Today, we will proceed with the second durability test.

I will be using a function on the Sky Eater's wristcuffs that I have neglected to use due to the fact that there was no real reason to use it as of yet. The stinging mechanism of those cuffs can deliver a sharp sensation on the wearers flesh dozens of times per second. This was originally to be used as a way to neutralize her in case anything were to go wrong. But that scenario has never happened, so we've never used it.


.. Until now.


A microchip was injected into the Sky Eater's neck. This would be used to monitor her brain activity during this test session, to see how much she would be willing to "endure" in a hypothetical scenario before being fully out of commission. She is not aware of the purpose of this microchip, but she didn't seem to ask about it. She just accepted it with a detached look on her face.

One aspect of the stinging mechanism on her cuffs is that we can increase the amount of "stings" per second with the a connected remote that can be detected from long ranges. So later during the day, it was as simple as activating the module to get a reaction out of the Sky Eater. From what we saw from the security camera, the girl had stood up from her bed to stare at her hands, a confused look on her face.

This was not enough to get anywhere on the brain scanner, so I would increase the intensity slowly but surely.

Throughout the process the Sky Eater would start to grow alarmed, pulling at her cuffs and trying to get them off. It was a useless effort, as even she couldn't get past the "Lock" technology that we used to make them so secure in the first place. As the intensity would increase further and further, she would yell out for any personnel to help her, hopelessly unaware that we were the ones who were doing this in the first place.

My subordinates didn't seem to mind watching. They've bought into the tales and rumors that have been told about the evils of the Zanziko more than I, so they were not very sympathetic, to say the least.

In fact, they would laugh and make jokes as the Sky Eater could only think to double down onto the floor and curl up, her muscles seeming to tense up as the dial had nudged to 25 stings per second. They've said remarks such as that she "deserves it for being apart of a species of violent monsters", that this was "going to happen eventually anyway due to the inherent nature of the Zanziko", that she "looked so pathetic squished up against the ground like the pest that she is".

Though I don't fully agree with them, a part of this is in fact a corrective measure to make sure our subject is complicit.

By the time the brain scanner got to the point that I was looking for, I would finally turn it off. The result was a Sky Eater that was curled against the cold concrete floor, her eyes glazed and vacant. Arms quivering, she would stare at the bland, grey wall as saliva and tears would continue running down her face, collecting into a pool of liquid pity on the floor.

My subordinates made a few more remarks as she laid like that for a few minutes on the camera. She would remain like that for about an hour, even as I came over to check on her. I wanted to explain that there was an error with her wristcuffs... but as I spoke, she could only stare at me with empty eyes.


Another successful test. The Sky Eater can withstand much more than any normal lifeform can handle. It is indeed a good thing that the stinging module goes much, much higher than 25 stings per second as well. Should she make an attempt at breaking them, or try to morph any of her limbs while they are active, she will get a whopping 55 stings per second until she stops. A little over twice the amount to leave her in such a miserable state today.

We would not want her to act out, now would we?

Such brilliant headway.. and such amazing potential.