White… Everything is… white.
From the ceiling, the walls, the flooring, even the chair in the middle where she's sitting on, everything was white as her shadow could see.
Although she could hear a multitude of faint noises coming from the adjoining rooms, she was completely isolated. There was no one else around; no one to talk to, no one to watch. Just her solitary self sitting in the center of a lonely room dyed in white.
"02, do you know the reason why we brought you here?"
A loud voice, most likely belonging to one of the older male staff members of this place, suddenly blared over in the speaker that is placed at the top part of the back wall. Scarlet, however, remained unfazed as she sought to give the most probably answer she could think of.
"… Testing?"
A cold, hollow laugh echoed across the room in reply to her guess. It seems that she had given an incorrect response.
"No, not today. We've decided to give you a breather from testing for today."
There was a slight pause, as if the person speaking to her was waiting for some kind of reaction from her. When she didn't show any, it decided to continue.
"But, in return, we would like you to do something for us."
Scarlet grew confused as she heard this. Or perhaps it is her curiosity that she is mistaking for confusion. Whatever the case may be, it was certain that her interest had been piqued by this point.
"… Something?"
The voice grunted, as if in affirmation of her question. "Yes. You see, we recently got a new batch of… people to be with us here. And, as you know, these newbies tend to get a little… 'wild' during their first couple of weeks staying here."
Another pause, and then…
"We want you to make sure nothing of the sort happens. Understand?"
There was no way she wouldn't comprehend the underlying meaning behind those words. This is, after all, what she was good for: Her only worth.
"I… understand." She answered slowly, her voice resounding across the room in the same somber manner.