playing at? They talk, and she reaches and touches his jaw and then- the signal ends. He breaths in sharply. She cut the signal from the eye. He pounds his fist angrily on the table. ALL THREE OF THEM ARE USELESS TO HIM NOW!
Location: Lab 912, Level 67, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 11th, 6892 AGW
11:52 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen examines the portal on the floor, trying to see where it leads. He's smiling grimly. And then he freezes, feeling a pull towards it, and begins walking away. The pull gets stronger, and stronger, and then the computer in the room flies off its desk and flies through the portal. He's running to keep away from the portal...barely moving forward...and then slowly sliding backwards, and he turns to his side to see it, just as it explodes, and he's thrown clear. His right hand is gone, he stares at it in shock. What happened?
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
8:26 pm, Sinis time
The mythou on the table has been outfitted with ears...and a tail. Thirteen is looking through the notes, while he waits for it to wake up, muttering softly to himself in Russian. Eventually, they do wake up, and look around. "Теперь вы просыпаетесь" he says. The mythou narrows their eyes. "...Qué mierda." He punches a button on the wall. "Пожалуйста, подождите, мы получаем переводчика." he doesn't actually need a translator, of course...he speaks twenty-two languages fluently. Akran is included. But for the look of things, Fifteen will assist. Soon enough the boy arrives, although not before the mythou has sullied their mouth with more cursing. Once Fifteen arrives, only twelve years old he is...they interrogate. But the mythou shrinks and escapes from his bonds, and Thirteen erects a wall of glass between him and the other two...abandoning them. Fifteen will manage...
Xree Fourteen
Location: Lab 115c, Level 37, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
January 16th, 6893 AGW
8:47 pm, Sinis time
Fourteen smiles down at the little clone in his arms. He's so cute. He loves the baby clones. He just wants to hug them all. "Imma name him!" He announces. A look of disgust crosses Thirteen's face, and he stares at Fourteen silently. "Lookit him? Isn't he cute? I'm gonna call him Roff!"
Thirteen's eyes narrow, and he sneers at Fourteen. "Don't name it."
"Him. And I'm naming him Roff!" Fourteen protests, as baby Roff smiles up at him. "D'aww he's sweet."
Thirteen stares at Fourteen coldly. "Put it down. He'll work in the foundry anyway. So naming him might not be a bad idea. It'll teach you a lesson when it dies by an accident."
Fourteen just stares at him, offended. "No he won't!"
And in a way, Fourteen was right...
Xree Fifteen
Location: Lab 41g, Level 5, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
8:49 pm, Sinis time
Fifteen leads Kit out of the operating room slowly. They'd had a discussion, and come to a mutual agreement that Kit wouldn't kill him if he showed them the way out. Too bad that wasn't what he had in mind. They exchange several impolite words, before making their way to the foundry, and stopping in the middle of it. Fifteen points to a door at the end. "You see that door in the back of the room there?"
"Yeah?"
"That door, is the way out. Too bad you're not going to leave through it." He bellows out, "YOU!" to get the attention of the workers. The workers in the foundry slowly turn to pay attention. "STOP THEM FROM LEAVING. KILL THEM IF NECESSARY." He shouts, pointing at Kit. The workers rumble towards Kit, who bolts, and fuses with the first one they touch, continuing running out. In the confusion he is successful...and makes his way out of Underfreeze.
Location: Observation Room 13, Level 45, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 30th, 6915 AGW
10:59 pm, Sinis time.
Thirteen is pacing the glassed in room, waiting for the report...did the mythou escape, or were they apprehended? Fourteen stands in a corner, looking down at the workers in the distillery...hundreds of them, dedicated to making vodka... Fifteen sits in a chair, waiting nervously. He thinks he knows what happens if Kit escaped...and he doesn't want that. He's only twelve. But he'll be held responsible by Thirteen. The word comes in, and Thirteen looks over at Fifteen coldly, and points...the two wandering out, Fourteen gazing after Fifteen sadly.
He's led to Lab 103e on Floor 13...and made to sit in the chair. It tingles, and tickles, and eventually, the world blacks out...
Xree Sixteen
Location: Thirteen's Bedroom, Floor 13, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
September 13th, 6942 AGW
11:13 pm, Sinis time
Thirteen is the longest lived of the Xrees so far. Sixteen knows that, and looks and watches as his breathing slows, slows...and eventually fades away. He swallows coldly. He learned a lot from Thirteen, and plans on applying his style wherever he can. He nods grimly. Only ten years old in the body... But ready for the world, all the same.
Xree Seventeen Beta
Location: Beta's Room, Floor 3, Underfreeze, Freeze, Waste, Sinis
August 16th, 6985 AGW
3:14 pm, Sinis time
Beta smiles at the baby she's holding in her arms. The first organically grown Xree clone. She'd insisted. She'd wanted to learn about the outside world again, and finally, Sixteen had acceded to her wishes. She'll nickname him Maksim. Maksim Xree. She likes it...
