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parasomniacs) wrote in parasomnic2017-01-16 03:30 am
Week 8
Week 8
Monday - Thursday
This marks the eight week of the experiment. The eighth Monday since the killing experiment began. Many things have happened in that time, both good and terrifying. It was a long time since any of them have likely been able to feel safe. And no doubt this week will not be the start of that. From forty experimental subjects, they were now only ten. And when they are moved at the beginning of the week as usual, this time it's into the previously occupied staff rooms.
Each seems to have some remnant of those who had stayed in them before. More pieces for the remaining few to try and fit into the puzzle they were given at the start of this mess. The staff themselves are nowhere to be found. Apparently they have been evacuated. The only other 'person' who still shows up is Sheepy...
Now that there were only ten, what would become of the experiment? What new twists and hardships awaited them? Only time would tell. But if the weekend before taught them anything then it should be to cherish the time they have and brace themselves for anything. They have done well to make it this far and with just a little more strength they may be able to survive it yet.
One more week.
Each seems to have some remnant of those who had stayed in them before. More pieces for the remaining few to try and fit into the puzzle they were given at the start of this mess. The staff themselves are nowhere to be found. Apparently they have been evacuated. The only other 'person' who still shows up is Sheepy...
Now that there were only ten, what would become of the experiment? What new twists and hardships awaited them? Only time would tell. But if the weekend before taught them anything then it should be to cherish the time they have and brace themselves for anything. They have done well to make it this far and with just a little more strength they may be able to survive it yet.
One more week.
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... So. If he presses enough buttons on it, does it come on??
This is a GREATLY thought out and complex plan. ]
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Now onto the next part... it will. Probably take him a bit to find the email application... especially if its not labeled straight out as 'email', and because he doesn't know what he's looking for here. ]
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Director,
Yes, there are no side effects for the lumbar punctures. In the attached photographs, you will see no change from the previous photographs; so we maintain that the nanomachines seem to have successfully healed any scarring.
There has been no denaturation of the sleeping drugs or even the stimulants embedded in the nanomachines. However, we are concerned that the episodic memory alteration will prove too difficult. Their recent experiences are already building such intense emotional ties that other regions of the brain actively reinforce the memories. There are also some participants building up such a tolerance that the increased dose (intended for ending participation in the experiment) may not immediately shut down the central nervous system entirely.
Sandra Chavez
[there are attached image files appearing to be very close shots of the small of a person’s back. It’s hard to make out many other identifying features but considering that there are forty… it would roughly match]
[MAIL FROM SELF TO SELF: There are 39 image filenames listed as attachments of the format “greatest_regret_[PARTICINAME].jpg” but not all of them are cached. ]
Director,
The first of the experimental murders has occurred. Our scan of the participant Dio suggested that he was likely to kill without any hesitation should that remedy his “greatest regret”. As his randomly encountered target, alongside him in the experimental group, was the participant Mira. Their shared homeworld had resulted in a very tentative burgeoning alliance. I am proud to report that we “nipped this in the bud”. The original lack of hesitation in his neurotransmitters was replicated by the nanomachines, and in vivo the murder occurred once again.
Though he has a history of minimally covering crime scenes, Dio did try his hardest to not get caught. We have attached the mail room file so that you may evaluate the evidence produced and see if it is sufficient for any of our specific cases of interest. The execution machine also served as an effective lightening rod; see for example its relationship to the notion that death is “sacred”. We will therefore go forward with this method to ensure that culprits do not confess.
I regret to inform you that three other people have died. “Beatrice the Golden” violated several rules. We made the holistic decision that I would activate Beatrice’s nanomachines (while she was a member of the control group, recall that all participants have at least been fitted with the nanomachines, like those remaining in the personnel from their recruitment) and gave her a fatal dose of the sleeping medication. Overall the number of violations was higher than expected (see Shelley Winters).
As for Yoshiko Tsushima and Nunnally vi Britannia, recall that trial involvement is ensured by using a strong dose of sleeping medication that is then counteracted by stimulant when the trial is over, rather than a mild dose of sleeping medication wearing off. Neither of these two participants satisfied the requirements of the trial that would result in stimulant release. As a result they are dead.
Please advise as to any clarification of the rules that can prevent future violations. I would like to fill this position as well as possible.
Sandra Chavez
[There is an attached case1.mrf file that is about 500 MB and can’t be opened with applications on the phone. There is also a .docx file with transcripts of some dialogue during the rule breaking scenes, the investigation, and the execution.]
[MAIL FROM SELF TO SELF: 35 images of “power_particiname.jpg”.]
Director,
The second of the experimental murders has occurred. Keenan Caine had grandiose tendencies, so the AI presented his motivation as a way to gain heroic power. His mindset is in fact more nuanced than this; he was framing the self-avowed cannibals, for example, or he wanted to convey information about the dream world. By his own testimony, he experienced the selection of the participant The Grinch as ego-syntonic; however, he presented the disjointing as ego-dystonic, and he also alleged that his testimony in the trial was self-sabotaging. Obviously, without third-party witnesses to what happened in “the dream world”, we may never know.
I of course remain unwavering in the belief that age should not result in preferential treatment especially given the circumstances of our targets. However, the stability of the participant should be considered.
Another factor has destabilized the experiment. Somebody has been disabling the cameras, apparently solely for the purpose of committing gunshot murders uncaught. Where did they get access to the cameras, or for that matter a gun? Strictly speaking these murders would be tolerable under the rules. At any rate, the participants Victor S. Arseid (CGM), Elizabeth Foley (EGM), and Van Grants (CGM) are all deceased. Those of us in the hotel are examining the footage as best we can; we have attached some text descriptions, but uploading full video would likely be insecure. Keep me informed if there is new protocol in that area.
Sandra Chavez
[Attachments include a case2.mrf file, a .docx with transcripts of choice dialogue that occurred during the week, and a PDF scanned of Keenan’s journal.]
[MAIL FROM SELF TO SELF: 30 images of “erasure_loc_particiname.jpg”.]
Director,
The third of the experimental murders has occurred. We inferred that Nepeta Leijon had negative feelings about the violent death of a friend in her homeworld at the hands of someone else. The AI presented her with the opportunity to erase any person in any universe, not excluding this one; her choice would presumably be this individual. The selection of Shingo Sawatari as the victim was obviously ego-dystonic; in fact by all accounts neither of them was fonder of a participant besides each other.
As requested, we have implemented the five-death quota. There have been additional shooting deaths: experimental group member Nagito Komaeda and control group member Victor Frankenstein. Further imbalancing of the quota was only avoided narrowly, as Hazama Honoka abducted Aki Akuyama but was apprehended. I mention this because according to Nepeta Leijon’s testimony, committing murder in general had become ego-dystonic after this incident. Nevertheless, the neurotransmitters replicated her actions from earlier in the week, and so the murder occurred.
Sandra Chavez
[A .docx with dialogue transcripts and case3.mrf are attached.]
[MAIL FROM SELF TO SELF: IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO SEND A REPORT UNTIL THE SIXTH WEEK OF THE EXPERIMENT HAS CONCLUDED.]
[...Well that's interesting considering she would have died before the next case anyway.]
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He clicks around the email app and things to see if he missed anything or if there is anything else relevant. ]
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Then he'll look at the suitcase itself to make sure there was nothing overlooked. ]