Lithium whirled round and was confronted by a sight that made her faint dead away onto the bed. Out for a few minutes she came round to someone shakin... her none too gently. "Oh my God" she gasped and moved away scrambling to the far end of the bed. "What are you?" she asked awed and afraid."I am Shukaku." It said simply. Lithium wasn't sure if this was Its name or It's....It's species. It was like a man in that It was upright with two legs, but Shukaku had a long scaled tail and strong arms. 10I felt withered from the heat once I was removed from the dryer. I was brought to the sink once again where my head was rinsed for what seemed like an eternity, before a cold liquid was poured over my head. I felt goose bumps cover my body, my head was then rinsed once again, and I was whisked back to the dryer, where all of the women sat next to me under their own hood. I felt as if I were in a salon, and was just one of the girls, until I closed my eyes for several minutes and felt the hand. I chose the one where there was one private office with everyone else in cubicles. There was an area with fax and copiers. All the cubicles had computers with printers. At the end of the cubicles there was a 20 person meeting table with 5 x 8 ft flat screens on the three walls.“What will it take - a week or better to get this set up?” I asked.“Oh no; all the standard office packages are prepackaged and staged at the GSA warehouse. The same is with the office equipment and communications. As. You wonder why they are doing this. You try to ask why, but with a gag in your mouth, it is a pointless venture. You look around the room and find a small clock mounted on the far wall, barely visible due to the dark nature of the face and hands against the dark wall. You see that the time is 6:50. As you see the time, your eyes widen and you know that you will not make it to dinner on time. “What punishment awaits me?” is the only thought running through your head. That’s why Kevin,.