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Foundation database is classified. Unauthorized

2:08

access will result in

2:10

attainment. Within this archive

2:12

you'll find the key features, descriptions, and

2:14

accounts of the most notorious anomalies procured

2:17

or detained. Here,

2:20

take protection. Disbody

2:32

Dr. Lower's best efforts. Agent

2:35

Dobas died within minutes of Chief Strand's

2:37

escape. Dr.

2:39

Lower's and Dr. Schihenno assess the

2:41

ruined thematic cellophane, and, reaching

2:43

no further conclusions, determine that there was no

2:45

longer any reason to sequester the team in

2:48

the outer chamber. Captain

2:50

Cassidy established an emergency security corridor

2:52

at the entrance to the rear

2:54

tunnels with the remaining agents. Technician

2:58

Rizwana refused to open the clean room

3:00

door. He could be seen in

3:02

the window emphatically shaking his head, and

3:05

would not open the intercom despite

3:07

explicit written instructions and particularly explicit

3:09

threats from Captain Cassidy. Technician

3:11

Dukasz to resume drone mapping in the

3:13

interior tunnels, attempting to locate

3:16

both an alternate exit and Chief Strand. A

3:19

midnight professor booth called another team meeting to

3:21

discuss the probable cause of the day's events.

3:24

Log begins. The

3:27

remaining team, minus Agent

3:29

Panacea, Technician Dukaszta, and

3:32

Technician Rizwana, are assembled in

3:34

the base camp. Dr. Neller is

3:36

examining a bomb manuscript and phasing away from

3:38

the group. Thank

3:40

you all for coming. We are trapped

3:42

in a cave. Be this as it

3:45

may, I don't know how else to start a lecture. Why

3:47

are you lecturing? All we need is an

3:49

action plan. And why did you

3:51

call the meeting? Also, what's

3:54

up with Neller? Dr.

3:56

Neller does not respond. Leave him

3:58

be for a moment. And older, I

4:00

could use your help with this presentation. Professor

4:03

Huff's eyes are glazed over. He

4:05

shrugs. Well, chime

4:07

in if you get the notion. I could

4:09

use your help with some of the, uh, frothier

4:12

aspects of this narrative. Why

4:14

aren't we listening to Plaszko instead? She's

4:16

a David expert. I'm

4:18

still formulating hypotheses. Oh

4:21

great. Formulating hypotheses. That's terrific.

4:24

You've slipped effortlessly into Dukasa's role as

4:26

Team Eeyore, I see. Shut

4:28

the fuck up. You don't even have a job here

4:30

anymore. The point of

4:32

this meeting, increasingly ungentle people,

4:35

is to develop a working framework to

4:38

explain what's happening to us. Low

4:40

oxygen? Not hardly. We're

4:43

still breathing deep. CO2 levels

4:45

haven't changed. Strand

4:47

was probably on the money about those air vents,

4:49

and we're damn lucky they weren't damaged by the

4:51

explosion. Lucky? Yeah.

4:55

Exactly. It's more like he

4:57

knew they wouldn't be damaged when he caused

4:59

the explosion. In soonness, we don't

5:01

know it was him. Do we not?

5:04

He just shot a woman in cold blood. Rambling

5:06

about demons and running in terror constitute

5:08

hot blood, I would think. And you're

5:10

the resident hot blood expert, right? Guilty.

5:14

This provides a suitable segue to our

5:16

first thorny dilemma. Was

5:18

Chief Strand possessed by a

5:20

demon via involuntary nasal spasm?

5:23

Ugh. My husband prefers to

5:25

think of demons as metaphorical. Metaphors

5:28

don't pull triggers. Quite. Whatever

5:31

was wrong with Chief Strand, it had

5:33

very tangible effects. I'm

5:36

assuming there's an explanation buried somewhere behind all

5:38

this preface. Candidus,

5:40

at least. Dr.

5:42

Pleschko, what is the relationship

5:44

between the Devite Empire and this region of

5:46

Belarus? They

5:49

were here for a period not exceeding one

5:51

year. In the 12th

5:53

century, they withdrew their armies

5:55

after significant civil unrest in the

5:57

home provinces, One of the many

5:59

events. That killed him off entirely. Before.

6:02

The Communal Drafting. Of Sep. thus

6:04

one four zero push the timeline

6:07

forward again. The.

6:09

Prevailing theory for why they gave up Della

6:11

Reese. His economic. It

6:14

was too costly to remain. For two

6:16

little material gain it was well be

6:18

on the periphery of empire. No.

6:21

Resources they didn't already have in

6:23

abundance. Not. Even enough slaves

6:25

or sacrificial subjects to with their

6:27

appetites. Jesus. What's

6:29

the most? Really sorry.

6:33

So. They cut their losses and left without leaving

6:35

much strength on the landscape. That's.

6:37

The present orthodoxy. Always

6:40

ever seen are scattered camps and

6:42

major population centers. Like.

6:44

Salivate Excavations in Minsk and Paints.

6:47

This is a waste of time. I'm

6:49

inclined to agree, but time is always

6:51

got to waste. I

6:53

take it. The. Present. Orthodoxy doesn't

6:56

convince you. know it does

6:58

not. Dave I did not

7:00

retreat from anything. ever. The.

7:03

Would want in their vocabulary.

7:05

Actually, it's. It

7:08

was a figure of speech and co.

7:10

What I mean to say is that

7:13

there's was a history of advance. I

7:15

do not believe that would have abandoned

7:17

this place unless the very earth assaulted

7:20

useless on inhabitable. I

7:22

have this was sentenced sauce was

7:24

forced to collect affect. You. Think

7:26

the tried to consume a dog something up

7:28

instead. Could be could

7:31

be or maybe they tried

7:33

six tomb and dedicated some

7:35

deity of their own design

7:37

and found it exceeded specifications.

7:40

Or more frightful. Still have

7:43

some power interrupted the consecration

7:45

and claimed the space for

7:47

it. So. No

7:49

London Earth is devoid entirely of

7:52

god. Chino, Doctor Glasgow. Does

7:55

this hold water? Perhaps.

7:58

With. Modifications: Perhaps. The

8:01

inscription could have been added to the lintel after

8:04

the disaster as set

8:06

dressing, trying to frame this place as

8:08

a tomb with a protective curse on

8:10

it. To lure

8:13

in tomb robbers. Force

8:15

them to deal with whatever horrors

8:17

the devites woke up. Or

8:20

worse. Worse,

8:24

she says, and then laughs. Call

8:27

it a Eureka moment. What

8:30

if they curse this

8:32

place intentionally? Labeled

8:35

it misleadingly and

8:37

left it as a landmine for their

8:39

ungrateful, unsubjects to tread on when they'd

8:42

gone. They could have seeded

8:45

dozens of these things throughout the marshes.

8:48

And we've only found the

8:50

first so far. Which

8:52

would mean... right.

8:55

This isn't a tomb. It's

8:59

a trap. Professor

9:01

Buwathpats, Professor Hoff on the back,

9:03

lightly. The latter ignores jester.

9:06

And we've got our foot stuck in it now, don't

9:09

we? Thanks to Strand. Thanks

9:15

to me. That wasn't your

9:17

fault, Jerry. Nobody could have predicted- I

9:20

dynamited the entrance. I

9:23

beg your pardon? I

9:25

dynamited the entrance. You

9:27

were right, Fidelia. When

9:30

you suggested there was someone who didn't want to

9:32

walk away. That

9:35

was me. I

9:38

didn't want- I

9:40

couldn't walk away. Not

9:42

with nothing. But

9:44

again. I've

9:48

been with the Department of Archaeology for 34 years.

9:52

I've never so much as been shortlisted

9:55

for a leadership position. I've

9:58

written a dozen monographs that- Nobody

10:00

reads, I supervise Two dozen boxes

10:02

went on to exceed me At

10:04

half my age of I've managed

10:07

countless dig site that never amount

10:09

to anything and I'd never seen

10:11

anything as perfect as this place.

10:15

It as also signs. You

10:18

you say there was nothing in those suck

10:20

of that I beg to differ. The salivate

10:22

found something in the first and I was

10:24

meant to find something in the other. They

10:28

would. secrets. And

10:30

some of the mr were. waiting

10:33

for us. This.

10:36

Poisoned soil is rich with

10:38

promise. This

10:41

this was the site to make my code

10:43

red. You see. This

10:45

who's going to be my legacy.

10:48

If I could understand this then

10:50

I have. You seen what have

10:52

you flown since you've been down

10:55

here? I don't is is Captain

10:57

Cassidy drugs or side are appointed

10:59

a doctor never. Have

11:04

you sneeze?

11:06

No. I

11:09

haven't sneezing not once you've You

11:12

can check my camera feed if

11:14

you liked or you know can't

11:16

to the beats. Go to the

11:19

clean room and we can go

11:21

in there anymore. The intercom activates

11:23

optic not have. You been listening

11:25

in this entire time Elsa not thoughts.

11:28

And your sorry no souls

11:30

a lot cleaner. Stuff

11:33

up to the house. I

11:35

don't believe you're just to see as any of the

11:37

scheme of posed as. Well

11:40

as sitting. As this revelation is,

11:42

you've killed you. Realize that? How

11:45

fees. I'm. So twenty years

11:47

on your projects, the best years of my

11:49

life and this is what gets me. To

11:52

think everyone here doesn't know what's going on with

11:55

this place. To think we would

11:57

have just told them hooked way. To

11:59

didn't. But even... you

12:01

didn't even ask if you wanted to

12:03

stay. You think I didn't hear you

12:06

talking about dynamiting the place? You

12:09

lost faith in the work and I lost

12:11

faith in you. I'm sorry but it's not

12:13

like this wasn't partially your fault. Wow, your

12:15

penitent strict doesn't run far, does it? Feeling

12:18

sorry for us couldn't keep you from feeling sorry for

12:20

yourself more than five minutes. I

12:22

will be judged for what I've done. But

12:26

history will judge me- Shut up! I'm

12:28

clearing out one of Strand's closets and I'm putting you in it.

12:31

That seems a little... extreme.

12:34

Does it? He could have

12:36

killed us all, he's no engineer. But

12:39

don't tell him short, he could still

12:41

have killed us all. We haven't

12:43

got an exit strategy yet. As

12:45

upsetting as this revelation is... Professor

12:47

Booth nods at Dr. Afghiano. It does

12:49

rather throw a spanner in the works

12:51

as well. If

12:53

Dr. Neller performed his act of... method

12:56

faith without the benefit of an ancient

12:58

curse, we are faced with

13:00

the possibility that Chief Strand's moment of

13:02

weakness was an isolated outburst. Moment

13:05

of weakness?! Look,

13:08

until Overwatch says otherwise I'm- You

13:11

don't get to talk. After this moment I'm

13:13

in command of the Dig site. We're gonna sit

13:15

tight, stay in the camp and wait for Harma

13:17

to show up with those D-Class. They'll

13:19

see the entrance is compromised and dig us out.

13:22

No? I'm afraid

13:24

they won't. Further

13:28

revelations, Dr. Neller? Nobody's

13:30

coming. I

13:32

told Overwatch to quarantine the skip and not

13:34

to come down until either they received an

13:36

all-clear or... or 30 days. Have

13:40

passed. The extent of

13:42

our rations. You understand why? I'm

13:45

sorry, I'm truly sorry! I'm

13:48

truly sorry! Son of a bitch! Quartermaster

13:51

Alameen shoves Dr. Neller, who

13:53

remains seated. He drops

13:55

his monograph and Alameen looks down at

13:57

it briefly. The Title is... The

14:00

pilgrimage site. An. Incremental

14:02

analysis by Gearhart of Nowhere,

14:04

You stupid? Yes,

14:06

everyone needs to calm down. Yes,

14:09

everyone except for me needs to

14:11

calm down. Given Cassidy moves to

14:13

the weapons locker and remove the

14:15

pump action shotgun I am trained

14:18

and crowd control. Doctor

14:21

knows dunes. The. Person is monograph

14:23

beneath the bench he was sitting on with

14:25

one shoe. He doesn't matter

14:27

who did what the masses wash, we all

14:29

want the same thing right now. the find

14:31

out what's going on in his tomb, how

14:34

it works, and how we can protect ourselves

14:36

from it, learning the secrets and surviving the

14:38

next four weeks. old one and the same.

14:43

This have been quite of state. I

14:45

admit that the original purpose of this

14:48

meat and remain sound. As my colleague

14:50

says, we must a new than buses.

14:53

Update Students. Nobody shooting

14:55

only but ah, Certain

14:59

our reaches of the clutch in

15:01

his forehead for topless backward striking

15:03

seven near to the bench the

15:05

locks himself there's blood and hair

15:07

must have a fantasy streets the

15:09

stone snacks. The second cracking sound

15:11

a significantly softer and wetter. Get.

15:14

Hurt. Somebody.

15:16

Somebody say. Of

15:22

two hours versus the doctor know his side with

15:24

the first aid kit and examined some. Is

15:27

that? Why?

15:31

You came up to the heart attack

15:33

I gave him. You're

15:35

the one with the got i'm shotgun. It

15:37

wasn't a heart attack. He. Reached for

15:39

his had not as test. I

15:42

think had an aneurism. Asked.

15:47

What Was that? It just. The

15:50

same. Before he screamed

15:52

says evidence. I'm afraid Quartermaster

15:54

L. A mean looks Professor

15:56

Boots with wide eyes. Explain.

15:58

What that means? Dot Nello was

16:00

not a young man. If

16:03

whatever malign influence today's this place was trying

16:05

to enter into him at his moments of

16:07

weakness, it may have been too much, was

16:10

just. Shocked

16:12

fulfill his. Doctor.

16:15

You. Want me to perform a post

16:17

mortem demonic possession rejection test? We

16:20

do actually have something like that, a tactical

16:22

theology which we probably the won't. As

16:24

panacea technician because the return to the

16:26

camp. What's going on? We heard shouting.

16:29

Snap. Know learn. But.

16:31

I know. It's.

16:37

Efficacy strikes you japan assume with a bunch

16:39

of Iraq and the catches him as he

16:41

falls unconscious. Morgan's.

16:49

Agent Fantasy and was sequestered in the medical

16:51

room for monitoring. A two hours

16:53

induces a malcolm com of I or supply of sober

16:55

six with is going to minister to the majority of

16:57

the team the law them to sleep through the night.

17:00

Technician. Rizwan a report of the doctor

17:03

know his lapel camera footage showed no evidence

17:05

of him having sneeze prior to that night's

17:07

meeting. He further reported that

17:09

he was now reviewing the footage for all

17:11

other team members. The. Quarters of

17:13

agents domus Doctor Kneller were removed, one

17:15

of the dead and tunnels beyond the

17:17

inner burial chamber. Turn

17:19

were Procedure Technician Acosta disappeared along

17:21

with control mechanisms for his drone.

17:25

Captain. Cassie ordered the all future

17:27

ventures into the tunnels utilize the

17:29

buddy system to prevent further disappearances.

17:32

Only Professor House disregarded said

17:34

management. He. Took to wandering the

17:36

tunnels alone. Returning. As the mood

17:38

took him. Largely. Unresponsive to attempt

17:41

to engage him and conversation. About

17:44

biggest. Professors

17:46

booth and house and Doctor Lowers are sitting at

17:48

the head of a folding table in the center.

17:51

The Camp. Domain. Team members

17:53

are arranged around the room. Being. Different

17:55

degrees of attention and our conversation. On

17:58

we assessed. This concept of

18:00

the humble sneeze as a trigger for

18:02

calamity is not so outrageous as it

18:05

might appear at first blush. What

18:08

we are saying is it's possible

18:10

the superstitions appertaining there too were

18:13

derived from this place or places

18:15

like it. Outposts of

18:17

David nasal warfare, if you will. And

18:20

what I'm saying is that this isn't

18:22

particularly useful information. It's much

18:24

more valuable to know why we sneeze and how to stop

18:27

it than it is to waste our precious air

18:29

floating theories we can't prove. Our

18:31

medic doesn't seem to value your precious folklore very

18:33

highly, does she Reginald? I

18:35

suspect you've something to say about that. Professor

18:38

Huffshruggs looks away. Sneezing

18:41

is a reflex action. A

18:43

stimulus response. It's involuntary but

18:45

there are ways to cause and prevent it to

18:47

a degree. You should avoid

18:50

dramatic changes in both temperature and light level. Sun

18:53

flashes can be extremely dangerous in terms of triggering

18:55

a sneeze. I know

18:57

this came up before but shouldn't we

18:59

be wearing masks? In

19:01

any other context I would say yes. But

19:04

the evidence suggests each sneeze represents a

19:07

difficulty faced by only the sneezer. Airborne

19:10

particulates do not come into it and- It's

19:13

just difficult to breathe down here already.

19:16

Yes. And masks

19:18

might prevent us from noticing when someone does

19:20

sneeze. Also yes. Now

19:23

onto prevention. If you feel one

19:25

coming on, use your tongue to tickle the roof of your

19:27

mouth. Under normal circumstances I

19:30

tell you not to suppress a sneeze as

19:32

that can cause serious damage. But

19:34

if worse comes to worse, it might

19:37

be worthwhile to try simply plugging your nose.

19:40

If the operative effect is something emerging

19:42

from or entering the nasal passages that

19:44

might be curl. But

19:46

what if the expulsion of breath? It

19:49

has to come out eventually one way or another. And

19:52

medieval Europeans believe- What?

19:55

What did they believe Reginald? Professor of

19:57

Shrugs again. Well, no matter.

20:00

Well, the sneeze is an indicator that something

20:02

to rise occurs. Is it so helpful to

20:05

prevent the out-what sign? Is

20:07

that why you keep putting your handkerchief

20:09

over your face? So they

20:11

can't tell if you've just sneezed

20:13

or not? He's

20:17

got a point. I have my eye on

20:20

you, Professor Gin and Tonic. If

20:23

you're hoping to send the competition in

20:25

the arena of divine expertise, I'd as

20:27

dear. You should

20:29

know that I thoroughly

20:31

flunked onto kinetic civilizations

20:33

on our departmental quiles.

20:37

Log ends. Exploration

20:42

of the tunnels continued in earnest as the need

20:44

to discover an exit became more urgent. Log

20:47

begins. Dr. F.

20:50

Kehano and Captain Cassidy are moving along a dark

20:52

stretch of tunnel. Captain

20:54

Cassidy's placing small round working lights on the

20:56

wall as they progress. The

21:01

idea that your heart stops when you sneeze dates back

21:03

to the Renaissance. When we say God bless

21:05

you, we're actually speaking straight to the heart, as it were. I

21:08

did not request this information. Some

21:10

people say it really started during the Black Death, but I

21:12

don't know if I buy that. I've

21:15

seen equally good arguments for people becoming less

21:17

and more religious during that period as a

21:19

result of trauma, and the sighted sources are

21:22

spotty at best. If

21:24

I'm doing something to give you the impression...

21:26

For a time, the standard protocol was to

21:28

perform the sign of the cross whenever you

21:30

sneezed. Edict of Pope Gregory. Dr. Kehano! Sorry,

21:34

but Boo's last meeting really got me thinking, and we need

21:37

to work this through. I

21:39

wonder, at a man so steeped in academic

21:41

rigor as Nella, succumbing so completely to superstition,

21:43

you know? He used

21:45

his last moments on Earth to complain that nobody

21:47

wished him good health. That's what

21:49

Kucentai means, in German. It's

21:51

not particularly religious, it's just magical

21:53

thinking, and religion is magical thinking.

21:59

When you come up with something, the retort, do us

22:01

both a favor and simply imagine

22:03

my reaction. Log in.

22:07

Dr. M. Keanu and Agent Valente are

22:10

exploring an exceptionally dusty tunnel. Agent

22:13

Valente is forced to brush dust off the walls

22:15

before fixing his work lights. Log

22:17

begin. I

22:21

still worry that there might be some sort of

22:23

local trigger for these phenomena that we don't know

22:25

about. I really wish

22:27

I could pick off S.P.R.A.I.N. I

22:29

saw him in one of the tunnels earlier today. He

22:32

was staring at a blank wall. I

22:35

asked him why he didn't at least

22:37

go stare at something interesting. And

22:39

he said nothing is interesting. He's

22:42

absolutely convinced that he has no soul now. I

22:46

mean so am I, but for different

22:49

reasons. Don't believe in them. Yeah,

22:52

not particularly. Sensible.

22:55

Are you a pastor? Who keeps telling

22:58

people we're pastors? In

23:00

any case, don't give up on half. Don't

23:03

give up on anybody. We

23:06

keep modeling around in our own ways. We're

23:08

bound to stumble over a solution before too long.

23:12

Oh, for sure. I'd still

23:14

like to think we will make it out of this alright.

23:16

Agent Valente smiles. After

23:19

all, the cat sneezed. What?

23:24

It didn't come up with the meat, and I

23:26

felt silly bringing it up, but... Go

23:29

on. Agent Valente appears

23:31

to be embarrassed. A cat

23:33

sneezing is good luck. Log

23:36

ends. Dr.

23:39

Pleshko and Agent Roussell are standing at the end

23:41

of a tunnel branch, facing a

23:43

large dead end cavern completely filled with

23:45

fossilized plant matter. A massive

23:47

tangle of roots and gnarled trunk stretch from the

23:49

floor to the distant ceiling. All

23:52

of it is coated with a thick layer of dust. Log

23:55

begins. Absolutely.

24:03

Breathtaking. What

24:05

is it? It's... Dr.

24:07

Plushko pinches her nose. Wow, it's

24:10

dusty in here. It's

24:13

the remains of a small army of tree

24:15

golems, Agent. These

24:17

are the hands that worked our tunnels. They

24:20

weren't human at all. I

24:24

hope we get out of this so I can get specimens back

24:26

to my sight and take a look in proper lighting. Agent

24:29

Rousselle removes a work light from her pack.

24:32

We can probably improve the lighting here a little bit. No,

24:35

don't! Agent Rousselle

24:37

takes a few steps into the chamber and places a

24:40

work light on the wall. It

24:42

activates, illuminating the curtain of

24:44

dust falling between them, disturbed

24:46

by Agent Rousselle's footsteps. The

24:49

camera view is obscured. Aaah!

25:01

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show. Dr.

26:21

Plaszko returned to camp with the dislocated

26:23

arm and defensive wounds on our exposed

26:25

skin. She stated

26:27

that Agent Rissal had sneezed, then immediately

26:29

attempted to strangle her. She

26:31

had been forced to engage in violence to

26:34

protect herself, eventually getting hold of the Agent's

26:36

firearm and discharging it. She

26:38

was unsure whether her attacker had survived, having

26:40

fled as soon as the shot was fired. Her

26:43

lapel camera had been damaged during the altercation

26:46

and was now non-functional. Technician

26:49

Gill was sent to recover the cameras on

26:51

Dr. Neller and Agent Delbus' corpses. They

26:54

were found to be missing. Dr.

26:56

Lauer subsequently reported that Agent Pinocchio's camera

26:58

had apparently been stolen as well. Captain

27:01

Cassidy requested that Technician Rizwana emerge from the

27:03

clean room to hand over his own camera.

27:06

He declined to respond. Captain

27:09

Cassidy then demanded the entire team hand

27:11

in their lapel cameras, to

27:13

be dispensed only when parties engaged in

27:15

tunnel exploration. A hurried vote

27:17

rejected this measure, and despite threats

27:19

from Captain Cassidy, became apparent that the status

27:21

quo would continue. Dr.

27:24

Plushko was forbidden to enter the tunnels without

27:26

accompaniment by at least one member of the

27:28

team equipped with a functional lapel camera. She

27:31

eagerly agreed to this stipulation, stating her fear

27:34

that both Chief Strand and Agent Rizelle were

27:36

still at large. Captain

27:38

Cassidy mandated that all cameras be kept in

27:40

perfect working order and not tampered with in

27:43

any way, insinuating that any

27:45

mechanical failure would result in the immediate

27:47

execution of its bearer. In

27:50

routine inventory of the Fiennes cabinet, Quartermaster

27:52

Ellamine discovered that the Devite, Cleaver, and

27:54

one ritual dagger were missing. On

27:57

the afternoon of the fourth day, Dr. Lauer's

27:59

call the team meeting. Log

28:02

begins. All

28:05

surviving and uncompromised team members are present

28:07

safe for Dr. Pleschko and Agent Valenti.

28:10

Stand in the guard at the tunnel's

28:13

entrance, Dr. M. Kehano, using the washroom

28:15

facilities, Dr. F. Kehano, walking

28:17

the inner chambers. There

28:19

are supplies missing from my kit and from my

28:21

stores. What kind of supplies? My

28:24

sub or a fix. And the

28:26

excitants I keep around for reversing the effect

28:28

in emergencies. All

28:31

of them. Great. I need

28:33

sleep, right? Fantastic.

28:35

Dr. Laura's gestured at a bench

28:38

in the corner where Agent

28:40

Pinocchi and his sleeping crone. I

28:42

won't be able to keep that one down for much longer, so

28:45

I put him out in the open where we can all keep an eye.

28:48

I'm worried though. Why

28:50

my syringes? What could someone be planning?

28:54

Dr. F. Kehano enters the camp. I can't

28:57

find my husband. Captain Cassidy

28:59

walks over to the clean room window. Hammer's

29:01

on it with one fist. Points to

29:04

Dr. F. Kehano while shouting. Where's her

29:06

husband? His camera's been

29:08

pointing at the John door for the past ten

29:10

minutes. He must

29:12

be thinking real hard. Captain

29:14

Cassidy walks to the washroom, partition and

29:17

knocks. There's no response. I

29:19

hear that on the feed, Captain. Fuck.

29:23

Captain Cassidy removes a key card from her

29:25

belt and swipes it in the partition's reader.

29:28

The door opens and she scans the interior.

29:31

Double fuck. He's not in there. He

29:33

glued his camera to the wall. Must have

29:36

done it while we were out exploring. How

29:38

did you not see that, Breswana? I've

29:41

got all I can manage to monitor you,

29:43

Lock, for fucking sneezes when

29:45

you're out strolling the sneeze

29:47

factory floor, sir. I hesitate

29:51

to ask, but is

29:54

it possible he performed at Captain Oates? No.

29:58

No, absolutely not. Dr.

30:01

Lara sneezes. Everyone freezes. Get

30:04

back. She dives for the medical

30:06

partition. Stay back. She

30:09

seals the door behind her. Captain Cassidy

30:12

raises her keycard again, but Professor Booth

30:14

places one hand on her sleeve. She's

30:17

a medical professional. She

30:19

must think there's a physiological explanation for

30:21

all this. She's quarantining herself.

30:24

More like she's blockading herself in with

30:26

all the medical supplies. I've

30:31

just opened and upturned everything we've stockpiled. I'm...

30:36

I'm very sorry, but I was contaminated anyway,

30:38

and would only have lured you in. Contaminated?

30:42

With what? When

30:44

you're rescued, tell them. Tell

30:47

them to come with a full hazmat team. Another

30:50

sneeze is heard from the assembled crowd. The

30:53

team turns away from the medical

30:56

partition, exchanging glances. Alright.

30:58

Fess up. Have

31:02

it your way. It

31:04

was me. I...

31:07

I am just going outside.

31:10

Professor Booth nods. Technician

31:12

Gill walks to the rear of the chamber. I

31:15

may be some time. Technician Gill

31:17

heads for the tunnels and does not look back. Log

31:20

ends. The

31:23

six remaining healthy and uncorrupted team members

31:25

continue to explore the tunnels. Professor

31:28

Huff now spent almost all of his time

31:30

wandering, even failing to return to

31:32

camp for lights out on the fifth day. Captain

31:35

Cassidy restrained Agent Pinocian and requested

31:37

that Technician Roswana inform her should

31:40

the agent awaken while the camp

31:42

was unattended. Roswana agreed. Though

31:44

the tunnels continue to stretch out beneath the marsh with

31:46

no sign of an exit, Professor

31:49

Booth and Agent Valenti did make one discovery during

31:51

an outing on the sixth day. Log

31:55

begins. Professor

31:57

Booth is lecturing while Agent Valenti applies the

31:59

lights. to the tunnel walls. And

32:03

then there's the matter of cross purposes. Sure,

32:06

go on. I haven't been

32:08

able to think of a single agenda besides chaos

32:10

which could explain all the actions undertaken

32:13

by those possessed of the ideas they

32:15

have become... possessed.

32:19

They aren't acting toward any concerted ego. They've

32:22

all been affected differently by whatever this effect may

32:24

be. Poor Reginald

32:26

hardly seems plagued at all. He's

32:29

only moderately more morose than when he was back at

32:31

Cambridge. Agent Valenti

32:33

smiles sadly. Maybe

32:35

ancestral spirits are like academics. How

32:38

so? They don't get along. Hahahaha.

32:43

Ah, well, I

32:46

hadn't considered the unfence of stereotyping the

32:48

ancestors. That's, uh,

32:51

more of an archaeology thing, isn't it? Hahahaha.

32:57

Hey, whoa, do you smell that? They

33:01

turn the next bend in the tunnel

33:03

cautiously, entering a small cavelet where they

33:05

discover a vivisected corpse. It

33:07

is naked. The clothing left in a

33:09

ragged and bloody pile further down, and

33:12

the skin is flayed from head to toe around a

33:14

central cavity in the chest. Organs

33:16

and veins are arranged on the stone

33:19

floor an unfamiliar pattern suggestive of lettering,

33:21

with the spaces between carefully linked by streaks

33:24

of dried blood. Professor

33:27

Booth presses his anchor chip over

33:29

his face and observes a tableau for

33:31

some time. I suspect

33:34

I'm going to. Oh!

33:38

Ah! The day Mike Cleaver

33:40

discovered on the first day appears on Professor

33:42

Booth's camera feed, slicing out

33:44

of the darkness. It passes

33:46

over Agent Valenti's head as he's doubled

33:49

over, but straight to Professor Booth

33:51

a glancing glow which cannot be seen properly

33:53

on either feed. He

33:55

grunts in pain and stumbles as the Cleaver

33:57

finishes arching into a pre-existing crack in the

33:59

wall. dislodging a chunk of

34:01

stone and precipitating a low rumble in the

34:03

cave roof. Professor Booth

34:06

slips, presumably on the viscera,

34:09

and falls as the ceiling collapses. Log

34:12

ends. All

34:14

six team members were absent from the

34:16

camp at this time, investigating the tunnels

34:18

and pears. Technician Roswana

34:21

reported the attack on Agent Valenti

34:23

and Professor Booth via radio, though

34:25

Captain Cassidy and Dr. F. Kehano had already

34:27

heard the tremors and were on their way

34:30

back to investigate. They found

34:32

a solid rockfall, like the one

34:34

blocking the entrance, where the missing

34:36

pear had been exploring. They

34:38

returned to the camp to find that Agent Pinocchio

34:40

was also missing. Log

34:43

begins. Captain

34:45

Cassidy's hammering on the clean room window

34:47

as Dr. F. Kehano double checks the

34:49

washroom partition. What do

34:52

you mean you fell asleep? Yeah,

34:55

and it's not the first time. I've

34:57

been staying awake as much as I can in case

34:59

you try something. And

35:01

it's taking a goddamn toll. I

35:05

get no peace, except when I'm minding

35:07

the store, alone, the

35:09

way you're always waving that shotgun around.

35:12

Like this? Captain Cassidy presses the

35:14

shotgun barrel against the glass. Technician

35:17

Roswana ducks. You had

35:20

one job! One fucking

35:22

job! Dr. Plushko returns

35:25

to the camp out of breath. Is

35:30

the quartermaster back yet? He's

35:33

not with you. We were separated.

35:35

I think

35:38

we were being chased. Check

35:40

in the feed. I've had it about

35:43

up to here with your fucking feed,

35:45

Roswana. Yeah, I'll just bet you have.

35:48

What's that supposed to mean? Quartermaster

35:50

El-Amin appears in the doorway. Where

35:53

did you go? You just

35:55

started running. Did you seriously

35:57

not hear? Were

36:00

you? You lagging behind for a reason? Now

36:02

what's that supposed to- Guys, is there

36:04

some reason you wouldn't be afraid of

36:06

what's lurking in the tunnels, Quartermaster? Do

36:09

you know some- Guys! You

36:12

smell it, right? The

36:14

team turned to face the medical partition. Alright,

36:18

new rule. I check the

36:20

tunnels alone and nobody else leaves this

36:22

camp, period. I come back,

36:24

you're not here, you graduate to my shoot

36:27

on sight list. Log

36:29

ends. Captain

36:36

Cassidy continues to place lights in the further

36:38

reaches of the tunnels. Relaying

36:40

map information back to Roswana who agreed to

36:42

keep track of comings and goings in the

36:45

outer chamber. None were

36:47

reported. The following morning

36:49

Captain Cassidy returns from an outing and calls

36:51

her remaining three team members to meeting. Log

36:55

begins. Dr.

36:57

F. Kehano is sitting calmly on the bench. Quartermaster

37:00

Al Amin is standing in the doorway to

37:02

the outer burial chamber. Eyes

37:04

fixed on Dr. Plaszko. He's

37:07

sitting on the floor and examining Dr.

37:09

Neller's copies of Dr. Salve's notes. Captain

37:11

Cassidy is standing in the center of the room bouncing on

37:14

the balls of her feet. We're

37:18

almost at the end. Meaning you found

37:20

the way up? No, but

37:22

at least one of you is on the way out. In

37:25

flying? I took a

37:28

few images with my PDA last night and

37:30

today. Tell me

37:32

if any of this looks familiar, friends. Captain

37:35

Cassidy selects an image and

37:37

raises the PDA so the group can see. It's

37:41

the vivisectored corpse discovered by Agent Valenti

37:43

and Professor Bose next to the fallen

37:45

rock. That would

37:47

appear to be a dead person. Eagle

37:49

eyes. Anything else? Nothing

37:53

interesting. It's ritual, of

37:55

course, but meaningless ritual, as

37:57

far as I can tell. Maybe huff.

38:00

A total different. Who knows where

38:02

he's got. Yeah.

38:05

That's pretty much what he said you'd say,

38:07

What? Who this

38:10

is Agent Roussel doctor and

38:12

went back to check. And.

38:16

presumably. She either died of the injuries

38:19

I gave her and she's strand hacked or

38:21

dead body to pieces or I miss. My

38:23

mark. And he did the

38:25

entire job himself. Doesn't

38:27

look much like cleaver went to me. Know

38:29

it does. it. Does it? This.

38:33

Is cleaver work. Didn't.

38:35

Care as he smirks a second image. displaying

38:38

dismember corpse. The.

38:40

Limbs are have to part haphazardly and thrown

38:42

about the top floor. Which. Is sort

38:45

of blood in Oregon, Pope and most

38:47

and trails. Does this

38:49

because his head staring at the camera? Upside

38:52

down between his left leg and right

38:54

arm. Oh. I've

38:57

been the to have gone on cruises drop

38:59

months away. Presumably, I

39:01

don't have to point out the

39:03

discrepancy for you, So.

39:07

There are two killers. Is that what you're

39:09

saying? Well. There's plenty

39:11

of candidates to choose from. Half

39:13

thinks he's off to solve and com

39:15

some guys as he pleases Valenti. but

39:17

then I see an end Gill oh

39:19

missing. So. Is your

39:22

husband? Shut your mouth? It's.

39:24

Not a nosy and. To. Show

39:26

them a certain age. This

39:28

corpses reverser do differently. Residuals

39:31

in different seats on the stone floor.

39:33

It's. Barely recognizable as belonging to the

39:35

missing agent. And it's

39:38

not gill either. Know before

39:40

the majority of missing girl his

39:42

chest cavity completely emptied a visceral

39:44

know arrange on the storm foreign

39:46

three separate in reasons of same

39:48

said you. Tell me

39:50

one more time that you don't

39:53

recognize the significance of this. I

39:55

don't. I do not

39:57

recognize the significance of this. Well,

40:01

that's a damn shame. I

40:04

guess it must make you feel pretty important, though.

40:07

Being the only person left alive

40:09

in this daylight tomb who knows

40:11

anything about the goddamn devights, right?

40:14

What? It would be great

40:16

if I could get a second opinion. Let

40:19

me see the images again. I don't-

40:21

How about it, Professor Booth? Captain

40:23

Cassidy presses a button on the PDA screen.

40:27

The screen begins to play, pinily, from

40:29

its speaker. Nasty.

40:33

Nasty pips of work, aren't they?

40:37

I almost

40:40

thought I recognized the first one. When

40:43

that cleaver came singing its song through the

40:45

air, and through my arm.

40:48

Keep going. This is important. Yes,

40:52

I dare say. The

40:55

entrails in this first image are arranged in

40:57

the form of a boaty axe, meaning

41:00

a harvest. Idiomatically

41:03

in this context, we

41:06

might infer a human sacrifice.

41:08

And this one? Tau. It

41:11

means... Well. It

41:14

means a human sacrifice. I

41:16

had oh

41:19

so many ways to

41:21

talk about human sacrifices.

41:25

Oh yes, I did indeed. Alright,

41:27

just one more. Rapes.

41:30

I've gone through a guess. Some kind

41:33

of human sacrifice? Yes. A

41:37

human sacrifice with specifically religious

41:39

intent. Our

41:42

artist was possessed with the urgent need to

41:44

be sure their message had been understood, I

41:46

think. By whom? By

41:49

the David Pantheon one imagines, as

41:52

these are David words. Dr.

42:00

Plasco. Lie to

42:02

me. This is how you want

42:04

to spend your time down here? Dividing

42:07

us into camps? Victimizing

42:09

each other? Lord,

42:13

how many times must you have sneezed

42:16

already? Lie more

42:18

directly, please. I haven't

42:20

got all day. I haven't

42:22

killed anyone. Come

42:25

on. How cliche can

42:27

you get? You're

42:29

trying to frame the David expert. Okay,

42:32

original. Anyone who

42:35

spends that much time studying the evil

42:37

empire has just got to already be

42:39

evil, right? Who could doubt

42:41

it? And

42:43

all you would need to convince is a Christian

42:45

dupe and some idiot pencil pusher. How

42:48

hard can that be? One

42:51

more sane, normal human

42:53

being sacrificed to

42:55

your demented ritual. Dr.

42:57

F. Kehano slips past quartermaster Alamein

42:59

still standing in the doorway into

43:01

the outer burial chamber. Is

43:04

this honestly all you've got? This

43:07

is your entire defense. You

43:09

failed three times in a

43:12

row to recognize letters we

43:14

know you know how to read. I'm

43:16

an academic, not

43:18

a goddamn entraps crier. You

43:21

murdered Russel and you

43:23

cut her body up into pieces and you

43:25

painted the floor with her guts to

43:28

send a message to gods who've probably been

43:30

dead for centuries. I'll bet it

43:32

was you who sneezed and you who turned on

43:34

her so she wouldn't tell. Did she damage your

43:36

camera in the scuffle or did you do that

43:38

too? So you could come and go as you please.

43:40

The intercom activates. That's

43:43

rich coming from you. I'm

43:46

just about done with your

43:49

shit, Rizwana. Well, my

43:51

shit is completely done with you.

43:55

I finished looking over all the camera feeds. So?

43:59

Dr. M. Kihano silently returns to the room and

44:01

walks towards her bunk. She

44:04

retrieves her jacket and puts it on. The

44:06

good captain here turned her camera off just

44:08

a few hours after we lost Agent Dobas

44:10

and Chief Strand. Just

44:12

for a second when she was alone and

44:15

she turned it back on after. I

44:17

don't think anyone else here even knows

44:19

how to do that. Must

44:22

be a special cop trick. If

44:26

you're going to pick a side, Roswana, you

44:29

might want to pick the side that has a

44:31

fucking scatter gun. They

44:33

outnumber you. And I'm behind

44:35

the locked door. I like

44:37

those odds. And you definitely

44:39

turned that camera off when you realized

44:41

you were about to sneeze. Shut

44:44

up! The blip was

44:46

so minuscule, I wouldn't have even

44:48

thought to check if I hadn't noticed your feed

44:51

file was a few megabytes too light. This

44:54

was days ago, right? Almost

44:58

a whole damn week. We've

45:00

trusted you this entire time

45:02

and you've led us like

45:04

sheep to the slaughter. Shut

45:07

up! There's

45:10

a sneeze from the door to the inner burial chamber.

45:13

Captain Cassidy wheels on one heel and fires

45:15

the shotgun. Chief Alamein's

45:17

face absorbs most of the blast. He

45:20

falls to the stone floor. The

45:22

majority of his skull and brain matter remaining on

45:24

the wall beside him in a dense splatter pattern.

45:28

The cat, which was standing behind him,

45:30

rears back and hisses in surprise. It

45:33

sneezes again, then bolts into the

45:35

black. Captain Cassidy stares into

45:37

space for a moment, then pumps the shotgun

45:40

again and turns to face the clean room

45:42

door. She fires a

45:44

blast into the locking mechanism, bleaching at

45:46

the sparks and backscatter which score her

45:49

body armor. We

45:52

need to get out of here! The

45:54

escape the chamber past Chief Alamein's

45:56

remains. Dr. Plushko

45:58

runs past the sarcophagus. in the

46:00

outer burial chamber while Dr. F. Kehano legs

46:02

behind until she's gone. The

46:05

second shotgun blast, metal on

46:07

metal, is audible as the hand rises

46:09

up out of the sarcophagus.

46:12

She seizes it and pulls her husband up to

46:14

a sitting position. How do you

46:16

feel? Like

46:19

somebody buried me alive. No.

46:23

Dead. Definitely dead.

46:27

Dr. F. Kehano peeks into the outer chamber just

46:29

in time to see a burst of blood and

46:31

gore strike the inside of the clean room window

46:33

as the shotgun discharges for a fourth time. She

46:37

turns away again and helps her husband climb

46:39

groggily out of the sarcophagus. What's

46:41

all the excitement? No time. Up.

46:44

She pulls her arm around her shoulders and they

46:47

hobble into the empty inner chamber. Then

46:49

the inner burial chamber with the collapsed second

46:51

sarcophagus. It

46:54

feels like I missed something. A few days

46:56

and a half doesn't me off. Your cop. I

46:58

used the last of Lauer's excitement sweetening you back up

47:00

and it's probably gonna hit you like a freight train

47:02

in a few hours. Why

47:04

was I down? Because I drugged you.

47:08

Drugged me. And buried you too.

47:10

Like the kings of old. Like

47:12

a goddamn daver. Why?

47:16

Because I love you Max and you

47:18

can't sneeze in REM sleep. Medical fact.

47:21

As they round the first corner in the

47:24

tunnels the shotgun discharges from far behind. Flanks

47:26

of stone are chipped away from the wall and

47:29

scatter on the floor. Though the

47:31

range is too great for the gun to do much

47:33

damage. Can you run? I

47:37

can stumble. They

47:39

hurry through the passengers for approximately five

47:41

minutes before footfalls become audible at. They

47:45

stop and listen. Who's

47:47

even left? Plushko, Cassidy,

47:50

Huff, maybe Booth. Everyone

47:53

else. Who knows? Christ.

47:56

I hope he can hear you. The footfalls

47:58

stop. Then suddenly grow. louder. Dr.

48:01

Pleschko rounds the nearest corner. She's

48:04

holding a pistol and pointing it in front of her.

48:07

When she sees the doctor's Kehano, she

48:09

visibly relaxes and lowers her weapon. Cassidy's

48:12

still back there? Somewhere? She

48:15

is, but I think we lost her. Probably

48:18

gone to get something nastier than a shotgun out

48:20

of that weapons cabinet. Or

48:22

the fines cabinet. That too.

48:25

Amazing how sharp those daggers still are after all

48:27

these years. Isn't it? There's

48:33

almost nobody left, Vidalia. Don't

48:36

you think it's about time we started to trust each other? Actually,

48:39

this sounds like the worst possible

48:41

time. Where'd you

48:43

have him stand?

48:52

I'm really sorry. Are you?

48:55

Of course I am. You

48:57

think I like doing this? Doing what?

49:00

Killing and vivisecting people?

49:05

I have missed something. I

49:07

only killed two of them. Gil

49:09

was already mostly dead when I found him. That's

49:13

why I got creative with the number of sigils. Strand

49:16

had opened him all the way up and

49:19

it seemed a shame to

49:21

let all that material go to... Dr.

49:24

Pleschko suddenly turns her head in vomits, stepping

49:27

back and raising the pistol higher as she does

49:29

so. Oh

49:40

god damn. I can't

49:42

get used to this. Then

49:44

why are you doing it? Because I have to.

49:47

I'm not dying down

49:49

here. You know who

49:52

I felt the sorriest for. This

49:54

whole time? Neller. I

49:57

can imagine being him. being

50:00

old, never having

50:02

made any novel

50:04

discoveries, never knowing the

50:06

secrets, never knowing

50:09

what it all means. I

50:12

could see myself in

50:15

his shoes, twenty

50:17

years from now, desperately

50:19

clinging to every chance at

50:21

a new dig like it's his last

50:24

lifeline on earth. But

50:27

the only thing worse than living

50:29

that long with nothing to show for is

50:32

dying with nothing

50:35

to show for it. The

50:38

secrets are here,

50:41

down here, just like

50:43

he said, like

50:46

Salovey said. I'm

50:49

going to find them and I'm going to find the

50:51

way out and none of

50:53

this horror show will

50:55

have been pointless. None

50:58

of that explains why you need to kill us. She

51:01

explained her plans and we know what she did. The

51:04

others didn't though, right? So

51:06

why? Why did

51:08

you kill them, Blasco? Because first

51:10

of all, Cassidy

51:13

was right. I've

51:15

had myself a few solid sneezes so far.

51:18

I have a wicked dust allergy and

51:21

this place is nothing

51:25

but dust. I

51:27

knew I'd sucked up way too much

51:29

running down this way but I thought,

51:33

I honestly did think I

51:36

might be able to help you get out of here. And

51:39

then it would just be Cassidy's word against

51:41

mine. And

51:43

you saw her shoot. And

51:47

probably Rizwana, I'm guessing. Yes?

51:52

We could have walked away from this, we three. And

51:56

they would have dumped her in a deep

51:58

hole at Site Six. You

52:00

could just not do this.

52:03

There's no reason to think it's accomplishing

52:05

anything. I disagree. And

52:08

the risk is... Who great? What

52:11

about the risk to your soul? If

52:13

Huff was wrong, and I still

52:15

had mine after we broke that damn

52:17

sarcophagus, well... I

52:19

sure as hell don't have it now. And

52:24

I can't say I miss

52:26

it all that much, to be

52:28

perfectly honest. I'm

52:33

sorry if I'm lacking necessary exposition

52:35

here, but please... Why

52:38

do you need to kill someone just because

52:41

you sneezed? You

52:43

don't sound insane. You

52:45

sound... sad.

52:49

I lied. When? When

52:52

I said the ancient device didn't have

52:54

any superstitions about sneezing. I'm

52:57

honestly surprised nobody, particularly Booth,

52:59

called me out on that.

53:02

They had superstitions for

53:05

everything. Sneezing

53:07

to the ancient device meant

53:09

that you were faced with a choice. Sacrifice.

53:14

Or be sacrificed. Everyone

53:18

else came down here with their

53:20

extraneous cultural baggage, and

53:22

I came down here with a

53:24

crystal-clear set of instructions. I

53:28

didn't want to believe it. I

53:30

sure as hell didn't want to act on it, but

53:32

when I saw the look on herself's face and knew

53:34

she was about to pull the trigger on me, that

53:38

one was easy. He

53:41

came back to camp early while the swaner was

53:43

asleep, dragged Penosian out,

53:45

and tore him apart. Dr.

53:48

Pleschko reaches behind her back and produces one

53:50

of the deivite daggers. It gleams

53:52

in the glow of the work light. That

53:55

one was hard. He

53:57

woke up when I started cutting. I

54:01

won't ever forget the

54:04

sounds he made. You

54:06

won't ever forget, Ahsada. Which

54:08

is much, much better

54:11

than Nalargoth. So

54:13

in a way, you owe...

54:16

The tip of a ritual spear emerges from

54:18

Dr. Pleschko's left shoulder, covered in her blood.

54:21

She stumbles forward, bringing the

54:24

gun around clumsily as Professor Huff drives

54:26

her back along the passage. Run!

54:29

The Dr. Kahano run as Professor Huff shoves

54:31

the spear away from him. Dr.

54:34

Pleschko falls to the ground cursing. She

54:37

brings the pistol up and fires two eyes as it's

54:39

read upon his turn against the corner. One

54:42

bullet embeds itself in the ceiling.

54:44

Rumbles, and a cloud of dust falls down. The

54:53

survivors stare at the newest, thoroughly

54:55

impassable rockfall. Professor Huff is

54:57

hunched over, clutching his chest as though out of

54:59

breath. No going back

55:01

now. There's been no going back

55:04

since Nalar blocked up the entrance, Max. Oh,

55:06

buckup. You're in the

55:08

final stretch. No reason to lose

55:10

faith now. The Drs. Kahanos

55:13

stare at him. You're awfully chipper for

55:15

a man who's lost his soul. Yes,

55:18

well, I got it back. I

55:21

remembered an old Belarusian saying about

55:23

the meaning of sneezes. You

55:26

see, something very much

55:28

pertinent to our present situation.

55:30

Another nugget of wisdom from

55:32

Argyon of Sluck. No,

55:35

you see, he believed that

55:37

outside of profane places, in

55:39

a natural or sacred setting,

55:41

sneezing is a way for

55:43

one's soul, one's true

55:45

soul, to return to the

55:47

body. Not to leave. Return.

55:51

So you... So I walked

55:54

as far as I could walk to

55:56

where the dust settled, and the stench

55:58

of dead rotting things. began to

56:00

fill the stone passengers to

56:03

where I almost swore I could hear

56:05

the cries of distant birds walk

56:07

to the very edge of my endurance and

56:09

then at Chuu

56:12

as it were. He

56:14

suddenly regards him suspiciously. You

56:16

haven't been sneezing yourselves have you?

56:19

Wouldn't dream of it. If I

56:21

have it's been in my dreams. Good

56:24

good. Well I

56:27

don't know how much farther you have to

56:29

go but I'm confident you'll make it. Not

56:31

you? No I

56:33

don't think so. I'm 74 years

56:36

old and I rather think I've

56:38

been Professor

56:40

Hoff moves his hand to show it is clearly

56:42

a gunshot wound in the stomach. Oh

56:45

professor I'm sorry Reginald

56:48

please my friends call me

56:50

Reginald and on that note

56:52

I will come with you a ways

56:55

and then we must part. The

56:57

three of them travel for just over half

56:59

an hour before discovering Professor Booth slumped

57:02

against the cave wall. He's

57:04

dead apparently co-exanguinated by a deep

57:06

and rega gash on his right arm and

57:08

across his chest. He's

57:10

smiling his lapel camera caught between

57:12

the four and middle fingers of his right hand

57:14

as though it were a carnation. Take

57:17

that with you if you please. If

57:20

I recall correctly we are

57:22

well past the feed range now but

57:25

there's six hours flash memory on these things

57:28

for when that happens. Wonderful.

57:31

I don't doubt he will have recorded something

57:33

at the end. He could

57:35

hardly resist the temptation. Always a

57:38

flair for the dramatic no wonder

57:40

the BBC lapped him up. Dr.

57:43

F. Kahano carefully disconnects the lapel camera

57:45

and places it in her jacket pocket

57:47

which she then zips tight. Professor

57:50

Hoff sits down beside his colleague and closes

57:52

his eyes. We could

57:54

be almost there you know. You

57:57

could still make it out. more

58:00

at my pace, nobody makes it

58:02

out. You two go, and

58:05

I will stay for one final

58:07

debate with Augustus. I

58:09

dare say I will win this time. Head

58:14

for the sun and tell them what

58:17

happened, would you? At

58:19

least die trying. Publish or

58:21

perish, as they say. Professor

58:25

F says nothing more, and after a moment

58:27

they leave him. They walk

58:30

for over an hour in silence. The

58:32

work lights on the wall appear brighter now, as

58:35

though freshly placed. But the tunnel

58:37

air is becoming cleaner and the moisture level

58:39

is increasing. The floor

58:42

is gently sloping upwards. The

58:44

cat appears from behind them, rushing forward,

58:47

then looking back. Don't you

58:49

fucking sneeze. As

58:53

they pass the cat, it falls into step beside

58:55

them. You think this little fellow is

58:57

a problem? Why would he

58:59

be a problem? Well, he

59:02

did sneeze. Three times?

59:05

How would you even tell an evil cat,

59:07

though? From a normal one? Oh,

59:12

Christ, I just figured it out. How

59:14

to blaspheme? I already figured

59:17

that out. You just missed it. No,

59:19

I... Damn! I

59:22

know what happened. Of course

59:24

it would only dawn on me once we were far enough

59:26

away. What? It was

59:28

half who set me thinking about it, and then the cat.

59:31

Thought he lost his soul by sneezing, moped

59:33

about, then thought he got it back the

59:35

same way. Came running to save our

59:37

lives like he'd gotten a second wind. So

59:40

absolutely sure that old archim of slut

59:42

came through for him in a pinch.

59:46

Right. Now go back to the beginning.

59:49

Ruzwana thought he had to... Fuck!

59:53

You get it. He thought he

59:55

had to wash his hands after he sneezed, or something

59:57

terrible would happen when he tried to lift the lid.

1:00:00

Poor Nella thought you had to say gazontite

1:00:03

afterwards or your health would fail. Strand

1:00:05

got demons in his head and then... Got

1:00:08

demons in his head. Precisely.

1:00:12

It was a trap. A paranoia

1:00:14

trap. And that's all it was. Opportunistic.

1:00:19

Oh shit luck that its first opportunity

1:00:21

was something so utterly absurd. But

1:00:24

what about Blasco? She

1:00:26

was borderline sane. She was doing

1:00:28

horrific things but there was method in them, not

1:00:30

madness. Why was she different?

1:00:34

Day of Art Expert. Anyone who

1:00:36

spends that much time studying the evil empire

1:00:38

has got to already be evil. Oh

1:00:42

right you missed that part too. Log

1:00:45

ends. The

1:00:48

following excerpts depict salient detail from

1:00:50

the final transmission of Captain Cassidy's

1:00:53

lapel camera. Log

1:00:55

begins. Captain

1:00:57

Cassidy reviews the camera feeds in the clean room.

1:01:00

She occasionally turns to glance at the corpse

1:01:03

of technician Rizwana, revealing a gaping

1:01:05

hole where his chest should be. She

1:01:08

appears to briefly consider erasing her own

1:01:10

camera feed history, aborting the

1:01:12

ongoing recording or reformatting

1:01:14

the entire server. But

1:01:16

she does not do any of these things. She

1:01:19

maximizes the feed from the Doctor's Kehano, now

1:01:22

only sporadically received and at a very low

1:01:24

bit rate, and watches their

1:01:26

escape from the tunnels until the signal is

1:01:28

lost entirely. Captain Cassidy

1:01:31

opens the sealed medical partition, revealing

1:01:33

the corpse of Doctor Lowers. It's

1:01:36

covered in burst boils and pustules. She

1:01:39

seals the partition and hangs a biohazard sign

1:01:41

on the door before departing. Captain

1:01:44

Cassidy stands at the entrance to the tunnels,

1:01:47

watching as the earliest working lights flicker into

1:01:49

darkness one by one, truncating

1:01:52

the illuminated portion of the passage ahead.

1:01:55

The figure can be seen in the far distant

1:01:57

shadow, moving towards her at the edge of the

1:01:59

dying light. The flickers

1:02:01

reflect from something metallic held in the

1:02:03

figure's hand. Captain Cassidy

1:02:06

raises the shotgun and the

1:02:08

figure halts its advance. They

1:02:10

remain in this position for just over 20

1:02:12

minutes before the figure departs. Captain

1:02:15

Cassidy keeps the shotgun raised for a further

1:02:17

four minutes before she begins to back away.

1:02:20

Captain Cassidy enters the outer burial chamber,

1:02:23

noting the discarded syringes on the

1:02:25

floor and the control mechanism for

1:02:27

technician Roswana's data training razor device.

1:02:30

She picks up the mechanism and climbs

1:02:32

up into the open sarcophagus. She

1:02:35

lies down and raises the shotgun

1:02:37

to point at its ceiling. Eleven

1:02:40

minutes pass. Captain

1:02:42

Cassidy lowers the shotgun and raises the

1:02:44

control device. She

1:02:46

manipulates the controls and the lathe grinds

1:02:49

slowly shut. When there's

1:02:51

approximately 60 centimeters of open space at

1:02:53

her feet, she lowers the

1:02:55

controls and raises the shotgun towards

1:02:57

the aperture again. Thirty-seven

1:03:00

minutes pass. Captain

1:03:02

Cassidy again lowers the shotgun, examines

1:03:05

the controls, and slides

1:03:07

the lid completely shut. The

1:03:09

transmission signal is lost. Log

1:03:12

in. The

1:03:15

doctor's Kehano and the cat reach the terminus of

1:03:17

the tunnels in the early dawn of the eighth

1:03:20

day. Log

1:03:22

begins. There's

1:03:24

light can growing on the walls, which are

1:03:26

again composed of the Macranum marble scene in

1:03:28

the entrance descent. The switchbacks

1:03:30

are becoming more regular as they ascend,

1:03:33

and the distance between the work lights is further

1:03:35

apart. I think I can actually

1:03:38

smell the swamp. The doctors pass

1:03:40

the final work light without noticing, and I

1:03:42

can hear it getting

1:03:44

warmer too. It

1:03:46

almost think it was around the next. They

1:03:49

turn the corner and are suddenly confronted with

1:03:51

unfiltered daylight as the sun dips below the

1:03:53

upper edge of the stone cave mouth. They've

1:03:56

emerged from the tunnel at sunset. Dr.

1:03:59

M. Kehano links rapidly in the light. He

1:04:02

sneezes. I'll

1:04:04

bless you. Please

1:04:07

tell me that's going to be enough. It'll

1:04:09

be enough. You're sure? It

1:04:11

will. Dr. F. Kehano kisses

1:04:14

her husband. Because

1:04:16

we believe. Log

1:04:18

ends. The

1:04:24

doctors Kehano were extracted from the site

1:04:26

just minutes after their emergence. Agent

1:04:28

Valenti had escaped some 20 minutes prior via

1:04:30

the same route and hiked back toward the

1:04:32

quarantine post at the main entrance until he

1:04:35

was able to make radio contact. All

1:04:37

three surviving team members were airlifted to

1:04:40

hospital for emergency medical treatment and quarantine.

1:04:43

The cat was released to Dr. F. Kehano's

1:04:45

custody subsequent to her debriefing. The

1:04:48

reopening and recontainment of

1:04:50

SCP-7291 primarily via remote

1:04:52

manipulation revealed the following

1:04:54

additional items. The corpse

1:04:57

of Chief Strand expired from

1:04:59

dehydration. The corpse of

1:05:01

Professor Huff expired from an

1:05:03

infected gunshot wound. The

1:05:05

corpse of Captain Cassidy expired

1:05:07

from suffocation. The

1:05:09

corpse of Dr. Plisko, legs crushed

1:05:12

by falling debris, expired

1:05:14

from the apparently self-administered insertion of

1:05:16

a Devite ritual dagger into a

1:05:18

thoracic cavity. Dr.

1:05:21

F. Kehano was summoned for debriefing

1:05:23

by Tactical Theology Department head Dr.

1:05:25

Yosiri and Leonard. A reliquary,

1:05:28

Area 27, once sufficiently

1:05:30

recovered from intercontinental air travel.

1:05:33

An excerpt of their meeting is present below. Log

1:05:36

begins. After

1:05:39

Leener is seated behind his desk, Dr. F.

1:05:42

Kehano is seated across from him. I

1:05:46

trust Maximo is healing up well? That

1:05:49

chemical cocktail put one hell of a strain

1:05:51

on his system, but it was certainly worth

1:05:54

it. Your vocabulary seems

1:05:56

to have become more colorful in

1:05:58

the interim. I've seen

1:06:00

the gradations of sacrilege up close and

1:06:02

personal now, so the little

1:06:04

things don't seem quite so terrible now.

1:06:07

I'm sorry you had to learn that way. Me

1:06:10

too, but more so for the others. So,

1:06:15

a paranoia tomb? That's right.

1:06:18

Ontokinetic. Or

1:06:21

imparting ontokinesis on those within, while

1:06:23

within, one or the other. Affecting

1:06:26

perceived reality, personality, and almost

1:06:28

certainly probability as well. Doctors

1:06:32

Nella and Lois gave themselves

1:06:34

medical conditions, and well,

1:06:36

Agent Valenti escaped those tunnels because

1:06:38

he thought a sneezing cat was

1:06:40

lucky. That's almost

1:06:43

offensively unlikely. The

1:06:46

entire thing is offensive. It's a direct

1:06:48

assault on the concept of faith. And

1:06:51

other things? And other

1:06:53

things. Reading

1:06:55

your reports, it seems

1:06:57

Agent Pinascia ned the worst of it.

1:07:01

Armenian tradition holds that a second sneeze

1:07:03

negates the bad luck of the first.

1:07:06

He likely would have been fine,

1:07:08

since he obviously believed that and

1:07:10

forced himself to sneeze twice instead

1:07:12

of only once. I

1:07:14

think Dr. Lois takes the cake, sir,

1:07:16

since she died of bubonic plague, probably

1:07:19

just from remembering a schoolyard song. A

1:07:22

tissue, a tissue. We

1:07:24

all fall down. I'm

1:07:26

going to have a hard time living with this, sir. Fourteen

1:07:29

people died because a few of them

1:07:31

sneezed at inopportune moments, and we all

1:07:33

just... ...generated a

1:07:36

variegated mini-cult around the vague

1:07:38

concept that sneezes were somehow

1:07:40

obliterating our humanity. Sneezes.

1:07:43

And it became true. And

1:07:45

now you understand our blanket policy against

1:07:47

releasing the cause of death to family

1:07:49

members. Dr. Yavkihanoshik,

1:07:51

sir, had... ...one

1:07:54

more loose end to tie up, though, I'm

1:07:56

afraid. Yes, sir. How

1:07:59

is it that... you were the only

1:08:01

one, the only one out

1:08:03

of 17 team members, never

1:08:05

to sneeze over the course of

1:08:08

one week in a dusty tomb.

1:08:11

Dr. F. Kehano taps her nose. Because

1:08:14

I can't. No of injury.

1:08:17

Dr. Lehner smiles. We

1:08:19

reviewed Dr. Booth's last message, by the way.

1:08:22

Thank you for recovering that. It

1:08:25

was the least we could do, for all of them. I

1:08:28

would like you to hear it all eventually, but

1:08:30

for now just the snippet will do. Dr.

1:08:33

Lehner presses a button on his workstation. Here

1:08:42

at the end, I

1:08:45

find my historian's instincts. My

1:08:48

desire for circuitous closure draw me

1:08:50

back inexorably to the beginning. Barry

1:08:54

Salovey. He

1:08:56

left this place a man transformed.

1:09:00

And that transformation took.

1:09:04

Something was taken from him, and

1:09:06

he was never able to retrieve it. Or,

1:09:11

perhaps, he received

1:09:13

a gift he'd never known how

1:09:15

much he needed. A

1:09:18

purpose, inscrutable,

1:09:21

revolutionary, destructive.

1:09:26

A fire in the pit

1:09:28

where his soul used to be. A

1:09:31

fascination with the meaning behind

1:09:34

his experiences in this. This

1:09:37

tomb. My

1:09:40

tomb, now. I

1:09:43

am left with one last question. This

1:09:54

side effect. This

1:09:57

razor focus on

1:09:59

the mind. machinations of the ancient

1:10:02

devites. I've

1:10:05

seen it in my colleagues as

1:10:08

Nella saw it in Salovey, growing

1:10:11

inside them like the worm

1:10:13

in the apple. Intended

1:10:20

or unintended? Was

1:10:26

this really just a caltrope? To

1:10:29

break the bodies and minds of

1:10:31

provincial interlopers once the Imperials

1:10:33

have scorned it back home with all of the

1:10:35

treasure they could carry? Not

1:10:38

that they'd long to enjoy it, of course. Or,

1:10:42

whilst for a more sinister purpose

1:10:44

to the curse they levered upon this

1:10:47

stone, did they hope

1:10:49

to burn all comers? Or,

1:10:52

did they hope that some would

1:10:55

be tempered by the flame?

1:10:57

Very Salovey had

1:10:59

his obsession with people we

1:11:01

tried to strike from his memory, burned

1:11:06

indelibly into his very soul

1:11:09

where even amnestics could not reach,

1:11:12

and nothing obsession

1:11:15

itself. Was

1:11:28

it truly a mere accident

1:11:32

or the point of the exercise entire?

1:11:36

I, of course, will never

1:11:38

know. I

1:11:42

do hope someone will. And

1:11:46

that they do not learn the hard

1:11:48

way. Which...

1:11:55

I think sometimes that

1:11:59

it's really not Not so bad not

1:12:02

to believe, not

1:12:05

truly to believe in

1:12:11

anything much at all. Skepticism

1:12:16

hath its

1:12:18

reward. Though

1:12:25

at the close of things it

1:12:28

would be right,

1:12:33

I suppose, to

1:12:39

know. I

1:12:42

hope he's at peace. I

1:12:44

hope they all are. But

1:12:47

do you think there's anything to it? Do

1:12:49

you think he could be right? I

1:12:52

don't know. It's almost impossible

1:12:54

to really judge the hearts and minds

1:12:57

of an extinct people. We

1:12:59

can't ask them questions, and we can

1:13:01

only approximate their languages anyway. We

1:13:04

don't even know how Latin was originally pronounced, you

1:13:06

know? The Deivites and their

1:13:09

Daevas might as well be aliens. In

1:13:12

their case, the past is a

1:13:14

foreign planet. They

1:13:16

certainly couldn't have imagined our little fass

1:13:20

of sneezing. It

1:13:22

seems a lot more to ask that

1:13:24

they might not only have predicted, but

1:13:27

actually intended Salovey's fascination.

1:13:31

And Nellis and Plascos.

1:13:35

But what did it get them if they did want this?

1:13:38

One disgraced archaeologist who's never going to

1:13:41

see the outside of a cell again,

1:13:43

a bunch of dead researchers, techs and

1:13:45

agents, and three healthy people who don't

1:13:47

want to hear the word Daevar or

1:13:50

its derivatives ever again. Plus

1:13:52

a cat. Yes,

1:13:54

can't forget the cat. Have

1:13:56

you given it a name? Yes.

1:14:00

I did 7291-2, further incidents.

1:14:11

On the day Dr. Rainer conducted his debriefing,

1:14:13

Dr. Salovey escaped from Site

1:14:16

06 under suspicious circumstances. On

1:14:19

the following day, before Dr. F. Keanu

1:14:21

returned to Outpost 7291 to recover her husband, he

1:14:25

vanished from medical care under equally

1:14:27

suspicious circumstances. Two

1:14:29

days after that, a fire at

1:14:31

Site 76 destroyed multiple artifacts associated

1:14:34

with the ancient Devite Empire. The

1:14:37

following letter was received at the Keanu

1:14:39

residence in Valencia, Spain, on

1:14:41

9 October Fidelia,

1:14:46

I am not sorry. I

1:14:48

am aware academically that I should be. Nevertheless,

1:14:53

the capacity has

1:14:56

quite gone out of me. Perhaps

1:15:00

there's a part of me still capable of

1:15:02

feeling regret, but I've

1:15:04

left it far behind. Perhaps

1:15:07

it's still screaming through those

1:15:10

ever-darkening tunnels, waiting

1:15:12

for the last of the work lights to flick around,

1:15:16

one soul among many in search

1:15:18

of an empty vessel to fill.

1:15:22

Or perhaps the man

1:15:24

you married was simply obliterated

1:15:28

in a burst of Belarusian sunlight. All

1:15:33

I can say by way of comfort, and

1:15:36

cold comfort will it be indeed, is

1:15:40

that we're finally going to have what we

1:15:42

lost. We're

1:15:44

going to find out why the

1:15:46

Devites dug that tomb, why

1:15:49

and how they did that terrible thing

1:15:51

they did to it, and

1:15:54

what they hoped thereby to achieve. We're

1:15:58

going to find out in a way that does not require

1:16:00

faith, which

1:16:02

is good, because

1:16:05

as you may only now be realizing, I

1:16:09

have never had too very much of that. You

1:16:14

wanted to believe that I did, and

1:16:16

that was what I wanted as well. I

1:16:19

knew how important your faith was

1:16:22

to you, as

1:16:24

important as you were to me, and

1:16:27

if I could exaggerate my purely

1:16:29

academic interest into a simulacrum of

1:16:31

heartfelt belief, well then, where

1:16:35

was the harm? Of

1:16:39

course, we

1:16:41

found out, didn't we? For

1:16:46

your sake, I wish

1:16:48

that blessing had worked. For

1:16:51

your sake, I wish the shadow

1:16:53

hadn't stretched out past the mouth

1:16:55

of that cave to snatch me

1:16:57

from you when it seemed like

1:16:59

all was finally well. When

1:17:03

you thought it had been enough to

1:17:06

stay resolute in the face of evil,

1:17:12

when you were wrong, but

1:17:16

you will have cause to rejoice. This

1:17:19

I can promise you, because

1:17:22

Salovey and I and others of

1:17:24

like mind were going to get

1:17:26

the answers that our absent friends

1:17:28

died grasping at in blind panicked

1:17:30

futility. We're

1:17:33

going to learn the secrets of the devas in

1:17:36

full. No

1:17:39

conjecture, no theories, no piecing

1:17:41

together, abstract snippets of trivia.

1:17:45

No more puppeteering be passed.

1:17:49

This time, we're going

1:17:51

straight to the source. We're

1:17:55

going to ask them. We

1:17:58

love. Addendum

1:18:00

7291-3, Update.

1:18:08

Among the items previously thought destroyed

1:18:10

but now believed to have been stolen, is Site-76's

1:18:14

copy of SCP-140. Hey

1:18:33

everyone, thanks so much for listening to

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1:19:21

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1:19:24

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1:19:29

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1:19:35

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