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Type: Text
Characters: Dr. G. Abernathy, Dr. Clifton (deceased), Dr. Hogan (deceased)
Chapter: 12
Can be found: On the platforms near the Marker's pedestal.
Transcript:
PATIENT LOG
DR. G. ABERNATHY (AEGIS VII CLINIC)
AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT
DR. ABERNATHY: I've quarantined the, uh, former Drs. Clifton and Hogan. We're barricaded in. I intend to keep a complete log, no matter what happens out there. Different vectors of infection seem to be-Someone needs to keep a record. If the Marker's signal can change a body from a distance, we need to know.
(UPDATE) The chest of Dr. Clifton's corpse has started to expand like... uh, like it's taking a deep breath. Something appears to be happening under the surface of the skin. The body's... convulsing. There's-A yellowish briny liquid is bursting from the mouth. He's choking? But he's... Oh god, I hope it's gas release.
(UPDATE) Okay, now there's, uh, the esophagus is bulging and the jaw is collapsing. The head... His, uh, head is splitting apart. It's reforming. Almost looks like a proboscis with... feelers? The chest is splitting along the center now. The chest is splitting and... It's... stretching. Expanding outwards as the, uh, internal organs, muscle, and bone are bent inwards. Can I get a scanner, please? No, the scanner. Thank you.
(UPDATE) So the, erm, internal organs have reorganized themselves. It's... The structure isn't... There seems to be a central organ now resembling a massive bladder. The bladder is filling with a liquid, some of which can be seen spilling from his-the creature's proboscis. So the two must be connected.
(UPDATE) The legs are quivering violently. The flesh is peeling away and, uh, merging with the flesh from the chest re-Fuck! Sorry. Shit, the, um, leg just bent backwards and-uh, okay, now the other one just snapped back at the knee as well. It's, um, starting to sit up? That's... It seems fully reanimated. Can we... Hello? Yeah, P-Sec. Anyone who's free! To euthanize! God, do I have to think of everyt
(UPDATE) The... um, spatter on the glass is making observation difficult. I missed that Dr. Hogan is also transforming, but it's not the... His legs are elongating, somehow flaying themselves? And they're twisting with a m-mixture of his own... internal organs. Into a single appendage. It's like some sort of tail. His face is... contorting. His jaw is clenching and unclenching, it's... it's crunching on itself, and... Shit, several, ah, jaw-like appendages are... emerging from his... his mouth, but it can't, uh, accommodate the-Oh shit, his head is splitting open too, like Clifton's-I can't-(sounds of vomiting)
(UPDATE) Oh fuck, he's-he's circling the room. It's not like Clifton. It's like he's... hunting? Does he see me? No, the vents! He's going for the vents! P-Sec? P-Sec! Is anyone left?
(Sound of impacts, screaming, and an organic crunching noise)
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