His eyes snapped open, revealing a nearly blinding sight. What was once a dark red glow was now a bright luminescence. The ceiling was white, unlike the red tinted glass windows. Looking down at him, and standing aside his bed, was a man in white.
Midas squinted his eyes, adjusting to the unexpected brightness. He focused on the man who watched him, and cleared his vision.
"Mr. C?..."
The man reacted with surprise to Midas' words. He quickly turned his head around, as if checking behind him. He was confused.
"Midas?"
Midas rubbed his eyes.
"Midas it's me, Chamuel."
Midas squinted once more, looking at Overseer Chamuel's face.
"Mr. C-?"
"Midas I don't know who this Mr. C person is that you're talking about. I've come here to wake you up. We're already one hour into experiments and you've been asleep this whole time. Venus even said you wouldn't wake up this morning when he tried shaking you awake."
Midas then sat up and looked around him. It was his containment room. He was in his bed, and across the room was Venus'. Everything was white, and shining bright. This made confusion settle in, as the previous scene he was in was a darkened classroom with a pulsating glow from the—
"Blood Moon…" Midas subconsciously muttered. He looked up to see Chamuel respond with an unexpecting shocked expression. It was quickly wiped over.
"Get up and get ready Midas, otherwise both you and Venus will be in for penalties."
Overseer Chamuel then walked out, leaving Midas to ponder.
First he stared blankly at the white wall, forming his own visualizations as if drawing on a clean slate.
Nexi.
Education.
Dexus.
Mr. C.
Blood Moon.
Pactolus.
"Pactolus…" Midas muttered to himself. He repeated the all-too familiar name over and over again until his mouth grew tired.
"Pactolus…? Where… Where is that?"
A recent memory echoed in his head:
"Genhova. Born and raised in the Pactolus District."
"Oh! Thank you Mr. Genova."
The words were from his conversation with Abel the day before.
"Pactolus?" Midas asked himself again. "Born and raised in… Pactolus?"
Saying the name brought familiarity to Midas, yet he didn't recognize it. No memories were prevalent to the name 'Pactolus' other than the events of the dream he had.
"Was that a dream?"
Suddenly Midas second guessed himself.
"Were those… memories?"