Part I

"Poked, prodded, injected, and beaten. They did with me as they pleased. Infitinely curious about the resulting deformities, and deaf to my screams. My only solace was the dark and the quiet. The quiet and the dark... when they came, those lovely footsteps of horror, I went. I went far away from here, so very far. Colors and tenderness I found in the quiet and the dark. It was astounding to see how much love there could be in nothing. How much warmth I could feel lying on a cold metal table."

His ears twitched as he spoke, humming rapidly and stopping still. The sewn shut eye sockets searching for sights they would not see. "They are still around you know. My friends in the quiet and the dark. I thought when I got away they would leave me cold and alone, but they didn't. We don't visit quite as often anymore, but they come around. They tell me things, bring me helpful information. I have to rescue others like me, it's only fair. They may not have found the quiet and the dark yet. It's very important that I go."

The odd-looking beast smirks, and with a head nod, bounds off on his next mission.

Part II

Calculating...
Echolocation: [functional]
Speech: [functional]
Cognition: [functional]
Virtual reality sequence- Day 793 status: [completed]
Dream sequence- Day 793 status: [initiated]

A swishing sound could be heard through the observing glass. The beast lay on his side with all four feet kicking outward in a running motion. The movements were awkward and jagged, making it apparent to anyone watching that he had never run upright before.
"You will be safe soon, I am coming as fast as I can!" His legs picked up speed, flailing off the edge of the cold metal table, his unkempt fur sliding across the polished surface. Swish, swish, swish...

Credits

Profile Code: by Paula
Story: Foxtrot
Art: Swavh
Overlay: Rathoren