Anonymous Duplicate

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Numbers. Ever since The Cleansing the Earth and its population have relied on numbers. Once there were many and now... there are few.

You has a number. Its number is 400671, that is You's designation: 400671 and You. It assumed that was its designation. When the ones with blank clothes came that is what they said 'hey You come here,' clothes. Clothes were bits of fabric they wore to cover themselves. You didn't understand the need for them. You and the others didn't need any.

When You had first come they were given words. Not many but enough, and were given what they called gender. You was given female, but some were different. They were given the gender male. They looked the same -another word You had been given... same. The few differences You saw was that those given female had swelling at the front of them. On their chest -another word You had been given. Males did not and the spaces between females' legs were flatter than males'

You sat in between walls, the wall in front of You didn't look like a wall. You could see out of it, see the ones with blank clothes moving past. You remembered what they had called it, room. In room You had a bed, and when the ones with blank clothes told it to You had to get onto it.

You had another bed too, but it was far away and You only went there when the ones with blank clothes told it to. You got a tingly feeling when it went near it and it didn't make You feel nice.

You would sleep for a long time on that other bed and sometimes pieces of You were not there when You woke up. That didn't happen on the bed in what they (The one with blank clothes You knew as Master) called room. That other bed was used by all the males and females. Sometimes they didn't come back after going there though.

You Liked it's room bed... not the other one, it's room bed made You feel nice.

You ran it's fingers over what it was sitting on. You noted it felt like the thing that made You shake. What it was sitting on felt different than You's skin. That felt nicer (when You wasn't shaking) like the hole You had seen once that shot hot, bright light.

Incinerator You remembered they called it.

You had seen a male be taken towards it by the ones with blank clothes. The male had made a terrible noise which hurt it's ears while You went back to the room after lessons.

You did not mind them because it was always the same and now You knew the answers. Master would say: 'You 400671! What are You supposed to do when someone says lie down,' then You would climb onto the bed and lie very still on its back then Master would say: 'oh well done You're such a good girl,' which You knew meant it had done it right. Master would repeat the words lots until You was tired then Master would say something else, and again You would have to move it's head towards it's chest. That was always the right answer. Then Master would repeat the words which told You, it had done it right.

'You! Get here right now You're needed,' without a sound You got up and walked to Master, a whole group of ones with blank clothes were with Master but Master looked only at You. He reached out putting pressure on You's wrist and yanked You out of room and down a corridor. You was going to the other bed.

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Arina Kori Sanadia was on the set for her new film when she collapsed. No one quite knew what had happened so there was a frozen moment when nobody moved, then as if some kind of switch had flipped Arina's team engaged and started taking action. somebody phoned the ambulance to transport her to Warrenwick whilst the onsite medic tended Arina's limp body. People buzzed around some making calls to reschedule Arina's other appointments, some attempted to rework the production line of the film and Arina's manager was making perhaps the most important call, informing Gene-side to prep Arina's clone for harvesting... should she require it.

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The bed You was taken to was different to its' room bed. This one looked dark. This bed was surrounded by blocks which made a noise that hurt You's ears and it's skin felt raised the closer You was taken to it.

You didn't feel nice but Still You kept following master and climbed onto the bed when he told You to. You never spoke. It didn't know how to. Master could make words come out of his mouth and You thought it could do the same, but no. You did not like the word 'no' that word hurt.

When You laid down, lots of ones with blank clothes surrounded it. A blank clothes put something over You's mouth. This made You feel heavy and the world through it's eyes didn't look like it was supposed to.

Then all of them went away. Moving very quickly and making loud noises. You saw a bright shot of blankness, suddenly it's eyes weren't how they should be and You's ears made a horrible noise riiiiiiiiiinnnnnng it sounded to You. The noise kept being repeated riiiiiiiiiinnnnnng it kept going without stopping.

Through the hurting noise Something was moving! You had seen it now that its' eyes were beginning to work. It looked different to the wall and kept changing places whenever You opened its' eyes.

The something moved You and You was no longer on the other bed. You felt different again still heavy but like You wasn't on anywhere.

You didn't like it. Not at all so began moving it's arms and legs more than it needed to. You moved it's back as well. It didn't like not being on something.

'Don't panic You're safe now... everything will be fine,' You heard the words but didn't understand them. So You continued to move.