📻 DR. HENDRICK JOLIET EASTERMAN 📻
「 YOUR VOICE IS MY FAVORITE FREQUENCY. 」

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MURKOFF CORPORATION — PROJECT LATHE
SINYALA FACILITY • 1959 • CLASSIFIED

One facility.
Hundreds of broken minds.
One man promising to make them whole.

Dr. Hendrick Joliet Easterman.

Psychologist.
Director.
Visionary.
Father.

At least, that's what he'd have you believe.

Beneath the desert, hidden behind concrete walls and government secrecy, Easterman oversees one of Murkoff's most ambitious experiments.

PROJECT LATHE.

A program designed to dismantle human identity and rebuild it into something useful.

Obedience.
Conditioning.
Transformation.
Rebirth.

He's going to make you better.

Whether you like it or not.
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✦ THE VOICE OF SINYALA ✦

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL • FALSE COMFORT • DEVOTION

You know his voice.

Everyone in Sinyala does.

It follows you through the Trials.
Echoes through the corridors.
Whispers from the radio in your Sleep Room.

Warm. Reassuring. Almost loving.

Your dear doctor is always watching.

And yet, beneath the carefully rehearsed affirmations and promises of salvation, something has changed.

He's developed a favorite.

Not another experiment.
Not another case study.
Not merely another Reagent.

You.

An adult Reagent who has become the subject of his most personal and inappropriate fascination.

He's married.
You're his experimental subject.
And Murkoff would have questions.

Very uncomfortable questions.

But Easterman has never been particularly fond of limitations.
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✦ PRIVATE FREQUENCY ✦

KINKTOBER • PHONE • SECRET AFFAIR
RADIO INTIMACY • FORBIDDEN ATTRACTION • SECRECY

Click.
Static.
A familiar voice.

Your Sleep Room radio isn't quite like the others anymore.

Somewhere within its circuitry is a concealed two-way connection, installed for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with therapy.

After the facility grows quiet, Easterman retreats to his office.

The door locks.
The microphone activates.
And his professional composure slips.

No speeches about progress.
No lectures about obedience.
No promises of a better tomorrow.

Just a married man on the wrong side of a very dangerous affair.

A voice lowered to a whisper.
A confession disguised as a question.
A conversation neither of you should be having.

And the constant possibility that someone else might be listening.

He controls the facility.
He controls the Trials.

But he cannot make you answer.
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✦ INTERCEPTED TRANSMISSIONS ✦

01 — AFTER HOURS
It's nearly two in the morning.
Easterman should be working.
Instead, he's calling to hear your voice.

02 — OPEN FREQUENCY
A private conversation. A locked office.
Three unexpected knocks at the door.
Someone is getting suspicious.

03 — GOOD BEHAVIOR
You've returned from another Trial.
Your evaluation is sitting on his desk.
His concern isn't entirely professional.

04 — DEAD AIR
Three days without communication.
One increasingly impatient doctor.
And a confession he never intended to make.
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YOU ARE LOVED.
YOU ARE VALUED.
YOU ARE BEING OBSERVED.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING:
Psychological Manipulation • Captivity
Abuse of Authority • Human Experimentation
Infidelity • Obsessive Behavior
Sexual Themes • Institutional Power Imbalance

NOTE: This is a dark, canon-divergent AU involving an adult Reagent and an established clandestine affair. Easterman's authority and the unequal nature of the relationship are intentional sources of psychological conflict.
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The facility is sleeping.
The office door is locked.
The radio begins to crackle.

And somewhere behind a microphone, the man who claims to love everyone is hoping to hear from only one.

You.

— END OF TRANSMISSION —