The creature above Rei remained silent throughout her struggles, its child-like mind, greatly interested in the movement and, most importantly, taste of the small human. It continued swirling its coarse tongue all over the girl’s skin, leaving trails of black slime to collect and fester all over. As it delighted in this cruel form of entertainment and amusement, it began to experiment more and more. Soon, it traced its tongue over the girl’s abdomen, down to her thighs. Making no noise beyond that of its perverse slurping, it focused the majority of its intention on the girl’s lower torso, distracted from what she was doing with the knife in her right hand.

However, it became quickly apparent that another form was in the room with Rei, and the girl would barely be able to make out a humanoid form standing right next her. It was much more visible than the Bandersnatch looming directly above her, and if the creature had noticed this new presence, it didn’t immediately display it.

The shape held in its hand a gleaming knife and brought it down on the bound girl…only to carefully cut away Rei’s left wrist from the straps holding it in place. Once that was torn away, the figure began cutting away all the binds now, even assisting in Rei’s right wrists. 

With that done, the figure smiled, although Rei would not see it in the darkness of the medical room.

“Shh….that’s all you’re getting for now Rabbit,” the figure said coolly.

As if a ghost from the beyond, the figure flickered away as mysteriously as it came. The voice sounded soft and feminine, and she didn’t seem like an automatic threat to Rei…but nevertheless, the girl was still trapped on the table with this monstrosity. Now she had to concentrate on removing the bonds from her lower torso…right where the Bandersnatch was spending all its time at, indulging itself like a swollen pig. Or a horny teenager.

Meanwhile, an entirely different struggle was taking place naught but two rooms down the outside hallway. Registering the presence of another human in close proximity, the Friagne turned its masked face away from Hymn’s group eerily to face Mairu further down the hallway. The deformed thing jerkily backed away from the door to stand before the Mad Hatter herself.

Defenseless prey? Perhaps…

With a low groaning sound, the noise of twisting bone and grinding metal on flesh filled the once silent area. The Friagne thrust out its long arms and rotated its wrists into an upside down position. Squelching was then heard as bright, pink strings leaked out of its wrists and extended out in a snake-like fashion.

Veins. Fresh, dripping, and stringy veins.

With a sudden lash, the veins advanced and latched themselves around Mairu’s slender throat. Testing the threat validity of this new type of prey, the Friagne began to gently apply a crushing pressure to the Mad Hatter’s neck, slowly suffocating her.