Chapter 57: A Report

A change of pace. Delta Meadow expansion incoming.

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Summary of Chroma HX results, log 1:

[DATE REDACTED] January 2017,

HX "TIDE" Mk.1 appropriated for use on the following subjects:

1. CHAILE VALENTINE

2. TRAVIS MCNEIL

Prior to the test, Subject 2 displayed intense fear. Subject 1 was aloof; did not communicate any emotion with researchers. Displayed antisocial tendencies as normal, described by documents.

Following the test, Subject 2 refused to leave his quarters for three days. Subject 1 displayed signs of unrest, difficulty breathing, reported headaches and outbursts of emotion, ranging from melancholy to unnecessary gratitude.

Doctor Kimberly Valentine reported briefing Subject 1 on possible effects of "TIDE". Subject 1 exhibited strong trust in the doctor. Test made inconclusive.

"TIDE" Mk.1 examined. Processors overheated. Replaced at high expense. Graphic interface performed as desired. (Variable sine wave; algorithms determined by brain mapping.) Mirco-3D printers undamaged. Nano-Defib units accounted for.

Technical note: Recommended increase in Nano-Defibs to ensure that the death of subjects is "more temporary".

Summary of Chroma HX results, log 2:

[DATE REDACTED] February 2017,
HX "TIDE" Mk.1 appropriated for use on the following subjects:
1. CHAILE VALENTINE
2. TRAVIS MCNEIL

Prior to testing, Subject 2 asked repeatedly for Doctor Valentine. Doctor Felix Reigh refused. Subject 1 asked for Doctor Valentine and was granted permission by lead Doctor Samuel O'Brien. Subject 2 reported as being furious.

Following the test, Subject 2 was supervised by Doctor Charley Setschur. Reported holding head in hands, rocking back and forth, cursing Subject 1's name to self, and crying. Difficulty breathing, excreting, reported blurred vision.

Subject 1 was supervised by Doctor Valentine and Doctor Reigh. Displayed uncharacteristic cheerfulness, passion, and love. Held Doctor Valentine's hand whenever he could. Marked as change to personality.

Subject 1 attacked by Subject 2 on sight with intent to kill. Subject 1 used teeth to bite open Subject 2's neck. Subject 1 restrained, moved to high security containment. 2's wounds treated by onsite medical experts. Injuries not fatal.

Doctor Valentine visited Subject 2 in containment. 2 reported to be loving and desperate for her attention.

Subject 1 was found in quarters deceased the day following the attack. No physical trauma observed outside of wounds treated prior. Closer inspected revealed late stage tumors in the prefrontal cortex.

Lead Neurologist Sofia Reigh hypothesized that tumors were caused by "Tide". Further examination of HX project's integrity required.

Technical note: Acquiescence of upgrade modules. (Micro-processing units will substitute the ones installed. Will remedy issue with overheating; less strain on one particular unit.) Recommended analysis of radiation levels.

P.S. (Are post-scripts sensible?): Fission reactors cannot support the "Tide" for long without the entire facility going dark. Electrician team plans to wire additional generators to the facility excluding the central HX project building.

Medical note: Subject 1's tumors were NOT a causality of radiation in and of itself. Sofia's research suggests quantum transportation of cellular matter and growth acceleration upon "cell docking". Analysis of tumors further suggest that they are modified cardiovascular cells.

Summary of Chroma HX results, log 3:

[DATE REDACTED] 2017
HX "TIDE" Mk.2 thoroughly checked and appropriated for use on the following subjects:
2. TRAVIS MCNEIL
3. TOPHER REIGH

Subject 1 substituted with TOPHER REIGH under jurisdiction and supervision of Doctors Reigh.

Prior to testing, Subject 2 exhibited resentment and hostility toward Subject 3. Attempted assault. Subject 2 restrained before any sustained injuries. Subject 3 portrayed fear and unrest.

No foreseeable changes occurred after testing. Subject 3 remained afraid and Subject 2 remained hostile toward anyone but Doctor Valentine and Doctor Setschur.

Doctor Felix Reigh volunteered Subject 3 for a second test. Subject 3 violently refused. Desist order initiated by Doctor O'Brien. Overruled by Chroma Institute.

Second test performed. Subject 3 forced down by Doctor Felix Reigh. Exposure to "Tide" by onsite personnel including Felix Reigh. Test made inconclusive.

Immediate shutdown of all HX "Tide" experiments issued by federal government. Suspected mole activity in Chroma Institute filed.

Summary of Chroma HX results, log 4:

[DATE REDACTED]
HX "TIDE" Mk.2 used without consent of Chroma on the following subjects:
3. TOPHER REIGH
Exposure included: Doctor Felix Reigh

Limited surveillance reported that there was violent activity between Felix and his son, until the subject was harmed to a point at which he could no longer resist and was forced into the "Tide".

Upon notice, Doctor Felix Reigh was reassigned to special medical ops after temporary incarceration. Subject 3 was retrieved and observed for any anomalous changes.

Subject 3's cognition changed. Believed self to be female, exhibited feminine behavior, including a yearning for feminine clothing, accessories, and attempted to simulate such tone of voice. Process monitored for several days from initial unwarranted test.

Neurologist Sofia Reigh observed her son's brain activity. Revealed no malignant anomalies. Brain activity rendered "fuzzy" by researches, with what "can be described as a static noise playing on the equipment". Controlled experiments showed that Subject 3 was the only individual to affect equipment this way.

Theoretical physicists use Sofia Reigh's quantum transportation hypothesis to further examine the static noise. Suggested quantum-level transportation of electrochemical signals from an unknown plane of thinking/matter/energy. Findings deemed inconclusive by technicians; reported as an "indiscernible bug".

Brainwave monitors and "Tide" to be examined by lead technicians during lull time.

Note to researchers: Due to the incident with Felix Reigh, he is to be hidden from governmental view. His name is to be changed. Recommended that NO PERSONNEL INTERACT WITH HIM UNLESS PERMITTED DIRECTLY BY [REDACTED].

Doctor Samuel O'Brien claimed custody of Topher Reigh. O'Brien is to be [REDACTED] upon exit from the facility. Will be relocated to a rural town adjacent to Yosemite National Park.

Derelict concentration facility in said area designated for suspected persons of Pearl Harbor bombing to be used for near-future operations.

Isolated Incident: Quantum Fluctuation

[DATE REDACTED] (Early 2018)

Neurologist Sofia Reigh [REDACTED -]. Area being processed for radiation. No other damages caused to personnel or property. Detonation site to be filled with sediment and nonradioactive waste materials.

"Tide" upgraded to Mk.3 upon re-observation of incident.

Sofia Reigh to be terminated and chipped with a priority 9 tracking device.

Update: Sofia Reigh monitored via computerized surveillance. Current supervisor of coastline buffet at Catalina Island Casino.

Update: Doctor Charley Setschur's resignation. Suggested transportation to future site for Chroma operations.

All HX "Tide" operations to be halted. Relocation of Inner Circle staff and high priority equipment initiated for late [REDACTED].

Physicist Jonathan Maire complied to directive.

Note to researchers: The data that we've all worked hard for will not go to waste. Too much time and money have been lost, and the company understands that this project has given grief to a large number of its valued and talented practitioners. An all-research-team meeting will be held to brief the staff at large on the new site and its potential focus. As early as next year, we will have a brand new working environment, and, more importantly, federal clearance on [REDACTED-].

Later, around the end of the year 2020, due to the bizarre effects that former neurologist Sofia Reigh had on the tourists and citizens of Santa Catalina Island, she was retrieved by the Chroma Institute and federal agents, and placed under high level quarantine. The island was closed off to tourism and evacuated of its population. Refugee camps across the state of Hawaii were established to allow for the large number of families to settle. Some of them returned to the mainland of California. The Chroma Institute remained on the island to study the profound ability that Sofia appeared to harness, including studies of themselves thereafter.

To current date, only federal agents and white-listed scientists returned to Santa Catalina Island. The island became a closed system. No air crafts could pass overhead, and only specially marked cargo ships were allowed entrance into high security harbors. The Chroma Institute cut all ties with some of its most proficient researchers, including those relocated to the offspring facility.

In the event of unauthorized passage around Santa Catalina Island, via recreational means or otherwise, intruding persons would be procedurally assimilated into a designated habitat. Close relatives and friends of the persons would be contacted and asked for living information, including address and work. They would be tracked remotely until the assimilation process was completed. Refusal to comply was accepted, but not recommended on account of the condition of the intruding persons.

For years to come, both Chroma and its offspring facility would have discovered strange magnetic anomalies within an approximate 300 mile radius of Santa Catalina Island. The magnetic field over the Pacific Ocean and most of South California attracted celestial spectacles, such as lights akin to the Aurora Borealis, and, with much more frequency, meteor showers.

Subject Sofia Reigh expressed tireless concern over her son Topher and his new home near Yosemite. Without conclusive evidence, this location in particular was where the epicenter of the magnetic anomaly was projected. At its strongest, it could even, albeit rarely, affect the behavior of human beings, particularly young children, giving them antisocial tendencies that they did not display prior to a certain date. Research varied, and as such, consistent evidence was required to make any kind of viable conclusion. This became a primary focus of the offspring facility, HX Delta Meadow.

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