"A day without breathing"
Sni-tii's attention was drawn from the TV by a slightly muffled voice coming from her right. "It's been another two hours, please come here for your checkup." Holding back a sigh, she paused her show and slithered over, ready to prove she was still fine. She'd been submerged in that hotel room-like tank for 4 hours, and hadn't once inhaled, nor felt any need to; the fluid around her was taking care of that.
Several days ago, the snake had been invited to help test out a new invention, an odd deep blue fluid that could replenish the oxygen of anyone submerged in it. It had been made clear at that time just how it would go: After getting noseplugs in, she'd hold her breath before diving into the fluid and spending a full 24 hours in it, with checkups every 2 hours to make sure she was fine physically and mentally. It was also mentioned that she was NOT to actually breathe the fluid, as it would just feel like inhaling water. Pretty quickly, Sni-tii signed up for it.
Now, having been in the test for 4 hours, she prepared for her checkup, coiling herself in front of a set of buttons that'd let her communicate without bubbling out her air that wouldn't be refreshed for another 20 hours. The scientist outside looked her over, satisfied that she looked the same as ever.
"Are you still feeling okay, Sni-tii?", he said.
With her tail, Sni-tii pressed one of the buttons to respond. "YES.", a computerized voice spoke for her.
"Still not feeling any need to breathe?"
"NO."
"Good, good. Now, we'll just go through another set of quick tests to make sure your mental faculties are still where they should be. Follow my finger with your eyes, please."
Sni-tii did so.
"What's 27 plus 38?"
"...SIXTY. FIVE."
"How many hours have you been in there?"
"FOUR."
"Lastly, touch both sides of your nose with your tail."
Sni-tii adjusted herself, then tapped both sides of her nose.
"Right, that'll be all for those. Any questions or concerns?"
"WHAT. DO. IF. INHALE."
"Just try your best to cough it out. If you can't, we'll send someone in to help you out. And try not to swallow it either, it won't do anything but waste it."
"ALSO. BORED."
"Yeah, fair. It's harder to find waterproof appliances than you might think. We'll see about getting you some more entertainment."
"THAT. IS. ALL."
"Alright, I'll come by to check in in another 2 hours. Hope you manage to deal with that boredom." The scientist walked off, and Sni-tii uncoiled to go back to watching TV. This was going to be a long 20 hours... But maybe she'd finally get to sleep submerged for once.
And, that's the end of this year's Sinktember! This one was pretty fun, having it feature my characters every time really helped spice it up for me.
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