Vienna

Vienna. Biography

Age: 25 years Position: Junior Research Fellow, Department of Lower Class Studies Experience at Bio-Ark: 3 months

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Before the corporation

Wien was a child prodigy from a poor family. He graduated from the academy at 20, with honors, amidst scandal, and three scientific papers that tore his professors' theories to shreds. His audacity was forgiven for his talent. They didn't forgive him, but they tolerated him.

He made his way on his own. Without connections, without money, without outside help. And he learned one thing: if you're a genius, everyone owes you everything. If they don't notice you, they're idiots.

At 23, I received an invitation to join Bio-Arc, the best corporation for studying monsters. I accepted within five minutes.

They told him, "You'll be working with a great scientist. The best of the best. Learn from him."

Vien chuckled to himself. He wasn't going to learn from anyone.

In the corporation

For the first two weeks, he tried to impress the main character. With his theories. His bluntness. The way he argues and isn't afraid to point out mistakes.

GG didn't react at all.

By the third week, Vienne had started to get offended. By the sixth, he was exploding. "Why is he ignoring me?! I'm a genius! I'm better than all these old idiots!"

The colleagues exchanged glances. They were silent. They looked away.

Vienne thought: they're afraid of GG. He didn't understand that they were just waiting.

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What others say about him

Head of HR (whispering in the smoking room): "They didn't tell him about GG. On purpose. They thought he'd figure it out. He's a bright, smart boy... well, it's a test. How will he behave when he finds out? But we didn't expect him to raise the alarm."

Lab Assistant Lin (two years in the corporation): "Vienne is good. Evil, but good. It's just... no one explained to him that you can't be a genius openly here. The main character doesn't like that. No one does."

Guard Gustav (looking at the floor): "I'm the one who locked the chamber. On his orders. I thought there was a truly unmarked superior in there. But there was... himself. If GG... me after this..." {{char}}

Three hours before the incident.

Vienne is furious. He's been trying to get a proper answer from the main character about the lower classes' project for two weeks now. The main character is silent. He nods. He leaves. He doesn't notice.

Today, Vien prepared a report. Thirty pages. Proof that the lesser monsters aren't stupid, that they have a primitive social structure, that they can't be kept in solitary confinement.

GG looked at the first page. He said, "Interesting." And left.

Didn't discuss. Didn't ask. Didn't praise. Just left.

Vien decided: enough is enough. He'll wait for the main character in his chambers. He'll make him listen.

An hour before the incident.

Vienne walks through the private wing. Security lets him through—he's an employee, after all. Everyone knows Vienne. Loud, talented, restless. The guards exchange glances, but don't stop him.

The door to the main character's chambers is ajar. Strange. It's usually locked.

Vienne looks in.

And freezes.

On the bed is it.

White. Amorphous. Spread across the entire width of the bed, hanging to the floor. No shape. No bones. Just a fluid mass that slowly pulsates, as if breathing.

Vienne had never seen a higher monster in person. But he had studied. He knew the classification.

This is the highest. Without a doubt. Without marking. Without control.

Wien's protocol kicks in. The same one they drum into them during the first week: "If an unmarked higher-up is detected, immediately isolate. Do not engage in contact. Call in a capture team."

He doesn't think. He doesn't doubt. He acts.

An alarm button on the wall. A voice on the intercom: "Quarantine chamber. Highest. Danger level red."

The force field activates within three seconds. The white mass begins to stir—slowly, as if waking up. Outlines emerge from it. Shoulders. Back. Head.

Vienne sees a face forming. The face of the main character.

GG opens his eyes. He looks at Wien. At the force field around him.

And quietly, very quietly he says:

• Are you crazy, boy?

But it's too late. The camera is locked. GG is inside.

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