First Bow to the Queen (omiserumlilium) - Before the ‘789′ Incident
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Needles.
Mary hated needles.
How many times had she been probed into today? Six times? Twenty three? Actually, it was only four, but half of them were not just a swift sting and it was over. They blackened her flesh beneath the skin like an ugly bruise. Or they wriggled past a vein, slicing into bone.
“It hurts,”
Mary would have futilely declared, but the comment was strangled by straps clamping down on her wrists. Sign was her only means of communication. Words were only pitiful, drunken-like grunts if she squirmed.
The downward motion of teeth, with a muscular organ sloshing around inside their cage meant nothing to the poor little subject. It was all silent gibberish, leaving her desolate in an indescribable way. Sight, smell and touch was all Mary had.
Finally, Mary’s wrists were thrown out of the table straps only to be wretched into another restraining instrument of sorts so she couldn’t punch or scratch at the scientists. Mary had tried to once. However, it had been out of reflex for an unknown object had veered out of nowhere, spooking her. In a panic, she tried to flee. In an attempt to be restrained, she gave a woman a nice gash on her cheek from her tiny little kitten hands. As a result, the scientists had become scared of what she might do……
And it was all because of these anomalies on her coral colored head. The most that Mary understood was that she was different than the rest of the people here. The color of her hair was a dead giveaway in reflections she had seen. The horns were next, facing east and westward. They were solid too. Attached. There to stay. A clear part of her identity.
But what Mary hadn’t known then was that there were others like her. Others who also bore these unusual horns and a jaw dropping range of natural fuchsia shades. Until she felt an invisible force reverberate through her bosom in a delicate ache. Mary instinctively turned her head. Then began to walk.
“What is she doing?? Restrain her!” A man nervously told his coworkers. But the rest were just as scared to interfere. This was the first time Mary really tried to wander on her own. “Someone do something! S-She isn’t allowed to leave, right??”
But Mary’s usual caretaker, a higher rank scientist debated the situation. Mary was deaf. She couldn’t hear a single peep out of the people around her, which was good or else his idiotic colleague’s tone would have alerted the young Diclonius. On top of that, Mary has never acted so… Aware. But aware of what, even the young Diclonius didn’t know for sure. With her head swiveling around confused, Mary blinked slowly. So he decided to take action and approach her, making his presence known by an ominous daring touch on the shoulder.
Harmless as a pup, Mary just looked up the man’s familiar face and tilted her head. Immediately after, she began to walk forward again towards the door to the testing room with the scientist tailing close behind. While Mary couldn’t hear his footsteps, she could sort of feel the vibrations in her delicate soles. This was her… Security he was there.
With his help, Mary managed to wander for a long time. Her ‘caretaker’ would gesture and demand that other alert coworkers would stand back and let the small Diclonius pass through peacefully. Mary, after all, had little to no signs of outward aggression. On top of that, Mary has never shown evidence before today in the summoning of unique tools known as vectors, possibly proving defective because of her age and still no sign of expected behavioral issues and abilities. He also was nearly dying to know and explore what could possibly be a development in the knowledge of Diclonii. So as long as Mary did not go berserk, he would allow her to do as she pleased for now.
And all of this confusion, bewilderment, fear, and demands to keep calm around her led to a single solitary high level containment metal door. Kurama had just sealed the room and was frozen in place when he saw Mary wandering about with little to no security. He thought for sure his life was over, and hissed at the scientist behind her. A traitor??
But the scientist gestured for Kurama to relax so to not visually startle the girl Diclonius before him. Mary promptly ignored Kurama and halted inches away from the door. Unsure of how to open it, she could only stare as though she could see right through it. Of course, Mary could not. However, the sensation she felt minutes ago had grown stronger, and to her distaste was as painful as the needles.
But it was also different….. Different as in– it was someone else suffering. While Mary didn’t know the direct definition of sadness and emotional pain, it did not stop the powerful pangs from weighing on her chest. Sympathy. Unknowingly, Mary was feeling sympathetic for whatever lied on the other side of the door. And since the door would not open, she was unable to get any closer to the cause. So instead, she slowly lowered herself to the cold tile floor and sat there, staring up at the behemoth of a door as an attempt to keep whoever it was company.
The scientist dared to ask Kurama what was behind the door. Kurama’s hesitation was dispersed by the reminder that Mary was completely deaf and could not hear them if they howled like wild animals.
“The queen of them all,” Kurama replied meekly.
Lucy…….










