Orochi Group Comms Intercept

Signal Bleed

ENCRYPTED MESSAGE FOLLOWS

TO: r.minagawa@orochi.tower.tokyo

FROM: s.jones@orochi.research.kaidan

TIMESTAMP: 2026-01-19T23:47:11Z

SUBJECT: URGENT: Anomaly in Siphon Unit 07

Ryu,

We have a harmonic resonance issue in the Kaidan testbed. Unit 07 isn't just collecting ambient Anima—it's... singing. The telemetry shows a feedback loop converting the raw energy into a patterned, coherent signal. It sounds like whispers, distorted, just at the edge of hearing. The on-site techs are complaining of migraines and a persistent taste of static and rust.

"It's not just noise. It's structured. It feels like a memory trying to form."

We're cross-referencing against the Filth incursion data, but this doesn't match known patterns. This feels older, more fundamental. I'm shutting down the unit remotely. We can't risk this signal finding a host. The potential for a cascade failure is unacceptable.

[Log Origin: Recovered from a partially-wiped drive, Orochi Tower, Emergency Data Archive #C-44]

Orochi Technical Document

// FILE: /var/log/sygnus/subject_7c_profile.json

{
  "subject_id": "OG-SYG-7C-0815",
  "status": "ACTIVE_MONITORING",
  "location": "Sygnus-C Deep Lab, Carpathian Fens",
  
  // Initial anima receptivity was high, but has degraded post-exposure.
  "anima_receptivity_quotient": 0.43,
  
  "exposure_events": [
    {
      "type": "CONTROLLED_FILTH_AEROSOL",
      "timestamp": "2025-12-18T22:00:04Z",
      "dosage_ml": 5,
      "filth_contamination_vector": 0.89
    }
  ],

  // Subject exhibits non-standard cognitive and biological markers.
  "cognitive_drift_markers": {
    "linguistic_divergence": true,
    "unprompted_geometric_vocalizations": true,
    "REM_sleep_architecture_collapse": false
  },

  "biometric_flags": [
    "DERMAL_IRIDESCENCE",
    "REDUCED_PAIN_RESPONSE",
    "SPORADIC_TENTACULAR_ERUPTIONS"
  ],

  "disposition_protocol": "MAINTAIN_AND_OBSERVE"
}
    

Containment Log: Specimen F-7

Degradation Protocol // Asset: F-7-Delta

LOG ENTRY: 2025/12/29-08:00Z

CONTAINMENT UNIT 7 (ALPHA-WING). PRIMARY SEAL INTEGRITY: 99.8%. ENVIRONMENTAL STABILIZATION PROTOCOL (ESP-7) ACTIVE. INTERNAL ATMOSPHERICS: 30% H₂O, 60% N₂, 10% O₂. TEMP: 2.1°C. SPECIMEN F-7, acquired from Kingsmouth marsh, remains in suspended animation. Initial spectroscopic analysis indicates a non-carbon-based polymeric structure. Further analysis impeded by rapid degradation of sampling apparatus. Technician Morales reports "unsettling visual artifacts" on exterior camera feeds.

LOG ENTRY: 2025/12/29-08:37Z

ESP-7 fluctuating. PRIMARY SEAL INTEGRITY: 97.4% (degrading). Attempted remote diagnostic. System reports "unauthorized bio-mass propagation" within ventillation conduits. This is impossible. Conduits are hermetically sealed. Morales's camera feed now shows a slow, dark ooze collecting at the seams of the unit. He sounds... agitated. Voice wavering. Reports a "pulsing light" from inside the specimen. Light? Spectroscopic analysis showed no photoluminescent properties.

LOG ENTRY: 2025/12/29-08:52Z

// DATA CORRUPTED //

...Seal integrity: 88%... Morales... shouting now. Something about reaching. The ooze... it's thicker. Blacker. The smell. Like burning plastic and something else. Something wrong. My console... the text is shifting. The lines... they're not straight. The unit's internal temperature is rising. Rapidly. What is it feeding on? *STATIC*. It sees. *NO SIGNAL*.

Recovered from a partially melted data drive, Lab 7 (Alpha-Wing), Orochi Bio-Research Facility, London. Drive data severely corrupted.