AN- Just trying this out for fun. Don't expect much from it. Not sure if I should put this chapter here, or in a different spot, but for now it stays.

LOST ECHO LOG #1

ECHO LOG

Uncover the history of Pandora!

JACK: How's my little Angel doing today? You know what I'm going to ask, but I'll say it anyway because I know how much you love hearing my voice. So tell me, are there any new candidates today? Because I'm getting bored sitting here in my office with nothing to do. It's just so...boring. How do you do it?

ANGEL: ...Sir, there's one more candidate that you might be interested in. This person is slightly unorthodox, with almost no known information, but recent evidence that came to light suggests he has the potential to be a Vault Hunter.

JACK: Unorthodox? There are enough freaks running around Pandora, just because he's a bit strange doesn't mean he's one of them. You're going to have to be a little more specific than that sweetie. Oh, and this better not be another mystery ninja assassin speaking in haikus.

ANGEL: ...

JACK: Alright, fine. I'll play nice, listen to what you have to say, then decide what to do about this "unorthodox" Vault Hunter. So don't get an attitude with me. What can you tell me about him then? Or is he so shrouded in mystery that even you, with your infinite wisdom, powers, and resources, are stumped—again? Hey, get this, if this doesn't entertain me then that idiot is going to die and it'll be all your fault. I'll make sure his death will be slow, painful, and with slag poured all over his stupid, unorthodox face! Then, I'm going to feed him to a mama skag and her pups! Oh man, that's going to be a riot to watch!

ANGEL: ...He goes by Shaggoth. His First appearance was 5 years ago, several months after the Vault opened. Found screaming by bandits while covered in large amounts of eridium, half-insane, and clearly delusional. The bandits mistook him as some new type of mutant psycho and attempted to rehabilitate him. Eventually, they got tired of the screaming and tried to kill him.

JACK: Angel, So far this isn't very promising. Are you trying to waste my time? Truly, this is the exploit of the century from an oh so mighty and feared Hunter of the Vault. This isn't sounding like a Vault Hunter at all Angel, so tell me what happened that made you decide to put him as a candidate for the list.

ANGEL: I don't know exactly what happened. All I know is that the event was devastating when it happened. At first, I believed it to be a result of the eridium mining operations, but similar occurrences that happened throughout the years are making me think otherwise. Satellite facilities went down on the south coast for several hours, along with large amounts of incoming ECHOnet data becoming corrupted. Looking back, I noticed that when the systems rebooted back online he, the bandits, and several large chunks of the landscape were just...gone. Only a recent recovering of an ECHO log let me connect it back to him.

JACK: Hmm. Play it.

RECOVERED ECHO LOG

BANDIT HIDEOUT

The screaming is in my head!

*Screaming in background*

BANDIT LEADER: Alright, come on guys. It was fun at first, but how many days in a row has our toy been screaming for now? I've had enough of this shit. It's just not fun anymore. For fuck's sake, even Greg doesn't make that much noise when he finds another psycho friend to screech with. It's really starting to freak me out and give me the chilly willies just listening to him. I'm gonna say what I know everyone is thinking. Why don't we just kill him?

GREG: Yes! The voices! The voices are inside me! Ordering me to end and eat the evil magic man! I want his ribcage! A grill of bone would make a fine addition to my humble kitchen appliance collection! It'd make the meat more succulent!

BANDIT LEADER: See, even Greg agrees with me! And half the time I think he doesn't even understand words—or anything normal really. Ahem. So are we all in agreement now? Does that mean nobody is going to complain if I just walk up, put a gun to this loudmouths head, and pull the trigger—like...this?

*Bang*

BANDIT LEADER: Hahaha! Guess not! Take that you asshole! Piss me off with all your screaming? That's what you get! Hey everyone, the screaming finally stopped! Now we can finally—

BANDIT: Hey boss, is twitching like that normal for a dead guy?

BANDIT LEADER: What the hell?

GREG: The meat puppet! It rises on its strings and it seems from even this situation, we can see that irony is not absent. For we are all small and foolish, mistakenly awakening a being not of this world through our ravenous greed. The actions we have taken damning us, forcing us to acknowledge the deep, dark, and terrifying unknown. Our foolish greed blinded us to the dangers that hid in the dark. This servant of the gods has found another to serve. With cries of SHAGGOTH on our lips, we shall die.

BANDIT LEADER: What the hell is wrong with Greg? Shit, watch out! Q̻̻͉͖ͅụ̡͈̯̘͔̦i̢̪͎̗͠c̶҉̩̦̖͔k̖̝̖͙̟̜͠͞!͈̻̫͍͠ ̶̛͇͇K̢̗͚̖͞i̝̣͈̹̠̫͍͜l̴̠̼l̪̕—͕͇͙̭̝́Ḁ͓̲̫̦͎ͅĢ̶͈͇͔̙͕̰͎̯͡ͅĢ͓̻̥̥̕̕G̷̷̬̯̘͙͈̫̯H̡͍̤H̨̜̤̙͇̀H̯̻͔̠͈͍̲̮͘͟!̧̻̘̤͎̝̯͕͜͠ ̗̲̟͔̭̩̼͟͠ͅ

S̷̳̬̦H̟̭͕́A̜̠̤͉͎̝̟̙͝ͅG̟̣̜͕͉G͕̠̥̙̙͕̫͈͘͢O̱̯͔̺̙̹͈̻͢͞T̵̥̮̩͔͇̮̜͍̝̀H̪̹̞̳̥̻̣ͅ:̹̹̩̹̕͟ͅ ̛̖̮N̨͇̪̭̼ơ̴̫͖͇̦̠͉̞͕̲͘n̺͉̠̬̜̼̲̰͍e̶̛̳̗̮̖̲̭ ͍̫̳ơ͕̺̻̖̹̠̺̘f̶̸̪̟ ͈̰̝t̡̝̼̜̹̞͇̣̩͍͝ḩ̸̖̩̝͈i̡͍̥̜̗̥̩ś̴̰̞̳̜̠̬̤͎ͅ ̢҉͕̠̟c̷̨̜̳̙̯̳̳̱̭a̶̡̢̞̼ͅn̯͈̱̣̻͚ͅ ̨̘̖̝̫̟͍̟͙b̷̶̳̜̯̬̬̥̠͝e̴͔ ̛̘̯̻̼͙͈̮̰̘̀r̶̨̯̳̹̯̻̣e͏҉̵̩̭̙̝͍̰͓̖͎a̼̠̟̥̣̥͝ͅl͏͕̬̬͚̜̟̳!̳͕ ̛̞̮̫͇̪̮͓̻͘Ì̸̤̤͝t̟̠͡'̶̛̘͍͢s̛͏̯͚̹͍̫̻ ̴̵̦͎͠a͉̺̫̥̕ͅl̶̺̞̜̯̫̤͡ḽ͉̖̙͎͍̮͢ ͎̣̱̖̬̝̹͢͝a̳ ̻́̕͡g̵̗̻̝̟a͓̰m̶̩̫͇̺̪͉̩͜e̳͇͇̲͚͟͝!̴̳͍ ̷͉̤̗̱͕͎̮̹A̢͈͎̲̻̲̦̰͡ ̥̖̣̞̺̕g̶̷̹̤̩̀a̷̜̫̳͘m҉̹͎̯̥͔̪͕e̴̩̦͓̥̩̦̥̱͔!̢̣̺̠̪̺͢ͅ Ì͓̘̠̲̹'̠̭͉̩͚͚͔m̴̤̫ ̡̟̩̼͚̹̭͇s̢͍̜̖̰̝o͚̲͞ͅr̼̺̻̱̪̫̕r̸̬ý̝͇̝!̵̷̲͖̙̫͝ I͎͍̺̱͢'͚̣̙̭͡ͅv͢͠͏̜̟̖͈͍̙̥e̶͈̮̝ ͏̸͈̻͔̹g͖̜͉͈̠͓̫͎o̢̙͜ț̞̦̼͉̗̭̱̕ ̵̭̯̻͚̣̳̟̺̫ţ̖̞͎̹̙̩̪o̥͚͓̫͕͍̙͘ ̶͙̝̗̤͕g̩͖̠̳͕̤͈̺͉͡͞e̸̸͎̱̘͚͇ț̞̱̪͓̜͎̦̪͟ ̡͡͏͖̝̹̬̞̹̙̭b̵̰͈̟̻̗̞͡a̧̤͈̩c̶̙̣͓̲͖̣̠͍͖͘k̨̼̯̖͍̪̙͔!̨̧̘̰̗̭̩

MANUFACTURER'S NOTE

MESSAGE TO OUR VALUED CUSTOMER

The DAHL corporation is regretful to inform you that the remaining [131,400] minute(s) of your ECHO recording device has become corrupted, much like our competitors. To help us defend freedom, please bring it to the nearest certified DAHL technician to evaluate the cause so we can best solve the problem—most likely with a stream of highly accurate automatic fire from a reliable DAHL rifle.

Reminder: Any tampering of DAHL property is considered violating and breaching company [law/policy]. The offender will be [seen/arrested/prosecuted/punished] as a terrorist in the eyes of DAHL law.

JACK: Interesting...