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Registered Phenomena Code: 259
Object Class: Alpha-Yellow
Hazard Types: Extra-dimensional Hazard
Containment Protocols: RPC-259 is to be stored within a standard Alpha-Class containment chamber at Site-017 while not being used for testing. Testing with RPC-259 is to be done with clearance level IV or higher. Personnel requesting for self-testing on RPC-259 are to be administered an Authority Psychological Exam (APE) and an Authority Loyalty Test (ALT). Personnel with deformities like severe hereditary gigantism are restricted from utilizing RPC-259.
Description: RPC-259 is a metallic sphere with a diameter of 15.5cm and weighs 80g. RPC-259 is composed of 25% iron, 25% tungsten, 25% oxygen in its solid-state, and 25% anti-thaumaturgic steel. Physically, RPC-259 is completely non-anomalous when no human beings are within 3m of RPC-259. When a subject comes within 3m of RPC-259, RPC-259-A will materialize.
RPC-259-A is a female humanoid of unknown ethnicity, background, and measures 3m in height. RPC-259-A causes the Anderson Coherency of the local area to fluctuate between 3.87 and 4.87. RPC-259-A will always outstretch its hand to the nearest human (hereby referred to as the subject) in its vicinity, attempting to entice the subject with promises of self-improvement. RPC-259-A will try to entice the subject with promises of self-improvement. If a subject takes the hand of RPC-259-A, both the subject and RPC-259-A will be teleported into RPC-259-B.
RPC-259-B is a pocket universe located within RPC-259. According to footage and personnel accounts, RPC-259-A is a large barren desert with multiple mountains and anomalous structures. Time within RPC-259-B is extremely fast, one month within RPC-259-B is the equivalent of one day in our reality.
Once a subject enters RPC-259-B, the subject are immediately put under physical trials by RPC-259-A. RPC-259-A is capable of warping reality within RPC-259-B to create specialized trials for subjects who enter RPC-259-B. Trials given by RPC-259-A during a subjects first week in RPC-259-B depend on the subjects physical or mental condition. Examples of this are recorded below:
| Trial |
Observation |
| RPC-259-A puts a subject with a large ravine. RPC-259-A tells the subject to run 10 to 16km to reach a body of drinkable water. |
Subjects given this trial are usually obese or overweight. |
| RPC-259-A create objects of varying weights and demands the subject to carry each weight for 1km. |
Subjects are usually underweight or have an average BMI. |
| RPC-259-A places the subject within a room and creates duplicates of the subjects loved ones. The subject and said loved ones will be put in hazardous situations where RPC-259-A demands the subject to rescue their loved ones. |
Subjects exhibit signs of cowardice. |
If a subject receives an injury during any trial, RPC-259-A will use its reality-bending abilities to heal the subject by increasing the speed of muscle regeneration. Subjects usually go through six trials a day within RPC-259-A. Once a subject completes six trials, RPC-259 will bring the subject to a large building. RPC-259-A will let the subject rest 12 hours. RPC-259-A will provide the subject with food and water for the subject.
As time goes on RPC-259-A’s trials will become increasingly difficult and dangerous. RPC-259-A will begin to create entities within the trials which the subject either avoid or terminate. These entities, designated RPC-259-C, are extremely hostile towards subjects within RPC-259-B. Examples of RPC-259-C instances are listed below:
| Designation |
Description |
Encounter |
| RPC-259-C-001 |
A four-armed red-skinned humanoid approximately 2.5m in height. |
RPC-259-C-001 was encountered by Agent Gramte in his 15th day within RPC-259-B. RPC-259-A created a large arena and tasked Agent Gramte with the termination of RPC-259-C-001. |
| RPC-259-C-027 |
RPC-259-C-027 is a large serpentine entity 4m in length. The entity was capable of spitting a highly corrosive liquid that would burn through objects slowly. |
RPC-259-C-027 was encountered by CSD-2145 in his 20th day within RPC-259-B. RPC-259-A created a large maze where CSD-2145 was given the task of reaching the end of the maze while avoiding RPC-259-C-027. |
| RPC-259-C-054 |
RPC-259-C-054 are a group of humanoids with Roman centurion armor. RPC-259-C-054 instances measure approximately 2.3m in height. RPC-259-C-054 lacks all facial features besides a mouth and two slits imitating human eyes. |
RPC-259-C-054 were encountered by Agent Romeo during his 29th day within RPC-259-B. RPC-259-A created a small village wherein Agent Romeo was tasked with secretly terminating 60 instances of RPC-259-C-054. |
| RPC-259-C-101 |
RPC-259-C-101 is a 10 meter tall humanoid entity. RPC-259-C-101 appears highly emaciated and extremely underweight. RPC-259-C-101 emits two beams of light from its eyes which slowly turns any object into dust. |
RPC-259-C-101 was encountered by Dr. Daniels on his 17th in RPC-259-B. RPC-259-A created a small area resembling New York’s Town Square. RPC-259-C-101 was placed in the center of the small city and Dr. Daniels was tasked with extracting several statues outside of the city without being spotted by RPC-259-C-101. |
If a subject facing an RPC-259-C instance receives a critical injury, RPC-259-A will de-manifest the RPC-259-C instance and tend to the subject’s wounds. RPC-259-A will heal the subject so that the subject will repeat the trial successfully.
Subjects will return from RPC-259-B after one to two months. RPC-259-A will return the subject to our reality and de-manifest. Once RPC-259-A de-manifests, RPC-259’s anomalous properties will become inert for one week. Once one week passes RPC-259-A will manifest to the nearest human being who comes within 3m of RPC-259.
Subjects who return from RPC-259-B are always physically stronger than prior to entering RPC-259. Personality defects previously present within a subject prior to entrance to RPC-259 will always disappear. Observations of subjects show that subjects usually return physically taller or larger than prior to entry. 5% of subjects who have returned from RPC-259 have returned with some form of anomalous ability.
Discovery: RPC-259 was discovered in AR-17 in Sector 19 on July 4th, 2019. The anomaly was found while exploring the ruins of Sector 19. Authority archeologist Tien Lee, accompanied by ASF agent Thomas Gramte stumbled upon a room filled with metallic sphere piled up around the walls of the building with one metallic sphere in the center of the room laying atop an altar. Agent Gramte approached RPC-259 activating its anomalous properties. RPC-259-A manifested offering Agent Gramte to enter RPC-259-B. Agent Gramte was taken by RPC-259-A into RPC-259-B leaving Dr. Lee behind. Dr. Lee reported RPC-259’s anomalous properties and it was taken to Site-017 for study. Two months later, Agent Gramte returned from RPC-259-B. It was observed that Agent Gramte returned 27cm taller than prior to entry. An interview was conducted with Agent Gramte 30 minutes after his return. The interview can be found below:
Interviewer: Dr. Joseph
Interviewee: Agent Gramte
Date: August 4th, 2019
Location: Site-017, Interrogation Room 01
<Begin Log>
Joseph: Welcome back, Agent.
Gramte: We can cut the script, we both know we’re here to talk about my… absence.
Joseph: Absence? You disappeared into an object we had no information on whatsoever, then popped out two months later, and you’re treating it as though it’s nothing. We assumed it killed you- we had a funeral.
Gramte: I knew the risks going in. Ask your questions. The sooner this is over, the sooner I can get back to duty.
Joseph: I- Fine, I’ll let psych deal with that. Dr. Lee reported that prior to your disappearance, a tall woman manifested in the room the two of you were in. Lee reported that she spoke to you in words he couldn’t hear, and you took the her hand before vanishing. Why? What did she say to you?
Gramte: She made me a promise.
Joseph: A promise?
Gramte: You’ve seen my file, you know about my deployment in Cameroon. The Anglophone Crisis.
Joseph: Yes. One of the things you were posthumously honored for, if I recall.
Gramte: There was nothing honorable about it. We were sent in to scatter some Malthus goons trying to profit off the civil war, maybe so we could do the same, and I was sloppy. The team died. I was too slow, too weak. I wasn’t sharp enough.
Joseph: You couldn’t have predicted the fighting would attract 666. Your file says you were working with your assigned psychologist, and making headway there. What changed?
Gramte: She showed me I could’ve been stronger, faster. That I could’ve been enough.
Joseph: This isn’t-
Gramte: She promised to make me what I needed to be. What we all need to be, if we’re going to protect people. I took her hand out of my own volition, because there was no way I could turn down that offer.
Joseph: I’m- I’m sorry to hear that you’ve fallen into this mindset, and I can’t possibly imagine how that guilt must feel weighing on your shoulders, but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that you recklessly ran into an anomaly you knew nothing about, that was clearly playing into your past trauma. I’m sorry, but I’ll be recommending you to be reprimanded and evaluated.
Agent Gramte rises from his seat calmly.
Gramte: I’ll take whatever I need to. You’ll see she was right.
<End Log>
Post-Interview Information: Agent Gramte was reprimanded for his reckless actions, and is currently undergoing psychological assessment for fitness of duty.
Addendum.259.TL.Ex: Test Log
Test Log: 001
Subject: CSD-2145
Subject Description: CSD-2145 is an underweight adult Caucasian male of European descent. CSD-2145 weighs 40kg and measures 152cm in height.
Results: CSD-2145 was sent into RPC-259-B and returned two months later. CSD-2145 returned measuring 172cm in height and weighing 73kg. CSD-2145 also showed significant telekinetic abilities. CSD-2145 attempted to escape RPC-259’s containment chamber using its newly acquired anomalous ability but was captured and contained within Site-017’s Beta Anomaly Containment Sector. CSD-2145 is now designated RPC-████.
Test Log: 005
Subject: CSD-2146
Subject Description: CSD-2146 is a morbidly obese African-American female from the United States. CSD-2146 measures 163 cm in height and weighs 450kg. CSD-2146 has been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes.
Results: CSD-2146 was sent into RPC-259-B and returned one month later. CSD-2146 returned measuring 172cm in height and weighing 67kg. CSD-2146 appears to be proficient in hand to hand combat. It is unknown if CSD-2146 learned this during her time in RPC-259-B or knew these skills prior to entry into RPC-259.
Test Log: 010
Subject: Agent Dominic
Subject Description: Subject is a Hispanic male from [DATA EXPUNGED]. Subject measures 155cm and weighs 79kg. Subject was previously employed by GoI “Destacamento Contranatural”.
Results: Agent Dominic was sent into RPC-259-B and returned one month later. Agent Dominic measures 182cm in height and weighs 86kg. Agent Dominic has shown increased physical and mental activity. Agent Dominic claims that his Krav Maga abilities have also seen improvements.
Note:During the same day RPC-███, a highly Cognito-hazardous entity, broke containment. Agent Dominic was able to restrain and single-handedly recontain the entity without any cognitive damage. It is believed that Agent Dominic had gained some form of Cognito-hazard resistance during his time in RPC-259-B.
Addendum.259.AE: Secondary Expedition
A second expedition was sent into Sector 19 into the same location where RPC-259 was found. One archeologists returned to the altar where RPC-259 was found upon and discovered a secret compartment with various scrolls written Latin. The scrolls were taken back to Site-017 for study. The scrolls were translated by on site linguist Dr. Trent. The translated information can be found below:
My Name is Cassius of Rome and I have been exiled from my homeland. One hundred moons ago I committed a blasphemy so atrocious that god and man alike personally abandoned me to this frigid land. Ever since I have arrived to this cold, desolate place I’ve done nothing but travel. So far I’ve found nothing in these wastes. I fear I’ve been banished to the depths of Avernus itself.
I have found something. Something big, and ancient. A large tower, piercing deep ice. There is a city here, filled with strange people who are capable of unnatural things. People who can create fire, who can create life from the inanimate. At first I thought them gods, that I had somehow found my way to Olympus, but now I see they are far more like me. Perhaps they, too, have been damned for their sins.
I had expected their language to be difficult to learn and yet… it was more simple than any task I have ever set myself towards. Even the savage creatures of the night can speak it, whispering from their dark hollows.
Each person I talk to, be they man or hallowed beast, speaks of this city as having a different name, some I understand- names built deeply into this foreign tongue we share- but others I can not decipher. With all those who dwell here, their vast differences and unnatural similarities, perhaps this truly is the underworld after all.
I met a woman. She was a true beauty, and a fierce warrior. The head of a battalion of men and women who train here, venturing off into the darkest corners of the city to slay the beasts that encircle it. I entered the room the battalion were training in and she instantly took notice of me. She asks who I was and I replied I was an observer. She asked me if I would like to partake in combat training and I accepted. She grabbed a vase and transmuted the metal that composed the vase into a long spear. She rushed towards me, but I had a trick up my sleeve. I spilled a jar containing water and heated the water into blinding steam. As she was blinded I increased the temperature of the steam around her hands forcing her to drop her weapon. The fight was over and the room erupted in cheers. The pretty woman who I just fought, who I would come to know now as Sarahnai congratulated me. In my new found confidence I told her she was beautiful. She ignored it, but told me to come hunting with her the next day.
Sarahnai took me into the depth of the tower. When I asked where we were going, she told me we were hunting. We descended the depths of the tower, through its alien halls and slaying beasts I could not name. She was beautiful, a goddess in the flesh, and a whirlwind of blades. Together we dove deeper into the depths than I ever had before, places she said only the city’s Golem dared to tread. By the time we reached the bottom, I had become careless, caught up in the feverish energy of our expedition, and the power of her eyes. A monstrous spider- or a hellish, alien creature akin to one- struck at me from the darkness. Sarahnai, with the grace only a warrior queen could muster, threw me from its maw with only a moment to spare. While her spear shattered the beast’s skull in retaliation, my carelessness cost her, and one of the beast’s fangs pierced her flesh rather than mine. I attempted to seal her wound, burn it closed as I have innumerable times before, but the heat did nothing more than intensify her pain, and deepen the hue of her festering bite. I raced to the surface as fast as I could, and I only hope the caretakers can do what I could not.
Her condition is worsening. The caretakers say they can do nothing to help her, and she prepares to meet her gods in death, but I know I can save her. I will create her a world of her own to rule, to be a goddess above those that have cursed us here.
I have spoken with the city’s golem, and I believe he has given me the knowledge I need to create this new world for her, although he is blind to my intentions. All I need is her body, and a material powerful enough to counteract and withstand the effects of [ILLEGIBLE].
I’ve heard from a local naturalist that he believes such a material exists, deep in the depths of the tower, where the wild sons of Tithonus dwell. It is far beyond where the battalion wanders, in the depths of the old cities, but I need it if I am to [ILLEGIBLE].
The disease has taken her beautiful marble skin, and stained it to a rotting brown. I know she quickly fades, I must hurry.
I have told the golem of a dark presence gathering within the old cities, a danger to us all. An unfortunate lie, but he rallies the battalion to war. I must travel with them, if I have any hope of gathering the material and returning alive.
I’ve done it. The battalion and Golem lay shattered, their bones feeding the beasts of the underdark. It matters little, they did their part and allowed me to collect what was necessary to complete the device, now all I require is her body.
She is safe from her disease. She will never age and she will never die. She is a goddess now, a queen over her own domain of creation. I’ve ensured she can even leave the world I’ve created for her for the briefest of moments, projecting outwards to speak to those who might enter. It will take time for her to master her domain, but I know her love will be mine when she realizes what I have given her.
I have visited her every day, and she still will not come out to see me. She takes those left from her battalion into her world to train them, she spends weeks just… training. The men and women always come back stronger, but harder. More closed off. She doesn’t speak with me, nor does she let me into her world, and those she trains with look at me as if I am a monster, worse than those they hunt. I am so sorry Sarahnai. I thought you would give me your heart if I could save you, but it seems I’ve only turned it to stone.
