Exploration Log XXXX-1

Opening Statement: Exploratory Mission XXXX-1 was scheduled for 4 June 2019, with an exploration team of four, led by Researcher Young and Assistant Researcher Parss. Extensive muscle training and mountain climbing safety lessons were given to the team.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 0
The ride here was shit. Still don't understand why they didn't send a team. Locals hate our guts. And I have to listen to my assistant. Apparently, she's the better mountain climber.

Here's to finding champagne at the top.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 2
The climb here was shit. I tripped on my ass several times. It's cold as all hell, but dammit if it doesn't look nice from up here.

Oh shit, I have to write our progress. Right. Yeah…

Thirteen days of rations left.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 4
I thought it would take longer to get to the skip. Since we packed 14 days of heavy ass rations. Fuck me.

Well.

We're here.

Nothing of note. We are exactly where the map led us to.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 5
So the entrance to the glorified man cave was hidden under a snow covered rock. Yeah, that was easy. The HELL it isn't.

Took us a fucking day. Wasting our fucking time. Gave us a fucking map but couldn't tell us where the fucking switch was.

Right. I should talk about the skip. Miserable. That's what it was. Opens up, first thing we see is darkness. We use the flashlights, and absolutely hundreds of vats. It was creepy as all hell.

Just naked people, floating in mysterious vats. To be honest, I liked that. Not because of the naked people. Parss, if you're reading this, get the fuck out. No, I like it because I'm back in the research. Fuck exercise. Fuck you, Parss.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 7
So! A lot of things have been discovered.

Firstly, this place is fucking massive. I counted 80 by 80 rows, and it just goes down! I got Parss to climb down. She tells me that she got to the end of the rope, and had to climb back up. That rope is 500m!

Secondly, this place is still active. I was watching the thingy on the ceiling, and every now and then, it starts cranking, and out pops a human! I'm not sure how the device works, but I climbed up and inspected it, and I found a window. Just a little bit above the all the pipes. I'm not sure why whoever made the thing would add a window if it was so hard to get to.

Shit. It was… interesting.

The machine seems to force together a bunch of parts. I'm not sure how else to explain it. It's as if they took a person, ripped them apart, and then forced the bits back together.

Mission Log, Researcher Young: Day 9
I'm close. I got one of the guards to crack open a vat, and we took the liquid for testing. The liquid seems to be a more advanced version of methanal. No irritation, longer lasting, just. Better.

The man in the vat woke up.

Hello.

Mission Log, Assistant Researcher Parss: Day 10
We report one casualty. Researcher Young accidentally fell off the catwalks. She was leaning on the railings when they broke under her. We are now traveling downwards in order to affirm casualty.

She spoke to me last night. Said she knew something about the machine. A hypothesis.

I didn't think too hard about it. We talked about hypothesis's in our free time. I didn't know…

Mission Log, Agent Band: Day 11
Rations are low.

We were able to reach the bottom, and we found two bodies and documents.

We were able to confirm the death of Researcher Young. However, the second body is unknown. Male. Probably the creator of this place.

The documents are all coded, and Researcher Parss is currently unable to decipher them, so we’re bringing them home.

Agent Yorcik took the supplies from Researcher Young. For the man.

Agent Band, out.

Concluding Statement: On the 18 of June 2019, Researcher Parss, Agent Band,, Agent Yorcik, and the man reached the base of the mountain. Researcher Parss showed signs of depression, so she was referred to a psychologist. Agent Band and Agent Yorcik have yet to write a post mission report.