Laetitia’s expression brightened when she realized that Galaxy had brought a sketchbook of his own, happy to know that he was able to draw more on his own. She nodded enthusiastically to his suggestion, going off to find her own sketchbook from a small bookshelf in her chamber.
“ Yes, yes, that would be so much fun! And maybe after, we can read a book together! ” The child laughed, pulling her sketchbook out of the shelf, but the mention of ‘another friend’ caught Laetitia’s attention and excited her… until a wailing noise, followed by numerous loud ‘THUD’s against the wall, interrupted them.
The startled girl flinched and let out a shriek, holding onto Galaxy for security. Though afraid of the noise, and not knowing what was happening in the next chamber over, Laetitia was still curious…
“ O-Oh… W-What’s that? ” Laetitia asked in a small whisper, looking in the direction of where the noises were coming from. “ It sounds like… someone crying in pain. ”
She soon realized that it really did sound like someone crying in pain, and though the voice sounded slightly gargled with gurgling noises in-between, it still sounded like the person was in pain…
“ Should we… wait here? The employees can handle it, right? But, but… they sound like they’re in so much pain… I’m worried. ”
“ Goddamn it… ” Another employee hissed, though in a subdued tone in an attempt to prevent the Abnormality from further panicking. He stood in front of the Abnormality that had just flung his co-worker to the wall in a panicked fit, deciding to make an attempt to calm the Abnormality down, lest it breach containment. Though visibly trembling, the man steeled himself and confronted the shark-like entity.
“ …Okay, okay. We won’t touch you. We will not touch you. We promise, so please, calm down. It’ll be fine. It’ll be fine, Dreaming Current. ” The employee slowly, carefully raised his hands, holding them up so that the Abnormality could see that they were nowhere near him and therefore, couldn’t touch him. He would then back away, continuing to assure the Abnormality that they wouldn’t touch him in a gentle tone, albeit with a noticeable shakiness to his voice.
“ I-It hurts, right? We… We’re sorry, Dreaming Current, so we won’t do it again… We won’t touch that syringe again… ”
The employee's wavering voice was met with labored breathing in response. Current had himself pressed against the wall, trembling as the area the syringe was embedded began to bleed again.
"NO TOUCH SHAAAARP," the abnormality wailed again, repeating the phrase twice. He had his eye on the employee with their hands up, the entire time. The door opened and two more employees rushed in. One of them, a woman with short, raven hair, looked over at the employee crumpled up against the wall.
"Who let someone with low temperance in here," she hissed, "Why must I have to step in almost every time?"
She allowed herself to calm down for a moment. If she still showed signs of aggression when she faced the Dreaming Current, he would surely begin to start spewing rainbow goo everywhere.
"Jonathan, give me the picture book and the candy."
'Jonathan,' a more lanky, blond man, obliged and gave the ringleader her supplies. At the sight of the candy, Current's legs became more shaky, wanting to move.
"Current," the woman spoke softly as she set a couple of purple, square-shaped taffies in her hand, "Look, it's grape. Your favorite."
"...Caaaandyyyy," Current made quivering steps towards the employee, before clumsily sitting down the best it could, "Grraapee..."
"Here, look at the picture while you eat," the employee opened the children's book to a picture of the ocean, "There you go..."
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