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Project number: QM-1318
Project Grade: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: All QM-1318 individuals will be kept in a separate metal cage and kept in a safe room in a facility free of laboratory animals. Due to the cognitively harmful nature of QM-1318, no researchers are allowed to interact directly with such individuals. Any experiment that requires the participation of such individuals must be performed by specially trained D-level personnel and remotely directed and monitored by the researcher assigned to the project.
The experimental protocol should strictly limit the exposure time of personnel under QM-1318 individuals. The same D-level personnel are not allowed to perform such tasks more than once in a week. Under no circumstances should personnel assigned to this task be allowed to be directly exposed to QM-1318 individuals for a cumulative period of more than 16 hours.
Anyone who shows signs of overexposure must undergo memory deletion and pass a thorough psychological screening before returning to work. If delusions persist despite medication and counseling, the program leader may consider approving the person's dismissal as disabled. D-class personnel with persistent illusions will be executed.
Description: QM-1318 is a spontaneous anomaly that occurs only in about 0.0001% of Ron-Evans mice1, the Norwegian brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Abnormal individuals are no different from other Lang-Evans rats in size, intelligence, appearance and lifespan, but humans who are close to (within about 3m) of these individuals with a cumulative time of 20~80 hours will have the following delusions:
In addition to the multiple effects described above, anyone who is referred by an affected person to the QM-1318 individual "knows" will be immediately affected by such delusions. 2
Although those affected all reported hearing QM-1318 speak, replays of such so-called "conversations" showed that the affected individuals were actually silently reading their individual responses to their questions. All recorded responses were within the knowledge of the affected persons.
QM-1318 was discovered during a routine event in 1993, when the productivity of the bioscience laboratory at Research Site-27 dropped by 75% in 6 months, but the quality of work did not. An internal investigation of the facility revealed that the entire lab was caught up in delusions about a male QM-1318 individual, whom they called "Frankie." Two investigative team members were similarly affected before this perceived hazard was finally identified.
All affected personnel were interviewed and underwent memory deletion, but 15 percent of them developed persistent delusions and subsequently left. "Frankie" was confirmed to have entered the Secret Bureau facility as part of Charles River's regular supply of experimental organisms. No anomalies were found in the other individuals of this batch.
Transcript of the interview 1318-1-5
Agent Davidson: Good morning, Mr. Mooney. I would like to ask you a few questions about the experimental creature that was classified as QM-1318-1.
Researcher Mooney: Uh. Okay, of course. How come there are so many people from your internal affairs here, what is there... Questions?
Agent Davidson: This is just a routine intelligence gathering, not a disciplinary hearing. What do you know about QM-1318-1?
Researcher Mooney: You mean Frankie, right?
Agent Davidson: Yes, I believe you call it "Frankie."
Researcher Mooney: Oh, Frankie is pretty good. He was very talkative, and his talent in organic chemistry was truly unprecedented.
Agent Davidson: How did you discover its anomalous nature?
Researcher Mooney: Well, two months ago I was struggling with synthesizing something in a QM-███ liquid, and I was whining about it in a restaurant. As a result, Kowalski, who was in charge of virology, said to me, "Hey, why don't you ask Frankie," and I wondered, who the fuck is this Frankie?
Agent Davidson: So that is the stuff that researcher Kowalski introduced you to?
Researcher Mooney: Yes. He took me to the empty storage room, where there was nothing but a large cage with a little mouse in it. I started wondering again, "Where is that guy named Frankie?" Kowalski said, "That's him." ”
Agent Davidson: Referring to the mouse.
Researcher Mooney: Right. I was thinking you were kidding me and was about to punch him, but he started talking to Frankie, and Frankie responded.
Agent Davidson: What are they talking about?
Researcher Mooney: Oh, Kowalski said "Hey, my old guy Moonsy has some tricky organic chemistry problems, do you think you can help him?" Frankie replied, "Little meaning." Nice to meet you, Mr. Mooney. "I thought it was weird at the time, because you usually think a little mouse just squeaks, but he just sounded like he was saying something.
Agent Davidson: So did your discussion with that thing come to a conclusion?
Researcher Mooney: Yes! I was amazed, I just told him what I was doing, and he immediately told me about a possible synthesis, as simple as pointing out where the commissary was. I took this back to the lab and it took effect immediately.
Agent Davidson: So you just continued to talk about that thing?
Researcher Mooney: Yes, I did. At the end of the month, everyone in the lab would consult Frankie when they had a problem. Guess what, that little thing was able to answer any question you threw at him.
Agent Davidson: Why didn't you make this anomaly public?
Researcher Mooney: Hmm. All right. Now I'm silly to say it, but everyone in the lab kind of feels like Frankie is our secret weapon. Everyone was doing amazing work, and we felt we should leave it to ourselves for a short while.
Agent Davidson: Our records show that while the quality of your lab's work is consistently high, there has been a sharp decline in total production. If that thing is really that spiritual, how do you explain the problem?
Researcher Mooney: Okay. Well, I guess it's a two-sided issue. The biggest problem was that there were only so many hours a day, and Frankie slept half a day. So the timing is a bit tricky.
Agent Davidson: You can't move forward without discussing that stuff?
Researcher Mooney: Well, it's like you know you can do it without talking to Frankie, but once you talk to him like that, you're pretty much going to have to start over, so who cares? In addition, most of the people's time is spent on breeding projects.
Agent Davidson: Breeding Project.
Researcher Mooney: Yes, we don't think we can keep it to ourselves forever, and how great would it be if each of the Secret Bureau's labs had their own Frankie?
Agent Davidson: That's enough for now, Mr. Mooney.
Footnotes
1. This phenomenon only occurs in Ron Evans mice, and has never occurred in other lines of laboratory rats and wild individuals.