His eyes burn from the glare of his computer, each word having repeated itself almost by the hundredth time, slurring into one another. God, he'd been at this for hours...However, seeing that he'd gone this far, there wasn't much he could do but accept that he'd have to continue, Laurence leaned back in his seat, closing his eyes for a moment as the video once again started from the beginning. The words drifted him back to the lab, and from there, the tests only three weeks before. The blinding lights of the office, the odd way he sat across Lulu Flint and mint frost , and the list of paper work that littered the test lab. It hadn’t felt long after all.

...

Laurence placed the tape recorder on the table, though there were cameras that littered the laboratory, he’d been more thorough with this. It wouldn’t hurt to cover his ass anyways. The doctor didn’t give the two Rockets much attention, rather his eyes went to his paper, almost as if he read from a script.

"March XX, XXXX. 11:47 AM. I'm glad you guys accepted, though I hate taking time out of your busy schedules, I've been tasked with some studies of the recent events that occurred. I'm sure you all remember the outbreak of what seemed to be Pokémon acting unnaturally, the main similarity being a strand of chains that had been recorded."


It’d be when he finished that he’d glance from his clipboard, hoping that there'd be a semblance of an understanding to this. He’d been the unlucky soul to have to ask for time from higher-ups, however, that didn’t mean he would pass it up. He continued.

“Well, to keep it short, I am here to conduct some studies. Rumors have been circulating that a strange mochi has been going around. People eat them and then go through a few drastic changes, emotionally and physically, and it’s gotten more and more rampant. So, along with you two, I have a few volunteers. I won’t let you know which group you are in, control or experimental, but ultimately for the next few weeks, I’ll be the ones feeding you these things. If you want, you can decline now, but if not, I’ll start today. Throughout it, I'll be testing your physical and emotional capabilities, I can't tell you what you'll experience, but I can tell you I'll try to make this go by with as little resistance as possible.”


He waited a bit, knowing damn well that any refusal would have made it harder on his end, but waited nonetheless. He couldn’t argue against it anyway, patients had a right to refuse treatment, then again, they weren't patients at all. Yet.

Lulu Flint
mint frost