Voyeur

Voyeur is the story of Warren and Halcyon's history together.

## Background

Voyeur follows Becile worker Warren as he undergoes intense genetic testing under Halcyon's jurisdiction. It is written by Techno Tinker and is based on the Saint Motel album of the same name. Most of the story takes place at the dimension Beta Becile complex.

## Plot

### Feed Me Now

Halcyon and Warren are at work, and Halcyon pitches the idea of genetic engineering to Warren to change his hair color, just to see if it was possible. Warren agrees, and they go through a short physical before introducing the new hair color gene. Upon its success, Warren agrees to going further with genetic testing.

### Benny Goodman

Warren agrees to receiving genes for bioluminescence. However, he gets more than he bargained for, as Halcyon had also introduced genes that changed his ears to be more animalistic. Halcyon is dismissive of his worries.

### Puzzle Pieces

Halcyon has prepared a room for Warren to stay in during his time being their test subject, and he is highly resistant, still in shock over his ears. Halcyon intimidates him into submission, then begins to collect genetic samples from him, including drawing blood, collecting hair, and scraping the inside of his cheek with a swab. After this, they lock him in his room.

Later on, Warren is still isolated and alone, and due to his heightening senses, experiences severe sensory overload.

### Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare

Warren is laid out on Halcyon's worktable as they are marking his skin for vivisection. Halcyon praises him, telling him he is extremely valuable, and as Warren realizes they plan to cut him open, he tries to escape. Halcyon gives him anesthesia and he slips into unconsciousness.

Warren awakens in his room after the procedure, wanting to simply go home.

### 1997

Halcyon shows Warren to a group of investors to acquire more funding for their work and the bioengineering sector of Becile Industries as a whole. The investors are skeptical at first until Halcyon manages to convince them by showing what they've done to Warren.

Later on, after the meeting, Halcyon writes a report about Warren and what they plan to do with him moving forward.

### Honest Feedback

Warren, under the influence of heavy sedative drugs, is spoon-fed dinner by Halcyon. Eventually, they leave to take care of something, accidentally leaving his door open. Warren, delirious while the medicine wears off, makes it out of their lab and gets lost in the Becile complex until he blacks out.

### At Least I Have Nothing

Now unable to recognize himself in the mirror, Warren is quickly losing hope and motivation to fight for himself. Halcyon comes to fetch him from his room, and they leave once more to get something for their experiment. In Halcyon's absence, Warren uses their bonesaw to cut off the horns he'd grown, angering Halcyon when they return. When Halcyon tries to confront him, he tries to escape, but is sedated once more, going through with the planned experiment.

### You Do It Well

Halcyon hears Warren crying in his room and goes in to comfort him. They sit together for a while after Halcyon promises they don't have an experiment planned, and then they take him outside to get fresh air for a while. When they both return to the lab, Halcyon shows Warren the embryo of the very first clone, Rho Psi-0, but Warren knocks it out of their hand and stomps on it, thus killing it. Halcyon, angry, berates him, and locks him in his room.

### Hands Up Robert

After not speaking to Warren for quite a while, Halcyon calls upon him to be part of an experiment on themselves. When Halcyon goes under anesthesia, Warren mixes random fluids into the syringe and injects them with the cocktail before finally making his escape. He goes home and reunites with his cat, Domino, and realizes it is unsafe to stay at home. He takes Domino and whatever clothes he can pack to a hotel to hide out for a while.

However, he realizes he left his cell phone in his office back at the Becile complex, and sneaks in at night to retrieve it. There, he runs into Halcyon, becoming the first person to see their face, and he narrowly escapes them again.

### Stories

After settling into his new apartment, Warren begins to experience withdrawal effects from coming down from the sedatives Halcyon gave him. He eventually makes himself dinner, and when he sits down to eat, he turns on the TV but is surprised to see an interview with Halcyon. He immediately shuts it off and eats in silence.

Months later, Warren had begun to drink alcohol more chronically, eventually coming in to work intoxicated. After arguing with his supervisor, he is placed on leave for a week.

Even later, Warren is stuck, relying entirely on alcohol and tobacco to cope with what Halcyon had done to him. While drinking on the couch, he realizes he'd forgotten to feed Domino, and that is enough to shock him into changing his ways and healing properly.

### Balsa Wood Bones

Finally, years later, Warren has been tasked with mechanizing Vincent in exchange for information about Halcyon and the Psi group, leading into Only A Lad.

## Trivia

* Voyeur was originally not planned to be an album story, but in its planning stages had enough chapters to match the amount of songs on the album's tracklist.