Patient 239 — Initial Intake
patient arrived via transfer from Hotel-Dieu general hospital. presenting symptoms include intermittent episodes of disorientation, elevated body temperature (39.2°C at admission), and unusual dermal markings along the right forearm that do not match any known condition in our database.
patient is cooperative but confused. reports no memory of the last 72 hours. claims to have woken up in a field approximately 40km from the nearest settlement. no identification was found on their person.
standard bloodwork ordered. isolation protocol initiated per lab policy for unidentified conditions. will reassess in 48 hours.
patient is resting. temperature has dropped to 38.6°C. no new developments. the markings have not changed in appearance.
Patient 239 — Day 3 Observations
bloodwork results are... irregular. white cell count is within range but the cells themselves are morphologically atypical. haematology cannot classify them. samples have been forwarded to the secondary lab on floor 3.
the dermal markings have expanded overnight. they now extend from the right forearm to the shoulder. patient reports no pain associated with them, only a mild warmth.
paradoxically, all standard vitals have improved. patient appears healthier than at intake. they are lucid, conversational, and report feeling "super duper awesome." this is inconsistent with the expanding anomaly.
i've requested a consultation with the eastern division. upgrading observation frequency to every 4 hours.
Patient 239 — Incident Report
i am writing this from the observation room adjacent to containment. my hands are still shaking.
at approximately 02:45, the night nurse triggered a code white after patient 239's room began emitting a low-frequency hum audible from the corridor. upon arrival, the patient was seated upright in bed, eyes open, unresponsive to verbal or physical stimuli.
the dermal markings were luminescent. i cannot stress this enough — they were producing visible light. a soft, pale blue-green. the geometric patterns appeared to be shifting, rearranging themselves in real-time across the patient's skin.
patient was transferred to the containment suite on sublevel 2 without incident. they became responsive during transfer and appeared confused. they asked what happened. they do not remember anything after falling asleep at approximately 22:00.
the markings have stopped glowing. they now cover approximately 40% of the patient's visible skin.
request for external consultation denied. was told to "continue observation and document thoroughly." no further explanation provided.
Patient 240 — Initial Intake
new patient admitted this morning. found by local authorities wandering a road at night, barefoot, approximately 15km from the same region where patient 239 was recovered.
this cannot be a coincidence.
patient 240 presents differently: no visible markings, no fever. chief complaint is auditory disturbance: they report hearing a continuous tone that no one else can perceive. they mentioned finding peace only when the barkings and howlings on the lower floor occured: patients 004 through 199's delusions of being canines. or just kids being kids.
patient is anxious but oriented. they know their name, the date, and where they are. memory appears intact except for the night they were found. standard workup ordered.
Patient 240 — Observation Notes
patient 240's auditory symptom persists. audiological testing reveals no structural abnormality. the tone they describe is not registering on any of our equipment. ENT has no explanation.
what concerns me more: patient 240 has begun writing. they say they are writing down what the tone is "saying." the pages are filled with symbols, if you can call them that. mostly straight lines.
i showed photographs of patient 240's writings to the imaging team who worked on patient 239's scans. they went very quiet. then they asked me where i got them.
when curved the way they would be on an arm, the symbols match the dermal patterns on patient 239.
i worry that these two will pose a problem later on. is it horrible to say that i would rather study their corpses? but i can't go against my orders, this needs to remain secret.
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i failed. is failure the right word here? as i'm writing this, there are hearts and other organs strung up on the ceiling in the hallway that leads to the stairs of my office. hearts. arteries weaved across the neons. intestines as garlands on the handrails.
organs and bodyparts that belong to staff and to the patients that were doing well, that were supposed to join our ranks.
the last time i was here, one cage remained. yes- sorry. we were using cages towards the end. you won't find these logs anywhere.
patient 004 was inside, with the dogs- with the kids. they were ready to be shipped out to the eastern facility.
but a storm hit, and the shipment had to be delayed. apparently, an incident happened, which led to the escape of patients 239 and 240. i wasn't there that day. i was immediately asked not to return.
their escape led to a worldwide time anomaly. we still don't know how to explain it.
it took a while for us to notice. we all thought our systems were failing. a bad sunstorm, perhaps. an EMF attack.
a little over four years passed in a day. but not to our bodies, not to our surroundings. except within the walls of our laboratory.
004 ate the others. to survive. she was rescued by a henry something, at least that's what he told her, and that's what the security system picked up. when i saw his picture, oh when i saw his picture... he looked just like a patient from the eastern facility. uh oh. right?
i can't live with what i've done. i should've killed the problematic patients- no no no i should've asked for external help.
ahaha... should've should've should've !