Site/Nx-53 project

Nx-53, or udelida adohi inage in Cherokee, Secret Forest in English, was first settled in 1831 as a direct result of the Trail of Tears. During the course of those events, 3,563 Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muskogee Creek, and Seminole people relocated to Nx-53. It is believed to have been inactive before the first group of 27 Choctaw people discovered it by accident. In the month they were gone, they discovered how it works.
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2. No one can reside in it who is a fundamentally bad person. No one knows how it determines this, just that it always knows. It doesn't care if you mess

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State of Containment

He had excuses and he chose to use them
He was the victim of unspeakable abuses
His husband was violent, malicious and distant
His kid now belongs to the state of containment

Junior Researcher Richard Haney Hayley Jr. was in a Foundation medical facility recovering from injuries sustained in a breach when the door opened and the director of Site-89, Director Anina walked in.

"Hello, Researcher Hayley."

"Hi, uh, hello ma'am," he responded.

She said, "I came so I could speak with you. I have a lot of questions about what happened in that lab, and why."

"I'm an open book ma'am, ask away."

She took out a few sheets of paper.

Without looking up from the papers, she said, "I'll be recording this conversation for posterity."

Rick suddenly coughed and his eyes widened, but only for a second. "Okay."

"First, since the cameras were damaged, I'll need a description of what it looked like."

"Before or after, ma'am?"

"Both."

"Can I assume you've read the reports on the other tests?

"Yes."

"Okay, ma'am. Before, it was a bog standard testing animal. This one was a Pan troglodytes, same as the other two. It was captive born and raised, weighed 59 kilograms, was 87 centimeters tall, and was 27 years old. After, it was maybe 75 kilos, and just over a meter. Its canines also grew considerably, maybe by 10 centimeters. It was also excreting a substance that looked similar to what we injected it with from somewhere in its mouth and its fur was matted with blood. I couldn't tell whose. Its strength had to have tripled because it tore through the restraints easily."

"Good. What kind of restraints were used?"

"We handcuffed it to a table, ma'am."

"That does not sound like standard procedure."

"It is not ma'am. I suggested to Researcher Andrews it was a bad idea, but he said there wasn't time to get a new sample."

"Why wasn't there enough time? And that doesn't sound like Andrews."

"It wasn't. The venom sample we received was about to expire. I said we could just request another but he refused. He said we should just go ahead, that it was perfectly safe. That we'd performed the test before."

"What is your opinion of Senior Researcher Andrews's actions?"

Rick started to speak, then stopped himself and was silent for a few seconds.

He wrote, "may I speak off the record" on a sheet of paper and held it up.

She hesitated, confused, then nodded slowly, and shut it off.

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"Senior Researcher Andrews was a brave man. He sacrificed himself for me, despite the son he had at home. He was greatly burdened, having to balance his position as a Senior Researcher and single father. He had many flaws, but cowardice was never one. He may have caused the breach, but he acted selflessly when he saw his mistake. I undoubtedly owe him my life."

"Thank you, Researcher Hayley. That is all."

I suppose you're a victim
I suspect you may have lied
If you've lost all ambition won't you give this thing a try
If you can't and you fail won't be the only loser
This kid don't stand a chance without you in his future

beep. The recording ended.

There was a long silence.

"So that's how he died," Billy said.

"Yeah," Rick replied.

"I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have hidden it from you. It was a mistake."

"No," Billy Andrews shook his head. "I'm glad I could remember him as a good man for those years. It kept me going."

Rick looked at him and smiled. "Thanks. I've doubted what I was doing so many times."

"Thanks for at least not pretending to be my real dad."

Rick laughed softly. "I thought that might've been a bit too much for you to find out. Glad I was right."

Billy nodded and hugged Rick. "I still love you, Poppa."

Rick just smiled and hugged him back, his face lit up by the computer screen.

The poison stole your babies
The tenants took your rides
You can have the child and the day

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