#shackledhound

❛   CERBERUS ,   ❜  

the  doctor  hesitates.  something  like  guilt  twists  in  his  spine ,  creeping  up  the  vertebrae  slowly.  he  fumbles  with  his  hands ,  unable  to  look  the  beast  of  his  creation  directly  in  the  eyes.  he  had  never  done  well  with  the  puppy  eyes  the  creature  gave  him.

❛   …  you  know  i  can’t.  i-i—  i  have  work.  you  know  i  have  work…   ❜    he  trails  off ,  looking  up  at  the  blaster  with  conflicted  eyes.  how  could  he  resist  that  face?    ❛   i’m  sorry ,  my  friend.   ❜    he  had  to  hold  himself  together.  he  was  the  royal  scientist ,  FOR  DELTA’S  SAKE!  he  couldn’t  just  call  into  work  over  this.  with  a  look  to  his  sons ,  across  the  room ,  curled  up  safe  and  quiet  on  the  sofa ,  he  dons  his  labcoat  and  gives  cerberus  one  last  wary  smile.

❛   please  protect  them ,  cerberus.   ❜  

and  he’s  gone ,  slipping  out  the  door ,  a  phantom  into  the  early  morning.  the  door  closes  with  a  definitive  click.  

hours  pass ,  and  it  does  not  open  again.

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[ LOG ENTRY || ACCEPTING ]

[SUB ENTRY NUMBER 1]

           IT SLEEPS. No changes since DT exposure, but life REMAINS so long as it is tethered to to an individual. I will not know until it is BORN if my efforts have been successful. Its potential for use is dubious at best; nothing of this sort has ever been attempted before. Ah, but who am I if not a pioneer? Haha.

I will note any further changes as they come.

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[SUB ENTRY NUMBER 2]

IT IS A SUCCESS.

In every sense of the word, I have succeeded.

I have dubbed the creature ‘CERBERUS’.

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 [SUB ENTRY NUMBER 3]

CERBERUS is very different from LEVIATHAN.

Hardly a tool molded by the wielder's emotional state. Strange, it seems almost--sentient at times? It is a foolish thought to entertain as it does not have a soul of its own, yet . . I cannot shake the feeling that it is not merely mimicking my words. There is some gravity, it is calculating. It is LEARNING.

I shall note any significant changes as they occur.

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