Test Site

The next day 6am. They take off to their final destination. The test site.

Dalie: "Y'know last night, I was thinking. Miss Vale, if you technically don't even need to breath anymore, do you still do it unconsciously?"

Irene: "Pretty much so... Well technically, I'd still need air to pass through the vocal chords to cause them to vibrate and create sound waves in the pharynx, nose and mouth. Conversing with others won't be possible at all without it"

Dalie: "Wow, since when did you start learning about human anatomy?"

Irene: "I dropped out on my last year of college when I was aiming to get a bachelor in science but well, here I am. Willingly walking myself to deaths door"

Driver: "We're here... The test site"

The test site is just a forest... How concerning...

Dalie: "Hey guys! This way! This way!"

Dalie leads them to a camp a little further inside the forest. There, they meet a man with a white tie and mechanical parts all over his body.

Dalie: "Ugh, you..."

White tie man: "Long time no see... Dalie"

Dalie: "Grunt... Sigh, are you the supervisor for the test?"

White tie man (Grunt): "That's right. Anyways, the Higher-ups' your audience so she be better be ready soon. If you don't have any further questions, then please wait in that tent over there. Once everything is set, we'll call you"

Irene: "I understand"

Irene leaves and Grunt whispers something to himself.

Grunt: "Seems like another obedient dog. I wonder if the Higher-ups will handle her like they did with the other ones. Heh, she's just another corpse to add to the pile then"

Dalie: "I heard that you bastard. Refrain from talking badly about my colleague or I'll tear off the only non-mechanical limb you have left"

Grunt: "Tsk.."

He walks away.

Dalie visits Irene in the tent and Evelyn is in there with her.

Dalie: "Are you ready miss Vale?"

Irene: "Yes. But uh..."

Dalie: "What is it?"

Irene: "If things ever go wrong, please send all the money I've received from this agency directly to my family"

Dalie: "Ahh, right. About that, we'll make sure you won't die anyways, so just make sure to put up your best performance. That's all"

Evelyn: "Basically, if the test ever gets too dangerous for you, I'll be allowed to interfere and deal with the monster myself. Although, that would mean the project was a failure. But worry not, your life is our top priority. If the Higher-ups ever go againts that idea, I'll deal with them too-"

Dalie: "Ah, It's best if you don't. Killing such high executives would only lead to even more trouble that will inevitably effect even the entire country. This Agency deals with one of the biggest threats known to man in the first place. Taking it down would only cause more problems for everyone. So DON'T kill them will ya?"

Evelyn: "I tend to not keep my promises very well"

A staff memeber comes in the tent.

Staff: "We're all set. Miss Vale, please follow me"

And thus, it starts. The test that may very well be the very thing The Agency depends everything on. Their only ray of hope for defense againts a lurking destruction that seeps through the cracks of Vartia's walls.