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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Strange Sci-fi Tales - Experiment Log [#160]

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Experiment Log Day #001
           Subject arrive this morning, it has made no response to outside stimuli. Even a cursory glance can confirm it is still alive, so most of my colleagues concluded it is merely scared. An understandable reaction, if the reports are accurate, we may be among the first humans to interact with this strange being. Second only to the two who recovered it in the first place. We’d get their input, but they’re both still in intensive care.
Experiment Log Day #007
           The Subject has only now begun to rouse, taking only the occasional glance at us before curling back up. Further results pending.
Experiment Log Day #009
           The Subject has finally responded to outside stimuli, although it was not intentional on our part. One of my young colleagues wandered a bit too close to its cage. The response was quite violent, but the cage held firm. Still, we pulled that poor boy out of the way to be safe. A few steps closer, and he might have joined our two friends in the hospital.
Experiment Log Day #014
           Unfortunate news, one of the two who made the first contact with the creature died in the hospital last night. It seems his wounds became infected by an unknown growth. They say it was a fungus, but I looked at the pictures, and it didn’t appear like any fungus I’ve seen. On a related note, no one had the stomach to eat lunch today.
Experiment Log Day #016
           The other passed away mere hours ago, the same growths. He was thankfully conscious for his last few hours, so we learned what we could. In-between the screams of pain, he revealed that the growths he suffered from were also seen in the creature’s den. Perhaps a symbiotic relationship? Maybe it naturally produces this strange “fungus?”
Experiment Log Day #034
           The Subject has been more active, but no less aggressive. Its diet seems to be quite extensive, as no matter what we put in its cage, it will consume it. Red meats, white meats, leafy greens, eggs, fish, even the feeding dish itself. Concerns have been raised over it, eating the bars to its cage, so extra precautions have been taken. It is doubtful than even an extreme omnivore like the Subject would eat the bars now that they’re electrified.
Experiment Log Day #048
           The Subject has become much more passive. It no longer snaps at anything that comes remotely close to its cage. We may finally get a chance to study it up close. I’ve been eager to measure those claws.
Experiment Log Day #049
           We were mistaken, it is no less aggressive than before. The creature waited until we were much closer than before and then attacked. The electrified bars stopped it, but it still injured one of my colleagues. The wound was very deep, but with foreknowledge of the growths, we should be able to save their life.
Experiment Log Day #062
           My colleague survived at the cost of an amputated arm. Their sacrifice will not be in vain as we will have a chance to study this growth in more detail. Otherwise, the Subject has returned to curling itself up and ignoring any stimulus.
Experiment Log Day #084
           The growth on the arm has been quite strange, growing entirely out of control, like mushrooms on a log. It is fascinating in its own way, I can only wonder what else this creature is capable of.
Experiment Log Day #087
           My younger colleague claims he saw the arm twitch last night, I told him to go home and get some sleep. I understand his paranoia; the beast has undoubtedly proved itself dangerous, to him especially. However, he should know that his mind was playing tricks on him in the middle of the night after a long shift.
Experiment Log Day #092
           The arm is gone, not taken, just gone. Security footage showed it move away on its own. The Subject has remained in “hibernation” for lack of better term.
Experiment Log Day #093
           After what happened with the arm, we contacted the morgue to find out what happened to the bodies of our two deceased. We learned to our horror that the bodies have been missing for some time now.
Experiment Log Day #097
           The arm and bodies are still missing, the Subject has remained unresponsive.
Experiment Log Day #???
           How long has it been, days, weeks, months? We have found nothing and only learned of more and more new horrors. The arm is no longer a simple limb, it has grown into something more, I can only imagine what the bodies are like. It resembles the Subject it superficial ways but lacks the claws. All attempts to capture it have ended in failure.
           The Subject has remained silent during all this. The higher-ups are pressuring us to do something, even if that means killing it. I only managed one reaction out the creature this whole time. At my most frantic and frustrated, I lost myself and screamed in front of the Subject. For the first time in so very long, it looked up at me, its eyes trained on my own, and smiled. Never before have I felt so much terror in my heart.
Experiment Log Day #---
           Make it stop, just let the pain end already. We should have...should have...should have...should...should...sh....s.........

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The problem with trying to learn about something you don't understand are the unknown dangers it may present. You must ask yourself if the danger is worth the risk, the answer varies.

(In hindsight, it's more of an observation log than an experiment log.)

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