Electronic Journal Entry #2
Subject: Unfortunate Circumstances
Well, my second entry into this electronic journal is going to be rather poor in regards to my news and information; very much opposed to my last electronic journal I made a month ago. The first thing I came across that worried me was a bit more insight into Miss Gaeradon's current affairs. That news would be that the young faunus girl was meant to attend the famed Beacon Academy this coming year [1]. While the disruption of her education as a hunter is not my main concern (I should state that to take such a promising huntress from such quality education does bother me, as it only weakens the defenses against the grimm), it is the fact that I acquired someone who's disappearance may draw unwanted attention.
Despite her being a faunus, Professor Ozpin is far more open minded than most people in this world, and he may show some interest in miss Gaeradon's disappearance. Some may interpret my inclination for capturing faunus for my subjects to be evidence towards a discriminatory personality, however it is not my own discrimination that makes them viable targets. Rather, when most of the higher authorities of the places I collect subjects from are very biased against faunus, it means no legitimate investigation is ever directed towards their disappearance and thus towards me. Most of these indifferent figures of power simply label the missing persons to have been killed by some bigot, or maybe run off to join the White Fang.
It works well in my favor, just because I can acquire subjects without drawing attention and possibly disrupting my work.
Back on topic however, as I seem to have distracted myself, Beacon Academy is most certainly a place that would take interest in the disappearance of their students. So, I now regret somewhat my choice of choosing miss Gaeradon. I should have researched a bit more into who she was going to have relations with. What's done is done however.
The other unfortunate news is that, I am now unable to further conduct research into Miss Gaeradon's semblance, as it seems all fighting spirit she may have had has now left the young woman. Yesterday's attempt at another combat experiment gave me no results, as she did not even attempt to defend herself against my attacks. I had to cancel the experiment as I have no intention of killing her unless absolutely necessary.
In many ways I am disappointed that this had occur. One, I was not expecting a huntress in training to give up so easily. Most see such combat experiments as a wondrous chance to try and get their revenge upon me for the harsh conditions I put them in. Granted, I am well aware that eventually their morale will break, especially given the odds stacked against them, but she caved far earlier than I had been expecting. I guess I can take some comfort in the idea that I may have prevented Beacon from wasting its resources on someone was to weak in willpower. It is a shame really, as physically and skill wise she did appear to be a very capable future huntress.
It upsets me, as with her refusing to participate in the experiment, I cannot measure the activity of her semblance to test my hypotheses, two I have already stated in my previous entry though I did develop a possible third one. The third one was that miss Gaeradon's semblance directs the thermal energy into her own body, offering another explanation as to why there appeared to be very little temperature change in the surrounding air. All I can do now is try to replicate her semblance myself, and test these various hypotheses; it will be difficult not knowing which of my hypotheses are correct however.
My next issue is what I am to do with miss Gaeradon at this time. While the simplest solution would simply be to kill her and dispose of her, I am not one who likes to just toss aside valuable individuals. While her will may be broken right now, I think that with proper rehabilitation should could return to her former capabilities, and lead to another strong huntress to help defend against the grimm. While I am more than capable of providing the necessary therapy myself, I think it is safe to assume she is not going to respond well to my treatments given my actions towards her. She will only interpret my actions as malevolent in nature and thus ignore them.
The best solution I have is, unfortunately, another experimental one I have. It is an solution injected into the bloodstream that I have recently developed, however I have not had much time to test how well it works. In simple terms, the solution is meant to induce complete short-term memory loss, as well as disrupt recollection of more recent memories stored into her long-term memory. I am simply glad I do not make a habit of revealing my face or name, as well as making sure that during transportation of subjects they are thoroughly unconscious. She should only be able to, at best, recall some memories of the experiments and what some of the facilities looked like. However, with no discernible marking to indicate her actual location, I will be safe. I should state that it is entirely possible she may suffer from Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder [2], and her mind will not easily recall the details of her internment anyways. I can only hope that my solution does not cause any permanent damage other than to her memories.
Notes by General James Ironwood
[1]: Yillman Gaeradon was to attend Beacon Academy as stated in this report, having graduated from Delmat Combat School in Vale. She was graded very high in her physical capabilities, as well as in use of her semblance. Investigation into her disappearance has her parents losing track of her in route to the city of Vale. She had intended to arrive to Vale early, to get to know the place according to her parents.
Their last contact with her was mid-route to Vale from the town of Delmat where she lived. She had been travelling by land, and no information of what had occur to result in her capture has been discovered, as there were no witnesses to the kidnapping.
As stated by Vaulter in this file, no real investigation to her disappearance was ever conducted until we recovered her south of Vale.
[2]: Yillman Gaeradon has been officially diagnosed with PTSD, and sadly she has been having a difficult time recovering from the ordeal. It seems that the serum Heinrich Vaulter had used on her, as well as the stress of her incarceration, has caused severe memory issues. I have been told that specifically she is suffering from false memories of what had occurred, as well as dealing with repression of specific details.
Miss Gaeradon is currently receiving treatment from Atlas' Mental Health department, a part of the Atlantian Greater Hospital. Her current doctor is Alamean Indrisil, who reports that progress has been slow in aiding miss Gaeradon with recovery from the trauma.
We can only speculate that Vaulter's serum is the main cause of this, though without knowing the exact chemistry of it we can not truly determine how much of it is the cause of miss Gaeradon's immense anxiety and inability to recall proper memories of the incident.