One important detail: I couldn’t breathe. But if I did, a white mist, as translucent as my own body, would probably erge the instant I tried to speak, given how cold this place felt. Sure, even with the temperature likely around zero degrees Fahrenheit, it still didn’t affect .
From the mont I woke up in this body, I realized I didn’t feel things that a normal human would, like warmth, cold, hunger, or thirst. Moreover, it beca clear to over ti that my emotional patterns had changed as well: I simply didn’t feel anything when I saw people dying or bizarre creatures.
I didn’t notice it at the ti I woke up in the forest, but my calm thoughts when that dog-shaped monster attacked were extrely strange. Now, it makes uncomfortable. Even without feeling any pain at that mont, who, after all, stays so calm after having an arm ripped off? I an, it’s not like I knew back then that it would grow back.
Anyway, the point I want to highlight is that these tests are, in fact, ineffective for —at least from my perspective. It’s not like they knew what my resistances were, and to be honest, I didn’t know I could withstand extre temperatures of heat and cold as well as I’m managing now.
However, spending minutes in this room without anything happening was starting to bore . I genuinely had no idea how much longer I would have to stay here or what other tests they would conduct on . From the director’s expression, it was clear he intended to run many more experints.
When I finally considered leaving the room using my ability to swim through shadows, I noticed the cold air began to gradually lessen until it completely disappeared, returning the room to its usual color instead of the icy blue it had before. At first, I thought the experints were over. However, from the director’s gaze as he watched , it was clear they were just getting started.
***
(POV – Emily Parker)
In the room where the experints were conducted, a small being tilted its head slightly, observing around. anwhile, Emily felt a mix of excitent and apprehension—a fear that seed shared by almost everyone present.
Emily couldn’t bla them. After all, aside from her and Laura—who, in a way, had a special opinion about the anomaly since they had been saved by it—the rest of the team saw her as just another anomaly. Anyway, no one there seed to rember what happened when [Shadow] escaped its containnt.
In the end, the anomaly’s resistance to extre temperature changes only ant it couldn’t be eliminated in that way should a containnt breach occur in the future. While Emily saw no reason for the anomaly to act that way, as it seed quite docile, she also couldn’t simply dismiss that possibility.
“Instead of resistance, she seems to have total immunity to extre temperature changes. However, this is nothing we haven’t seen before; many anomalies exhibit this characteristic. Let’s move on to the physical resistance experint”
Graham’s words reached Emily’s ears, and for now, her thoughts aligned with his. The small anomaly really did seem immune to thermal variations. In other words, instead of showing resistance to heat or cold, it seed like she simply couldn’t feel either. Thus, it was futile to try to harm or eliminate her using those thods.
Of course, it wasn’t like they threw her into a lava bath or set her on fire to test her survival capabilities, but Emily believed that sohow, her body would manage to return to its previous state even in the face of such extre experints. As these thoughts occupied Emily’s mind, the other scientists around her prepared for the next experint. Laura, who stood beside Emily, continued to silently root for the small anomaly.
“Let’s start by gradually increasing the pressure in the room and, over ti, intensifying it. This way, we can observe how she reacts”
***
(POV – Protagonist)
As I wondered what the next experint would be, the scientists seed focused on operating the computers on the other side of the glass. At tis, I seriously considered escaping using the shadows in the corners of the room. However, if I did that, it would probably cause a stir. Let’s be honest: this place clearly traps beings like who have beco sothing different.
Although I still hadn’t t many of the other beings inhabiting this place, those I had encountered so far were definitely not friendly. Therefore, it beca evident that the prevailing opinion was that practically all beings—or anomalies, as they like to call them—are insane psychopaths eager to eliminate the first thing that crosses their path.
Moreover, another reason I didn’t want to use my powers in front of them was that all these people, especially Emily and Laura, were extrely intelligent. So far, despite having disappeared from my room a few tis, I had never really revealed my ability to swim through shadows to them.
Of course, I normally disappear as soon as I slide under my bed. The caras probably catch at that mont, but since I always return through the sa place, they must be convinced they haven’t realized I absorbed the shadow power we found last ti when the installation lights went out.
(???)
My train of thought was briefly interrupted as I noticed a subtle change in the room, or rather, around . For so reason, my body felt heavier than usual; although it wasn’t enough to affect , it was a change I could notice. This was definitely related to the experints.
However, the fact that they were able to perform such feats made realize once again how well-equipped and technologically advanced this organization was. From doors with futuristic designs to force fields, this place seed to have everything one could imagine. These elents led to question whether this was really the Earth I rembered or if it was an alternate reality.
After all, even disregarding the advanced technologies of this place, I really didn’t recall any paranormal occurrences that could justify the existence of so unknown phenonon.
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