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SPECIMEN-362
Specimen Designation: Secured
Instance of Specimen-362 in Storage Site-77
Containment Procedures:
All instances of Specimen-3621 are to be kept in a rectangular airtight plastic case and to be guarded in a secure locker in the Anomalous Artifacts wing of Storage Site-77. Experimentation has proven that subjects affected by the Specimen may be administered standard amnestics in order to pretermit the desires provoked by Specimen-362, however should the Institute deem the subject’s outputs to be greatly beneficial to the public (or to the Institute itself), then the Court may vote to utilize the affected subject’s potential. In cases of a large population epidemic affected by Specimen-362 wherein amnestics are not readily available, anti-anxiety medications may be administered to temporarily offset the reaction, however it must be noted that this will only serve to temporarily delay the course of the psychological effect and is thus not feasible as a permanent, long-term solution.
Description:
Specimen-362 is a 210x297 mm completely blank white sheet of paper. Specimen-362’s anomalous properties take effect when a subject attempts to draw on the Specimen regardless of whatever method the subject utilizes. Despite strict instructions including punishable repercussions on what to draw or if the subject is instructed to draw randomly without any clear goal, the subject will still eventually start to lose focus and end up drawing one of their most salient childhood aspirations on the Specimen. After the Specimen is taken away from the subject, the drawings and markings the subject has inputted on the Specimen will immediately vanish by unknown means. After the incident, the subject will start to feel emotions of dissatisfaction and anxiety with their current lifestyle as well as a sense of incompleteness regardless of how successful they are at the present. They will also begin to have desires to fulfill the childhood aspiration they drew on Specimen-362, and these will constantly appear either in dreams or as random intrusive thoughts. Subjects report experiencing migraines, effects similar to withdrawal symptoms, random minor blackouts, and in rare severe cases of non-compliance a comatose state which may range for several days. These symptoms persist until the subject begins to pursue the said childhood aspiration. It is noted that the subjects will do anything to pursue their childhood dream even if they have physical and medical limitations (See Case Reports 362-2). The specimen does not seem to have any effect on users who are blind, paralyzed, users who are within the concrete operational stage of development or below (generally children who are 11 years old or below or people with neurocognitive disorders mimicking this stage of development) and those who have already achieved their most salient childhood aspiration be it by the influence of Specimen-362 or not.
Discovery:
There were reports from neighboring towns to the government upon noticing that a certain quiet simple town located in █████,████ suddenly became technologically advanced and that a number of the residents there started to become really successful. Upon intervention and investigation by the Institute and after interviewing the residents in the reported town, the researchers noted that it all started when an unknown psychiatrist named Dr. ██████ started a psych clinic in that town five years ago and required all of the town residents to draw on the Specimen for a "survey". The residents would then constantly go back to the psychiatrist due to the feelings of incompleteness and anxiety upon realizing their childhood aspirations. The aforementioned psychiatrist would attempt to persuade them to achieve said aspirations and would aid them in achieving their goals. Deployment and arrival of Institute agents at the clinic found the establishment to be completely bare of all furniture and items except for a single mahogany desk with Specimen-362 lying on top of it. Further experimentation and analysis led to the discovery of Specimen-362’s anomalous properties and was thus detained. The town residents of █████,████ was hence screened and amnesticized accordingly (See Case Reports 362-2).
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Case Report 362-1
UNCOVERING REPORT BY AGENT CUNDEL OF DEPLOYMENT FORCE ALPHA-6 "CONSTABLES" UPON INVESTIGATION OF █████ TOWN
December 13, 20██
[START LOG]
I was assigned with fellow DF agents Rachie and Monroe to investigate █████ town by order of the Institute. Reports coming in from surrounding locals have caused concern for possible anomalous activity. After DF Tau-8 “Plato’s Cave” was sent to administer amnestics to the surrounding towns and wiped all digital and physical traces of these reports, we were sent to scout the location and report back our findings. When we approached the periphery of the mainroad on the outskirts of the town, we were forced to disembark from our vehicle by an automaton stationed at the entrance. Apparently, our vehicle would not be able to traverse the town’s thoroughfares as the streets seemed to be made of glass and are riddled with spherical reactor-type contraptions for every square meter. Either way, I had to go out of our car anyways to confirm that what I had indeed seen was not some optical illusion. What greeted us was a marvelous utopia-like city, with glistening white spires and what seems to be sleek aeronautic vehicles darting across the skies above the town. I could not believe my eyes, this spectacle was something out of a scifi children’s show, and this is coming from me who works in the Institute. I could see that even Rachie and Monroe were impressed. The automaton approached us and inquired about our interest in the town. Finally steeling myself, I showed the robot my identification card and demanded to speak to whoever was in charge. There was a soft whirring sound coming from the robot’s head, and soon after a white vehicle which looked like a Chevrolet SUV flew to our location. Glancing at each other, the three of us clambered in, and was greeted by a regally-dressed but awfully young adolescent by the name of Mr. ██████. He smiled after noticing our strange looks and told us that he was the new mayor of the town, something he has wanted to be as a child, and soon possibly to become an ambassador for the United Nations. He ushered us in and promised to explain everything en route to his office. With no better option, we clicked a signal to the Institute that we were entering the town’s territory and got in the vehicle.
[END LOG]
Case Reports 362-2
Notable Town Residents Logs Prior to Amnesticization [All names expunged and replaced with fake initials. Only some examples and notable logs are included. The full list may be acquired in Site-77’s Records Office with proper clearance.]
Mr. A
Demographics: 43 years old. Father of a family of 4. Husband to Mrs. A.
Previous occupation: Town Mayor
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: Stepped down from position and joined the local police force. Currently Sergeant of the local precinct. Referred to by his co-workers as Sergeant “Smileybear”. Expected to take the Captain’s examination.
Status: Amnestic deemed unnecessary.
Mrs. A
Demographics: 42 years old. Mother of a family of 4. Wife to Mr. A.
Previous occupation: Housewife
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: Applied and currently studying in ████ Law School. One of their brightest and most favored students. Holds leadership positions in various organizations.
Status: Amnestic deemed unnecessary.
Ms. S
Demographics: 18 years old. Daughter of a family of 3.
Previous occupation: Undergraduate student in █████,████ University. Bachelor of Science Major in Biology. No known affiliations and is considered an introvert by her peers.
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: Has been observed to be abnormally sleep deprived by her peers and professors. Trained in various martial arts in UFC gyms. Held in high regard for her exceptional talent and growth in martial arts skills.
Status: Charged for repeated assaults on muggers, robbers, drug dealers, and politicians. Was reported to be wearing a black leather jacket and ski mask as well as equipped with spiked gloves and boots upon capture by Institute agents. Multiple casualties were sustained during capture. Amnestic applied. Following Site-10 Facility Breach, Ms. S has been reported missing. Immediate capture is advised.
Mr. F
Demographics: 25. Male. Son of a family of 6. Confined and raised for the majority of his life in his family’s home due to a birth defect of being born without legs. Education was limited to being home tutored.
Previous occupation: Online English tutor.
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: In possession of various books about bioengineering and has attended several lectures and symposiums concerning stem cell research. Upon investigation by the Institute, his room was observed to contain blueprints of electronic limbs. Miniature prototypes of electronic limbs were scattered around. Most notably there were █████ with electronic legs kept in cages.
Status: Amnestic applied. Research confiscated by Institute scientists.
Mr. T
Demographics: 30. Male. Son of a family of 3. Background checking revealed that he was sexually, physically, and mentally abused by his father.
Previous occupation: Part-time cashier at ██████
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: Charged with murder of ██ number of people, including his entire family. Charged with arson for multiple establishments. Charged with illegal possession of firearms, explosives, and █████. Known to have various conflict encounters with Ms. S and finally detained by her.
Status: Terminated by execution
Ms. L Specimen-362-B2
Demographics: 82. Female. No immediate family. Parents and siblings perished in a commercial flight accident when she was seven years old. Has a PhD in Industrial Engineering.
Previous occupation: Retired professor at █████ University.
Effect from exposure to Specimen-362: Manufactured stable electromagnetic alloys fitted onto all the establishments in the town providing more effective insulation and protection as well as for the purpose of aerovehicular travel. Manufactured varieties of magnetic levitation devices and transportation. Patented nanobots for the purpose of ██████████████. Manufactured drones by utilizing ████████████. Manufactured ███████████ weapons ██████████. Intervention by Institute agents resulted in █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████. Confirmation for deployment of Inquisition Forces approved by the Court. Inquisition Forces sustained █ casualties and ██ deaths before Ms. L was finally apprehended. Charged with multiple murders of Institute agents and retaliation against the Institute.
Status: All contraptions in the town manufactured by Ms. L were taken down and confiscated. By majority vote of the Court, Ms. L was sedated and relocated to Site-10. Hence designated as Specimen-362-B, Ms. L will be kept under strict surveillance and will be kept alive so long as she complies to the wishes and requests of the Institute. Following Facility Breach of Site-10, Specimen-362-B has been declared to be one of the five successfully escaped Specimens from containment. On-site camera footage reveals her being carried by a dark hooded figure with spiked gloves and presumably modified cleats with high-grade barbs underneath due to the piercing indentations leading outside the facility. The figure reportedly used grapplehooks, smoke bombs, and a proficiency in martial arts to avoid security as well as the other escaping Specimens. Specimen-362-B is to be immediately captured or terminated in a last-case scenario.3
Case Report 362-3
Interview Transcript of Specimen-362-B formerly known was Ms. █████████ Following Capture by Inquisition Force Omega-1 “Olympus”
Date of Interview: January 13, 20██
Interviewer: Senior Researcher Dr. Langley Vinci, Psychoanomalous Division
[BEGIN LOG]Dr. Vinci: Good afternoon, Ms. █████████. I apologize in advance for this, but for the duration of your confinement here in the Institute you will be designated as Specimen-362-B. This is really just a formality for tracking purposes. Now, I suppose you have a lot of questions which you want answering?
Specimen-362-B: Save yer gobbling, sonny. Da reason why I was able to kill yer men is because I already knew about yer precious secret Institute.
Dr. Vinci: And yet here you are. How were you able to acquire information about the Institute, if I may ask?
Specimen-362-B: Wouldn’t you like ta know.
Specimen-362-B cackles loudly
Dr. Vinci: Answer the question Specimen-362-B.
Specimen-362-B: Or wut. You’ll call’n those guards outside to gun me? I’m old, mister whoever-you-are. I’ve nuthin left to live fer, except for the young’uns.
Dr. Vinci: The young’uns?
Specimen-362-B: Da future generation. Da children. Da ones Jesus says we have ta be like to enter da kin'dom of heaven. Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t care; what with y’all bein’ holed inside this fancy jail cell.
Dr. Vinci: Jail cell? The Institute was founded as humankind’s forerunning response to anomalous—-
Specimen-362-B: I SAID SHUT YER YAP ABOUT YER DARN IN-SHIT-UTE!!!!
Dr. Vinci is silent for a few seconds. Specimen-362-B sighs.
Specimen-362-B: Look, I know what y'all are about. Da In-shit-ute, da Court of Seven that runs the damn place, yer Deployment and Inquisition Forces that are just da Court's slave dogs. Ya think you can protect everyone from things we can't explain. Ya think you CAN explain what we can't explain. Ya think you can contain them "anomalous" specimens. But y'all only scratched the mere surface of it. Der's a deeper meaning be'ind eberything that ya just don't understand. So save me the petty lecture. Just give yer damn questions and be over with it.
Dr. Vinci: I see. Alright. Firstly, concerning Specimen-362: How and why did you come into contact with the Specimen and how has Specimen-362 affected you? Feel free to include any detail no matter how trivial you may think it is.
Specimen-362-B: What was dat da young’uns say? Ah yes, "Yer mom."
Specimen-362-B grins. Dr. Vinci remains silent. Specimen-362-B sighs again.
Specimen-362-B: Ya won’t grow any older den me if ya dun smile once in a while, ya know.
Dr. Vinci: In my line of work, there is nothing to smile about.
Specimen-362-B: I bet. Dat’s why you have ta give credit to dem kiddos, they’re always finding a smile in da smallest things.
Dr. Vinci: Answer the question, please.
Specimen-362-B: Fine.
Specimen-362-B mutters something indiscernible.
Specimen-362-B: Dr. ██████ first arrived at our town five years ago. That same kind psychiatrist helped me. Me, an old woman like me who had nuthin else ta give to da world. He gave us da world, and in return we wanted ta give back to da world. He helped all of us.
Dr. Vinci: Ah, him. Yes, we have records from your fellow town residents concerning this individual. May you please tell me more about him?
Specimen-362-B: Such a kind man, he was. Very nice. Much, much older than me, however.
Dr. Vinci: Older than you? In his 90s for example?
Specimen-362-B: HAHAHAHHAHA. No sonny, MUCH much older than me.
Specimen-362-B grins.
Dr. Vinci: I see. Any distinguishing features?
Specimen-362-B: Whateber eberyone else told ya is all I know too.
Dr. Vinci: The descriptions we were given are still vague at this point.
Specimen-362-B: Tch. We all can't git a good look at 'em. He wears a huge trench coat, a tall hat, and black spectacles even indoors. I scoffed at him once about it, an' he just gave me a good laugh. Speakin of which, one thing is fo sure tho: he has the warmest voice. Like a granpappy.
Dr. Vinci: That is really all you can say?
Specimen-362-B: I told ya, we all can't git a good look at 'em.
Dr. Vinci: Alright, noted. Now, what brought you to comply to the usage of Specimen-362?
Specimen-362-B: It started when he knocked on mah door one day. I thought he was a house-robber what with 'is menacing garb, but when 'e greeted me I knew dat man would nae hurt a fly. Such a bootiful voice he has. 'E carried the paper y'all call Specimen-362 with him that day, and politely asked fer a few minutes of mah time to draw anythin' on it for a survey of 'is. 'Course, not having many visitors I invited em inside and we had a lovely chat. Before ah knew it, it was already supper and da kind doctor had ta leave. He gave me 'is card and told me to visit him at his new clinic in the town anytime. As I lay in bed that night, dats when the dreams started coming agin.
Dr. Vinci: What sort of dreams?
Specimen-362-B: Ack, jus' sumthin that happened long ago. I was a tiny sass back den, when I lost mah family in a plane accident. I was stayin' at boardin' school that day. I remember cryin' fer weeks when ah heard da news. I cursed da sky above that took mah ma and pa and siblings and screamed at da heavens. I thought to myself that day, if only der was a safer way ta fly. A safer way ta take control of da air.
Dr. Vinci: And that let to your inspiration for your technology?
Specimen-362-B: Yes. Well, fer most of mah inventions anyways.
Dr. Vinci: I see. So what happened to you after you started having the dreams?
Specimen-362-B: At first ah ignored it, but next thing I knew dat scene was playin' in my head again and again and again and I just couldn't take it. My neighbor, ████████, told me dat a similar thing was happenin' to her, and that it helps ta visit da psychiatrist that arrived in da town. However, my body is not as strong as it used ta be, so ah phoned him to come over for our sessions. We became closer since, and he told me many things.
Dr. Vinci: What sort of things?
Specimen-362-B: Ohhh idle chit-chat. How da weather was, how our lives were-
Dr. Vinci: Excuse me. I apologize for the interruption, but has he told you about where he came from and how he came into possession of Specimen-362?
Specimen-362-B tilts her head
Specimen-362-B: What makes ya think it was 'em that got Specimen-362 and not da other way around?
Dr. Vinci: What do you mean?
Specimen-362-B is silent
Dr. Vinci: Answer the question, Specimen-362-B.
Specimen-362-B remains silent.
Dr. Vinci: Answer the question, please.
Specimen-362-B: He told me about yer Institute too, by da way.
Dr. Vinci: He did?
Specimen-362-B nods
Specimen-362-B: He hates you. Tho he doesn’t want ya gone, he still hates you.
Dr. Vinci: Why does he dislike the Institute?
Specimen-362-B: Yer stopping the future from happening. Ya keep focusin' on studying that which you don't understand, that ya ferget to understand those you can. Don't you have a kid, doctor? Or a family? What about their futures? Specimen-362-B leans closer All I’ll say is dis, sonny. A storm is brewin’, somethin’ bigger’n all of us. No one can stop it. Da best we can do is ta assure the success of the future generation and to usher da ones who will come after us. Dat’s my, and his, dream as well. I’m ready to kick da bucket at any time what with my ripe age, but I won’t be able to rest until I know the kids will grow up fine in da world to come.
Dr. Vinci: What do you mean by a storm? What is coming?
Specimen-362-B: Specimen-001.
The chair clatters to the ground as Dr. Vinci suddenly stands up.
Dr. Vinci: HOW DID YOU KNOW OF SPECIMEN-001? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SPECIMEN-001? DOES THIS PSYCHIATRIST KNOW TOO? WHAT IS COMING???
Specimen-362-B continues to cackle. Guards come in the interview room as Dr. Vinci attempts to use physical force.
[END LOG]
Further interview logs can be accessed in the Records Office of Storage Site-77. Despite a need for extracting further concerning information, Specimen-362-B’s frail body deemed torture of all kinds unfeasible. Specimen-362-B is to be contained in Site-10 until further notice. The aforementioned psychiatrist shall hence be known as Specimen-362-A.
