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Chapter 5 - Clashing

So I can sleep in bad conditions. Just a pillow at the very least would do.

She lays back on the bed, wraps herself in a blanket, rolls on her side, and gives me a mean look.

"I'm going to sleep now because I'm exhausted and you'll just have to figure something out. Now, leave me in peace."

With her five pillows and three blankets, she couldn't spare one. Ugh. This is gonna be rough...

I decide to get familiar with my surroundings and maybe learn about everything that's happening.

I wonder how much history is behind all of this. How long have they been doing this? Why is this kept secret? I know, I know, the doctor... Uhm. What the hell was his name? Reginald! Yes, doctor Reginald! I know he said that if the public found out, it'd create total chaos and anarchy but, there has got to be just about half of the world in on this... I feel like there's much more meaning to this.

.......

I make my way around the barracks, just examining everything and trying to take it all in slowly. I don't want to go out farther than the barracks because that alone would take five days just to explore!

There are some of these people who sit in these office boxes that are placed randomly throughout. I think they are sort of like receptionists. Hmm... If I ever get lost I think this is a good place to check in with.

I'm not in the mood to talk to anyone. It's just too much for me to handle right now. I'm still so aghast by this whole situation. I'm so confused and overwhelmed and it's just something I need to digest slowly.

I see this man wearing what looks to be a full grey suit of armor and a helmet with no bottom half so you only see the bottom half of their face and it looks to have metal wasp wings. The suit has thick three-inch metal armor on the chest and hips making an hourglass shape. The abdomen, lower torso, and thighs seem to be our skinsuit armor.

He also...

Wait a minute... Ah! Kinda shocked and blushed, I'm only now realizing it's a woman. I just... didn't expect that and I... I just shouldn't have assumed.

It seems to be a uniform. I see a lot of them around and they all look the same, in that uniform of course. I wonder if they are supposed to be the ones enforcing the law around here like police officers. They look posed and on patrol, all of them with this serious attitude.

So this is all real... I won't lie to myself and act like this is a dream, even with how crazy and unreal all of this is. I can tell I'm not dreaming. Hell, my brain could never imagine any of this. I blacked out, I felt the pain, I know that monster was real and there's no way it could've been a dream. I never felt so alive in my life although, coincidentally, I'm freezing up half the time.

Ugh, I need to use the restroom.

.......

I walk around for about ten minutes completely clueless as to where the restroom is so, I guess now's the time to go ask one of those receptionists.

"H-Hello?"

She doesn't even bat an eye my way.

"Err... Hello?"

She looks up and is kind of in shock when she sees me. I say hello once more and she just kinda laughs at me with a chuckle.

She stands up and grabs my right wrist from over the counter and sets it on this metal plate... I feel the inside of my wrist vibrate and suddenly I hear a woman's voice.

"Can you hear me?"

"Yeah."

All of the loud commotion has become just background noise now. I totally forgot that I can't hear anyone unless I have a connected call with them. I guess that's how they do it at this office counter thing... But, I feel like I'm missing something about this communication thing.