October 14, 2011 20:23
๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ
My name is Maria Esperanza. I am a senior researcher at Indyne, a company that focuses on extending human aging, or possibly ending it. Today, an experiment to end aging, that was guaranteed success, failed horribly, and I fear I do not have much longer left to live.
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ
There are always risks associated with these experiments. Subjects die, become disfigured, or lose cognitive capacity. Although these are outliers, they can be expected. Both from the research, and the subjects.
Thisโฆ this is an outlier to the outliers. We were testing one of the final variants of our Endurnรฝjun serum, a rejuvenating produced aimed at restoring youth, while permanently keeping you in your physical prime. Our test subject was an older man, approaching seventy years old. Not even a man half his age could do what heโs doing.
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
We began the test at 14:00, and I took my place supervising the experiment from a room above the theater. Everything had gone to procedure, down to the placement of the needle in the subjectโs arm, to the restraints used to hold them in place. I do not know what went wrong, or where we went wrong. After the injection, the subject immediately began thrashing about, frothing at the mouth, squirming and writhing with apparent pain.
After five minutes, the electrocardiogram the subject was attached to, showed a flatline. Disappointed, I directed the junior researchers to begin checking the body for a biopsy on the cause of death. And they dutifully complied.
๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ
The second Anthony came near the body, its arm shot up, breaking through the restraints and clamping around his throat. We could do nothing but watch as Anthony seemingly deflated, like a ball that lost its air. At the same time, the body of the subject swelled, a mass under its skin wriggling like worms.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ
Breaking the remain restraints, the cadaver rose from the table and slaughtered the remaining junior researchers. I called for security, but they arrived too late. It was like the entity could sense them through the door. The moment it opened, it lunged at them, ripping them apart and escaping deeper into the facility.
That was six hours ago, and only now has it begun to quiet down. I hope someone hears this. I locked myself in the viewing area overlooking the research theater. I even called in for outside help. But I feel-
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ
๐๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ธ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐บ๐ป, ๐๐ธ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ด? ๐ผ ๐ท๐ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐๐ธ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ ๐ธ ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ป๐.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ป๐ขโ๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ