you are a FOOL. (UC Entry)

    o, lowly, cowardly FOOL who does not dream of glory.
    look above you. you only see the bare, blank ceiling, you say. WRONG.
    above is the sun. you know this, of course. how would you not, in today's world?
    it is greater than you will ever be. it is something special. something that people depend on, that supports people. its rays give light to everyone around it, and better millions of people's lives.
    you are not that kind of person, as you are here listening to me. you attempted to brighten others' lives. you almost did. you FAILED.
    look below you. you only see the dirty floor, you say. WRONG AGAIN.
    below you is the earth. you also know this, of course.
    the earth holds you up. it holds everything up. when the apocalypse occurs, the earth will still be here. holding everything up. it is dependable and will hold up even the billions of people on our planet today.
    you are also not that kind of person. you tried to be dependable. you almost were. you FAILED.
    you are starting to grow confused, and frightened. what is this, you ask. why cant i move my legs, you ask. why cant i leave this place?
    it is because you have not dreamt of higher things. you do not wish to better the world. you only wish to better yourself.
    you abandoned your team. in the middle of that rescue, you FAILED. you left. and you left your team behind. why did you leave? even i do not know.
    you may have been trying to help your teammates. run, come back, and hit the pokextinction. but you were too much of a coward to do it. you sat there. did nothing. you may have tried to help.
    but you FAILED.
    i was once like you.
    do not look at me like that. it is true.
    i was in the prt. they tried to save me from my masters. they tried to save me from their machines. they tried to save me from myself.
    but they FAILED. but YOU FAILED. YOU FAILED ME.
    the machines did nothing to me.
    they let me see what should happen to FOOLS like you.
    do you remember what happened to bring you here to me? no? i see the machines are doing their job. let me recall for you as you have FAILED once again.
    you were sitting in your bunk. content. after you FAILED your teammates and FAILED me and FAILED everyone.
    you fell asleep. like the FOOL you were. no thought as to privacy, safety, security. you did not even notice what was under the bed.
    me.
    when i was taking you to the place we are in, you awoke. you screamed and struggled. the purple gas fixed that, however.
    you almost escaped your fate. but you FAILED.
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    you think you can escape?
    you think you can escape me? escape your fate? escape the fate of all COWARDS and FOOLS?
    you defiantly yell that they will stop me.
    they who? the prt? they are FOOLS. just like you. they will not find us here. it gives us plenty of time to work.
    after the machine is done with your mind, i will start on your body.
    would you like to know why i use my own talons?
    moves are too... quick. they do not let one savor all the little emotions that come from FOOLS like you when they think they are about to die.
    fear. courage. resignation. defiance. disgust. apathy. i have felt them all and loved every second of it.
    you think you will be any different? i sigh. no.
    you hold up your own handcuffs, open. how about now, you ask.
    i sigh. no. sit down.
    you obey. your eyes widen seconds later, terrified at your body disobeying your commands.
    tsk, tsk, little FOOL. you do not spend hours in the machines and have your body obey you.
    you almost escaped your fate, the fate of all.
    you FAILED.
    the screams begin.
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    PRT Officer Josh Wyatt frantically radioed all the other search units. They HAD to find Officer Lorenzo before...
    He shuddered at the thought. The last two bodies of their missing PRT officers had turned up in... not the best of conditions. Josh didn't wish that fate on anyone, especially the only remaining officer of Unit 12, who had been lost to Pokextinction in a rescue gone wrong a few days ago.
    Josh crossed his arms and continued searching the city.
    What he didn't notice was a manhole cover that was slightly ajar next to him. He didn't notice the quiet sounds coming from it, either. They almost sounded like screams, if one could hear them. But Josh couldn't hear them. He just kept looking for his friend Lorenzo.
    Josh almost found him.
    He didn't.