"God, this is taking forever," muttered Airez as she looked over the papers in her hand.
A great deal of legal mumbo-jumbo was written all over them, speaking of how the compound is not liable of any accidents, deaths, mutations and what not.She'd already previously signed these papers as a different facility, knowing what she had to do to get them completely quickly, though this time she took the tiem to actually read what was written. All that was thanks to the incident that occurred at the other compound, resulting in her body's change.
Before being trasferred, Airez was actually a man, until an experiment went awry.
Now, she was busy pondering over the different fine prints that were listed all along the paper. Obviously, this compoud had a damn good lawyer on their hands, having made such a thorough waiver in which their asses couldn't be toasted by anything what so ever. In truth, it was slightly annoying that a fellow co-worker could release a viral epidemic from the medical lab and no one would get in trouble for the deaths that occured. Stupid, yet at the very same moment, it was a clever trick they were able to pull off.
In any case, Airez couldn't find anything to call them out on, nor anything that could help her with the situtation; All she could do was sign her signature on all the assortments of lines that were splashed upon every page. Social security, date of birth, the date today, all her relatives (which was non-existant as far as anyone else was concerned), and just about every medical problem she ever had.
She was tempted to put down 'They replaced my hotdog with a taco.', though thought against it.
After filling out the endless forms, the young woman stood up and moved across the floor, aiming for the desk. Upon handing out the forms, Airez didn't even bother to watch the elder woman behind the desk scan her materials. It was a useless acton, had she done so, being the fact that she'd signed everything, dotted all her i's, and done it only about a dozen times before. Nothing new or different ever came out of it, just an akward silence that made the strongest of men flinch.
Shruggin all that off, she sat down upon the couch and rested her head upon the cushioned surface. Now came the part where they made her wait for a number of hours until they deemed it necessary for her presence. Just like a bunch of politicials, making a person wait in order for them to make others think they held importance. It really was nauseating.
Nevertheless, she could bypass all those hours by just closing her eyes... Letting her mind slip away as the darkness took place.
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Mrs. Ryong, please wake up. You're being called upon." came the voice of the old woman, calling from behind the desk.
Sitting up quickly, Airez looked around and blinked, surprised from the awakening. Nodding her head and regainign her composure, the young woman stood up and began moving down the lengthy stretch of a hallway. Various sounds could be heard behind the doors; chattering and joking while others sounded like construction workers were building inside them.
"Sheesh, hope I'm not put around here." mumbled Airez, looking around the different doors, trying to find the one she was supposed to arrive at. Distraction got the best of her while bumping into a scientist, knocking his papers to the floor. A loud sigh of angst and the person bent down, picking up the various forms. One of which had a very peculiar word heading it.
Deus.
For some reason, that word stuck with her mind while continueing on. It was something she'd only been mildly informed about, though it was some sort of secret project being done here. She didn't have time to ponder about it once the door of her destination loomed up right next to her. A quick look over and she knocked upon it, wondering if anyone was behind it. A slightly muffled noise came in replied while footsteps could be heard rapping upon teh floor opposite her side. Then the knob began twisting, allowing entry as Airez now stared inot the eyes of an old man.
Taking a deep breath, she bowed her head lightly and offered out her hand, "Hello, sir. My name is Airez Ryong and I believe this is where I was sent."
"
Oh yes, of course." responded the old man, moving to the side and pointing over towards the counter, "
You'll find your materials all there. Please proceed down the hall into the lab compound. Just take a right and insert your keycard in the sliders next to the door. There, just keep going down the hall until you find a door with your name upon it. And welcome aboard"
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Staring at the door with her name upon it, Airez sighed and entered in cautiously, half expecting a large old person being there. Her assumptions were misplaced as she found the room empty of personnel, only with a great deal of electronics, a coffee machine, desk, jounrals, pens and pencils, a number of lab coats, and a welcoming note. It was resting in a regular envelope, though made to look important.
Staring down at the note, she read over it and clentched her first. Another note bent on making her move around some more. Now she was expected to report to the allotted laboratory. It was bad enough she was forced to go through the entire facility just to reach a destination, but she had to do it after writing forms, waiting hours, and going on without a potty break.
Yet, it was her job so she had to comply. Lest she be fired.
Talking her folder issued to her, she moved out the door and prompted headed down the hall with the lab's destination in mind. While moving through the different sectors, she noticed security tightening, growing ever stronger until the point she needed to just walk around with her ID card out in front of her. Perpetual motion of the legs stopped for one as a large security officer looked down at her, blocking her path from entering the next section.
"
ID please." he asked, not changing face to the young woman beofer him.
"Right here." replied Airez, whipping her card out with confidence, though was promptl rejected, "Hmm? Wy can't I come in here?"
"
We need proper ID certified only to a number of specialized individuals. Unless you have that card then you may not enter."
"Fine fine." spoke the woman in a aggravated voice. her eyes shifted down to her folder, scoraging through like a rap until she pulled out a small card with her picture and a number of other data pieces. The guard squinted his eyes and nodded, moving out of the way.
"
Welcome to the Deus project, Miss Ryong."
Nodding reluctantly, Airez remembered what her folder had in it, all that information and prodical. It was all on the Deus, from what she learned earlier when looking that time into the folder itself.
Something told her she was in for a bump ride once she entered into another lab room; One that was empty and freed from outside interference. It was by far, the most organzied and spiffy looking lab she'd ever worked in; Everyhting way sorted by name and type, while there were computers and electronics of the latest brand. Though one item in particular took her attetion by the neck.
A canister, no larger than a beer mug in size.
The embryo she was stationed to look over; the Deus of the future.
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