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Registered Phenomena Code: 745-NT

Object Class: Gamma-Yellow [Neutralized]

Hazard Types:Additional Properties:

Aggression

Ballistic

Climatological

Geological

Grouped

Invisibility

Psychotronic

Sapient

Sentient

Transmutation

Bio-Hazard

Contact

Corrosive

Electromagnetic Force

Explosive

Extreme Temperature

Radiation

Toxic

Destabilization

Extra-Dimensional

Gravitational

Teleportation

Temporal

Auditory

Emotional

Ideological

Info-Hazard

Memory Alteration

Mind-Control

Mind-Regression

Sensory

Visual

Animated

Aquatic

Ecological

Extra-Terrestrial

Immeasurable

Incorporeal

Mechanical

Microscopic

Organic

Regenerative

Titanic

Tychokinetic

Replicating

Newtonian

Ontological

Divine

Hallucinogen

High Velocity

Proto-Mechanical

Proto-Newtonian

Proto-Sapient

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One of the last public locations of RPC-745-NT, photographed before takeover and seizure of the instance.

Containment Protocols: A quarterly review is to be conducted for accounting discrepancies in fast food and chain restaurant companies for indications of instances of RPC-745-NT. Locations indicative of RPC-745-NT must be confirmed by an in-person ground team, in which containment now falls under the jurisdiction of Anomalous Commerce. An imminent buyout of the business and seizure of all anomalous assets is to be conducted by Anomalous Commerce. Registered phenomena and lesser anomalous items gained in the acquisition are to follow their respective containment protocols. In instances where acquisition is not possible, an appropriate MST is to be sent to demolish the establishment and exfiltration of all employees for amnesticization.

A cleanup operation is to be conducted for the disposal of all proliferated RPC-745-NT assets outside of Authority control. The 2 instances of RPC-745-NT that are currently in use by the Authority are to be considered effectively neutralized, exhibiting little to no anomalous effects, these are to be shut down eventually for excessive budget expenditure. Alternative contracts for catering by Authority-aligned businesses at Sites -095 and -015 are to fill the void of RPC-745-NT, please contact Anomalous Commerce for proper disposal of the RPC-745-NT establishments.

Description: RPC-745-NT was a large group of various branded fast-food and chain restaurants located within rural regions of the United States of America—operated by the now-dissolved subsidiary Raleigh Cuisine LLC. The business primarily served as a front for the sale and proliferation of various anomalous products throughout the United States by way of RPC-745-NT establishments. Effects of the anomaly stemmed from the grouping of many anomalous objects, the most predominant object being a plaque of certification¹ identified in every restaurant.

Effects of RPC-745-NT predominantly targeted the memory of regional populations. Former patron testimony extrapolated past first exposure from RPC-745-NT, patrons would experience a permanent memory altercation cementing a nostalgia-reinforced regional brand loyalty to the restaurant chain. Individuals outside of RPC-745-NT active areas would notably suffer a sense of confusion after traveling or moving households, especially affecting internet users. The most common result of these cases was the eventual acceptance of the restaurant chain's unusual circumstance, usually by a combination of social pressures and the anomaly itself.

Each RPC-745-NT location would have had a unique branding akin to lesser-known regional chain restaurants², a total of ██ unique brands have been identified. Anomalous Commerce has identified that significant company expenses were alleviated due to the extensive use of the anomalous for business operations, the most significant use of which was marketing. Calculations approximate equivalent marketing costs of the corresponding memory altercation of RPC-745-NT would have been annually 1.3 billion United States dollars over the course of 40 years during the height of operations.

Discovery: Rural isolation and low percentile of anomalous merchandize sold comparatively to normal restaurant operations obfuscated identification of RPC-745-NT. Civilian anomaly hotspots and acquisition were either considered normal or statistical outliers until happenstance identified a new normative source. RPC-745-NT-1, otherwise known as “Port Hull” was first identified by Authority Researchers traveling by road in the New England region en route to Site-███. Seen below is security body camera footage which recorded the first encounter with RPC-745-NT.

PLAY

Media ID#: M-745-NT-1

Foreword: Researcher names have given a color nomenclature to be distinguishable while retaining anonymity.

<XXXX.XX T11:15:03Z AXON-NUCORP BODY X755847>
<BEGIN VIDEO>

11:15 - [A plainclothes researcher leaves the white transport van.]
11:15 - Researcher Red: “Alright we can stop here.”
11:17 - [Footage shows a restaurant named “Port Hull”, the building and parking lot are packed. A group of Authority Researchers enters the building.]
11:24 - Researcher Red: "Okay, Lets make this fast everyone. I don't want to miss our flight."
11:23 - Researcher Blue: "[Redacted]. You've never heard of this place before? Are you from around here?”
11:24 - Researcher Green: “I'm from Boston. And I can’t say that I have, maybe? I don’t know.
11:24 - Unidentified: “Mister, you’ve ain’t ever lived in New England till you’ve been to The Hull. Let me tell you, you’ve missed out all your life.”
11:36 - Researcher Blue: "At least the floor is clean."
> 11:38 - [Menu contains various British cuisine and an extensive kids menu; the majority of the group orders English Breakfast.]
11:39 - Researcher Yellow: "So, Waitress, my friend over here tells me he's really into blond women like yourself…"
11:41 - [Researcher Orange notices toy display from across the room.]
11:41 - Researcher Orange: “Collect all 6 and see what happens?”
11:41 - Researcher Blue: “Looks like the Lich.”
11:41 - Researcher Red: “Every Lego set looks like the Lich to you.”
11:41 - Researcher Yellow: "Oh waitress, can I have the girls toy instead with my meal?
11:51 - Researcher Brown: "Wow, this is too good, just like mom used to make.”
11:52 - Researcher Orange: "Aren’t you from Cameroon? Do they have English breakfast over there? I thought it was a French colony.”
11:52 - Researcher Brown: “I mean it was for a bit, but you’re right, something is off here. Res…[Redacted], what are your thoughts on this food?”
11:52 - Researcher Green: Its good food, what can I say, that old guy was right, I never lived in New England till I’ve been here. Actually, I think I do remember being here, when I was like 4, yeah."
11:53 - [Researcher Brown begins to panic slightly, ascertained at the incident report it was noted that the researcher was practicing an anti-memetic thought exercise which he did not communicate with the rest of the team.]
11:53 - Researcher Blue: "You alright?…thought you said you had never been here…"
11:53 - Researcher Yellow: "Oh would you guys shut up already. Anyways I think ill have that racecar right here, or maybe this stuffed doll, oh I can't pick."
11:53 - Researcher Blue: "Dr. [REDACTED] isn’t that 253."
11:53 - > Researcher Red: “OPSEC, Doctor. And no. It doesn’t look like 253. Its a big cart full of kids toys, nothing else. Enough work talk already, its too early for this.”
11:54 - Researcher Blue: “The lesser object, not the phenomena boss.”
11:54 - Researcher Red: "You know LO off the top of your head? I hope you're wrong on this."
11:55 - [Researcher Reds accesses his Authority database tablet. Red is seen whispering to the group. The demeanor of all accompanying notably shifts after Researcher Red passes out for a moment.]
11:56 - Researcher Red: "LO confirmed."
11:56 - [Researcher Yellow spots Amazing! Co. branding on the plastic bag holding LO-235, Researcher Orange begins interrogation.]
11:57 - [Waitress falls unconscious after staring at LO-235.]
11:57 - Researcher Orange: "Sir. Do not call 911, we have this under control.
11:58 - Researcher Red: "You, ASF. Code 14-656³, radio your supervisor now."
<End Video>

After the initial contact, containment of the Alpha location was conducted, upon seizure of the restaurants ledger, the standard MST containment procedure was rendered void for other instances after the number of locations was made apparent. Alternate containment procedures were advocated before a permanent solution was drafted, including but not limited to the following measures: Targeted criminal attacks on retail locations, mass slander and review bombing campaigns of RPC-745-NT restaurants, medicated water supply supplementation in rural regions, and direct MST seizure in the most remote areas. The overall effectiveness of these operations were middling at best, and counterproductive at worst, notably causing a large-scale civil disturbance around the town of Spartanburg, North Carolina. The Anomalous Commerce plan was initiated after the successful detainment and interrogation of Raleigh Cuisine LLC chief executive officer from his office in North Carolina. Below is the interrogation log.

PLAY

Interviewed: Theodore V Howard, former TV personality and celebrity chef, CEO of Raleigh Cuisine LLC
Interviewer: Mobile Specialized Team Echo-9 Commander Randolph █ ████████, Anomalous Commerce Representative Rodger ██████████

Foreword: The raid on the headquarters resulted in two casualties, the AC Representative acted as an ad-hoc psychological analyst, the person of interest was still in shock.

<Begin Log, 6:00 am>

Randolph: …You’re in deep shit you know that Theo?

Theodore: I have no idea who you are, or why you are doing this. You never identified yourselves, you are the one who needs to explain yourself!

Rodger: You never identified yourself, commander?

Randolph: SoP for persons of interest, why are you asking me this like you don’t know…

Rodger: My apologies Theodore, can I call you that? We are apart of a research organization into the anomalous, in your line of work, with your coworkers, your bosses, I am sure you know about us.⁴

Theodore: What?

Rodger: Were you not informed? Your parent company, did they not warn you of us? I sure hope they would have, you know. In this line of work, it's the bare minimum.

Theodore: The only thing my sponsors told me was that when marketing their products, I was to avoid regulatory bodies. I assumed they meant inspections and audits. I never thought they meant something like this.

Randolph: What do you mean, something like this? Do you know what this is? We found this in the back room of one of your restaurants. Do you want to know what this can do to a person? Let me tell you it isn't pretty. In fact, I have an example with me right here.

**Randolph places the document on the table, showing 5 pictures of the bodily decay of RPC-298.

Theodore: Dear god. This is what they’ve been selling? I knew what they were marketing was a bit off, but never this bad. Did you find–was this one of my patrons?

Randolph: What we have here Theodore is evidence of your involvement with a hostile group to our organization, not to mention your complacency of selling these dangerous products to children, children! A bit off? What were you thinking? You know you’re going to spend the rest of your life sitting behind bars at this rate. In fact, you’d wish you were in a federal prison after we’re done with you.

Rodger: Please, Randolph, he clearly didn’t know. Look, I know monsters, I work in human resources, but I know you’re not one of them Theo. You didn’t know what you were really selling, I get it. So tell me, how much did you really know about your sponsors?

Theodore: Well of course, they referred to themselves as Amazing! Co, I thought nothing about it, couldn't find any records of it online.

Randolph: Well you should've told us that earlier, why’d you hesitate?

Theodore: There is one thing they did tell me, I didn’t think they were serious. It was buried on page 56 of legalese, I didn’t even remember it until now. Contact with a group something like yours would result in immediate contract termination, and I would be disbarred from my stake and ownership.

Rodger: Well, we can’t have that happen.

Theodore: Excuse me?

Rodger: We here at our organization are sworn to the protection of the world at large from the things you have been selling, to put it bluntly, we cannot let your company continue. But before the next step, what we want to know is why. How did you start working with these people, why did you continue, what led you here. Why did you start this business? If you let us know, we may be more lenient.

Theodore: Fine, Where do you want me to start?

Randolph: From the beginning of it all, wherever you see fit.

Theodore: Well it goes without saying. I could never match the success of my parents, so I took this shortcut. Have you seen my daytime television work? I assume you have. You've probably seen me on their show, those older episodes. I feel like that's where it all started.

Rodger: Of course, your Cajun crayfish stew, I tried the recipe myself before, well, this interview. I wanted to get a more low-down on my clientele after all. I can bring you some leftovers to your cell if you want.

Theodore: No thanks, I don't want to remind myself too much about that episode. That producer was a bastard you know, I'm not sure what his problem was. I think he was just pissed I wasn’t pulling in the numbers as someone else he knew. But anyways, the business end of things, that's probably what you want to hear about. I started doing business before this one, a few local places here and there. Nothing bigger than the first floor of my house. The Zoning ordinance didn’t like that one evidently. They shut me down within the second year for zoning violations. All that debt for nothing.

Rodger: Ah, we have some reviews from that establishment [REDACTED] isn’t it? Customers seemed to love it, especially this Garret fellow.

Theodore: He stuck around so many years, even after the first one closed down. The second location, that doomed lot, I thought it would be perfect, right there on the corner of the park.

Rodger: We did our research on that location, 17 restaurants had occupied that building in the past two decades, all out of business, yours was one of them. Why’d you ever set up shop there, a seafood place if I am correct.

Theodore: It was all that I could afford at the time, I would have never been there had I had my way.

Rodger: I think I see a pattern here. When did you meet your parent company?

Theodore: ██ years ago, walked right through the doors the closing week of the third location, we struck a deal, and I think you know the rest. I was always there to captivate, I wanted my food to be known worldwide but I could not suffice with what I had. I wanted a platform to show my culinary art to this country, and for that I think I succeeded. I have restaurants in every flyover state, my recipes, so many different styles attenuated. I learned so much for this business, I traveled the world to perfect my craft, my heart poured out, but I could never get the business angles down. I wish my older brother was still with me today, he was always better with this than me… I’m sorry, but this is all too much for me.

Rodger: We understand. Any man in your position would have done as you did, I am sure of it. I am sure you realized early on, what your parent company was doing, and by then it was too late, you were too far in the game, you had everything you could ever wish for. But we, the Authority, have a problem, I will say it again, we cannot continue your business operations unchecked, there is no other way of putting it, I am sorry. But there is a compromise we would be willing to make.

Randolph: This was to be discussed at a later date with him, Aud…Representative.

Rodger: No, he must hear this now. Theodore, whether you realize it or not, your business’ assets are more than you can imagine, a collection of lesser anomalies, as we call them, and even more are in your de facto possession. Alleviated costs of our own operations would run in the millions, let alone potential of profitable resale if we were to go down this route Theo. Now, we will be concluding this interview shortly, we can find out specifics of warehouses of your long forgotten merchandise or the neighborhoods which have been hit the worse, it's all conjecture. I want to leave you with a choice, here and now, and I want you to think about it once you return to your cell.

Theodore: I don't understand what you're saying.

Rodger: Would you work for us instead?

<End Log>

Closing Statement: Post-interrogation psychological analysis confirmed underlying imposter syndrome and inferiority complex, Anomalous Commerce representative reprimanded on interrogation conduct, extended leave issued during AC buyout process and containment.

Interstate highway sign with a former RPC-745-NT location replaced by other businesses after shutdown.

Anomalous Commences’ proposal of containment was ultimately chosen as the most cost effective strategy for realistic neutralization of RPC-745-NT. With approval by various members of The Abacus Fold, an official buyout of the company was initiated by Acquisitions 3 weeks past detainment of the CEO, with all assets being acquired by The Authority at a selling price of 567 million United States dollars. Effectively owned and operated by The Authority, a choice was made to continue safe operations of RPC-745-NT establishments throughout containment as alleviation of funds, with significant downsizing of business operations occurring.

Involvement of the former parent company, Amazing! Co. continues to the present day. A concerted effort was made towards reacquiring proprietary property through official and criminal means. The most prolific act being a lawsuit, which, in its entirety, was an infohazard. Amazing! Co. conspirators drafted a damning remark towards the Authority, claiming monopoly over the Anomalous, and seizure of their assets were done in an illegal hostile takeover, claiming false imprisonment and coercion. Using a shell company listed as the equity firm of one of the public branded restaurant chains, a lawsuit was drafted and eventually elevated to the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The infohazard affected all members of the legal preceding, not only making them aware of the anomalous nature of the business, but additionally of the existence of The Authority as an organization. Authority v. Frivolous Holdings LLC legal fees and collateral exceeded RPC-745-NT revenue for the 7 months the case remained in court, with considerable cleanup costs allocated afterwards. Most notably was the amnestization of 6 circuit judges, costing The Authority 1.7 millions dollars alone.

Most RPC-745-NT locations were shut down throughout latter containment, dwindling profits from downsizing and significant budgetary overburden from Amazing! Co. sabotage cemented a change of course towards proliferated cleanup of RPC-745-NT merchandise. It is noted that public recognition and the anomalous altercations from RPC-745-NT locations suffered tremendously, further affecting profits and putting the business in debt with various creditors. One creditor was identified as an Amazing Co. sister company acting as a loan shark at up to 40% interest. With chapter 7 bankruptcy looming and threats of asset seizure by creditors, a rapid action plan was initiated for the liquidation of all RPC-745-NT assets and dissolution of the running company, putting an end to Raleigh Cuisine LLC. RPC-745-NT gained its Neutralized status shortly afterwards.

Fault did occur with the hastily executed plan, due to the bureaucratic complexity of franchised locations owned by individuals, alongside the active presence of infohazard anomalies, dozens of operational restaurants were written off as “lost to bureaucracy”. Accounts and Audits were unable to locate or contact these locations in time before the liquidation took place, nor was a robust accounting ledger kept due to the excessive time constraints. It is unknown if these locations are still in operation, receiving financial support and anomalous merchandise from Amazing! Co, or are operating as unaware independent businesses. Former CEO Theodore V Howard has remained in contact with The Authorities Office Of Financial Affairs, assisting in the continued containment.

With familiarity of RPC-745-NT operations, Temporary Catering Manager Theodore Howard was able to identify 9 locations, with himself joining the Authority Security Force detail for acquisition by The Authority. Below is a list of post-neutralized locations.

“Pierogi House”, Hiawatha, Michigan
“Nassau’s Wonders”, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
“Rainforest Cafe”, [REDACTED]
“Charles’ Inn", John Day, Oregon
“Taste of Rome”, Renovo, Pennsylvania
“Captain Avery Pub” Winfield, New York
“One Star Steakhouse”, Eunice, New Mexico
“[REDACTED]”
“House of Miki”, Norcatur, Kansas

Addendium: Total cost of RPC-745-NT containment and neutralization was $535,113,057. Theodore's employment with the Authority will terminate after Site-095 and -015 instances are shut down and no longer need his management, per his request.

Footnotes

1. containing a memetic agent, product of Amazing! Co.

2. Example, Bojangles and Skyline Chili

3. Group of Interest activity, Amazing! Co.

4. Representatives Rodgers was instructed not to inform the interrogatee on the nature of the Authority during the interview. See closing statement.

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