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The following was transcribe from four Edison Cylinders recovered from Records, after having found them in a recessed cavity in the walls...
Cylinder One:
"Well, I don't know if the damn things is- ah, nevermind Ms. Lori, I see the little wheel moving now. Yes, It's recording. Don't let me detain you any further madam.
Ahem.
"This Edison cylinder shall serve as my dossier on the events surrounding the suspicious disappearances and violent explosion occurring in the Wise Laboratory in the east wing of Miskatonic University in the summer of 1923. Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512.
"Professor Wise had been know to keep a poorly-maintained workspace in the University, which is not surprising, considering the amount of travel he conducted ancillary to his tenure and research. His field of study was energy, namely some kind of electrical or magnetic power of great force. Some of his work has been so sloppy as to exceed the injury count of Edison and Tesla combined.
"Interviews of his support staff, those still capable of speech, indicate the good Professor had recently received a shipment of rather unusual devices from around the globe. Some were of the expected engineering variety, and others appeared to be related to the occult.
"One of the remaining staff described working on a structure designed to route tremendous amounts of energy into an array of six receiving circuits. As much as I wish to elaborate, it seems paranoia should be added to Professor Wise's list of unflattering personality quirks - for none of his staff were ever briefed or allowed knowledge of the others' work. No one in the building knew what was being designed except the damn Professor.
"What the intern designing this component did know, however, was that the device was designed for quick dis-assembly, leading the investigative team to believe that they're looking for a device capable of being broken down and transported, but of sufficient size to require breaking-down to be moved.
"Lori, can you hear me out there? Good. Remind the carriage-boys down in the yard to expand thier search radius a mile. This damn thing is probably on the move. I'll deal with them if they spout off more of that union nonsense, Lori.. you tell them.. Ah. it's still recording -ahem-. well, we'll make sure the mobile units are taken /care/ of all right..
"Another one of the researchers reported to be working on an astoundingly small regulator/amplifier. Even Old Nikolai never had something like this, even after his strange goings-on with Beckett. While I can't make sense of it, the researcher repeatedly warned me that 'It's /adjustable/ damn you! Find it!"
" Ah, Damn, the little cylinder is almost full. Some of the wreckage found from the eastern wing of the University boggles even the greatly reticulated minds of the eggheads down in the forensics lab. Every time I go down there, they look up from their Lombroso charts and start telling me "the bloody thing had a /mouthpiece/! Get out there and stop the Professor before anoth-
>RECORDING ENDS<
Cylinder Two
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 2 on, ah.. ahem.. Lori! Lori!
<INAUDIBLE>
"I'm recording, woman!
<INAUDIBLE>
"Yes, well send him off, then! Lori! What is the date?
<INAUDIBLE>
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 2 on, ahem March 12th, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"Despite the grudging efforts of the carriage patrols, and the long-winded eggheads down in forensics, Professor Wise, and more importantly, The Device, continue to elude us. We have, however recovered the remains of a bench-test unit as a proof-of-concept by Wise, and the boys down in the yard have managed to reassemble it with the help of some of the uninjured researchers from the University.
"Noone here has had the temerity to activate it, which I consider a blessing what with the condition of the University Labs. This, plus the fact that it's use involves a human subject, has the boys fairly riled.
"We tried applying it to a recently-lamed horse brought to use by an informant turned butcher, but the results were , ahem, unpleasant.
"Eventually, the boys down in the yard had the bright idea of finding a felon looking for some lenience to use the cursed test-unit. As he put the Device to his lips and activated flow of current, we observed him wrapped in an envelope of strange vapour. Moments later, an explosive force heeled the occupants of the yard, and the area where the felon should've been was covered in the gore of a myriad of sea creatures: tentacles, scales, long serrated ribbons of scaly hide. Some of the boys were forcibly prevented from destroying The Device on the spot for want of an outlet to the nightmare made from this horrific device.
"It was shortly thereafter we discovered that our device was actually faulty, and Professor Wise intended to- Lori, you cant just barge in here! I need abso-
<INAUDIBLE>
"oh, well, ahem yes, cucumber are my favorite. Here have a seat with me and"
<RECORDING ENDS>
Cylinder Three
"...don't give a damn /what/ they - Ahem, ah, we'll pick this discussion up later, Lori, that will be all for the moment..
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 3 on, ahem March 22nd, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"After the unpleasant business with the, ahem, explosive felon down in the yard, it became clear that Wise's Device is not intended to be a weapon of concussive or incideary effect as previously postulated based upon the condition of the University. We feel that the Device's manifest function is to somehow transform a man into some kind of land-dwelling aquatic beast. The boys in the yard managed to, ahem, ah, reassemble the test subject, and found him to have doubled in mass developed a mass of tentacles, and fascinatingly, lost his sight.
"This theory is corroborated by recent citings of a shambling, groaning apparition traveling the sewers in the Wards. We also note an increase of missing persons. Even odder, we find that several engineering supply warehouses have been reporting thefts. All reports include a description of a strange, sinuous residue - homicides too, unfortunately.
"All thefts involve the loss of equipment similar to those used in our now-dismantled test Device. Shame the federal boys came upstate to make off with it. I think it makes a better impression for the inmates when compared to Nicholai's newfangled electric chair; what with the mutating and exploding and such. Ahem...
"Our primary concern is - criminy, Lori, you look /terrible/. Have a seat on the chaise a moment and steady yourself. Why all the color's run out of your face..."
"where was I.. Ah, ahem.. Our primary concern is finding the Professor and the Device before it is fully operational. After seeing what one of the damnable creatures can do, I fear that it is only the start of our problems..
"The boys down in the yard and I have been cataloging the armory, for we fear that this lone monstrosity is only the beginning..
Cylinder Four
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 4 on, ahem April 6th, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"With the incapacitation of my Assistant, Lori, I am hoping you can hear this, as she is in repose in the next office, and I am left to fend for myself in the preparation of this damnable recording instrument..
"we have been troubled by numerous reports of madness and violence occurring throughout the various boroughs of the city. In all six city centers spreading out from the University..
"We feel that the Professor, who continues to elude us, has perfected the device and is inflicting it's mutative effect unto the populace in secret. While some of the victims have suffered the bilious transformation during their episodes, many have found themselves, ahem, dispatched by those around them as the descend into madness.
"Still, those that survive their violent transformation appear to, ahem, ah, been given the short end of the stick; for their existence as a blind, shambling horror must be an unpleasant one.
"The boys in the yard are noting that the application of the transformative leaves behind an ichorous residue.
"This residue is apparently related to the forced growth of the creature's nonhuman appendages, and is found when <BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES> "-ddy hell, if this thing isn't cantankerous. Lori? Lori, are you well enough to come in here and he-<BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES>"Good God, woman, he's gotten to you hasn't he? Oh, Lori, speak! tell me how! No. NO! Release me!! It's me, your fa-<BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES>
"Well, Chief Inspector, it seems you and your pathetic boys in the yard have met their end, at the hands of yours truly, Professor Wise. Come, Lori, we have work to do.
"Oh, and be a dear and bring your father with us, he'll be of great use to our cause.."
<END OF RECORDING>
The following was transcribe from four Edison Cylinders recovered from Records, after having found them in a recessed cavity in the walls...
Cylinder One:
"Well, I don't know if the damn things is- ah, nevermind Ms. Lori, I see the little wheel moving now. Yes, It's recording. Don't let me detain you any further madam.
Ahem.
"This Edison cylinder shall serve as my dossier on the events surrounding the suspicious disappearances and violent explosion occurring in the Wise Laboratory in the east wing of Miskatonic University in the summer of 1923. Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512.
"Professor Wise had been know to keep a poorly-maintained workspace in the University, which is not surprising, considering the amount of travel he conducted ancillary to his tenure and research. His field of study was energy, namely some kind of electrical or magnetic power of great force. Some of his work has been so sloppy as to exceed the injury count of Edison and Tesla combined.
"Interviews of his support staff, those still capable of speech, indicate the good Professor had recently received a shipment of rather unusual devices from around the globe. Some were of the expected engineering variety, and others appeared to be related to the occult.
"One of the remaining staff described working on a structure designed to route tremendous amounts of energy into an array of six receiving circuits. As much as I wish to elaborate, it seems paranoia should be added to Professor Wise's list of unflattering personality quirks - for none of his staff were ever briefed or allowed knowledge of the others' work. No one in the building knew what was being designed except the damn Professor.
"What the intern designing this component did know, however, was that the device was designed for quick dis-assembly, leading the investigative team to believe that they're looking for a device capable of being broken down and transported, but of sufficient size to require breaking-down to be moved.
"Lori, can you hear me out there? Good. Remind the carriage-boys down in the yard to expand thier search radius a mile. This damn thing is probably on the move. I'll deal with them if they spout off more of that union nonsense, Lori.. you tell them.. Ah. it's still recording -ahem-. well, we'll make sure the mobile units are taken /care/ of all right..
"Another one of the researchers reported to be working on an astoundingly small regulator/amplifier. Even Old Nikolai never had something like this, even after his strange goings-on with Beckett. While I can't make sense of it, the researcher repeatedly warned me that 'It's /adjustable/ damn you! Find it!"
" Ah, Damn, the little cylinder is almost full. Some of the wreckage found from the eastern wing of the University boggles even the greatly reticulated minds of the eggheads down in the forensics lab. Every time I go down there, they look up from their Lombroso charts and start telling me "the bloody thing had a /mouthpiece/! Get out there and stop the Professor before anoth-
>RECORDING ENDS<
Cylinder Two
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 2 on, ah.. ahem.. Lori! Lori!
<INAUDIBLE>
"I'm recording, woman!
<INAUDIBLE>
"Yes, well send him off, then! Lori! What is the date?
<INAUDIBLE>
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 2 on, ahem March 12th, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"Despite the grudging efforts of the carriage patrols, and the long-winded eggheads down in forensics, Professor Wise, and more importantly, The Device, continue to elude us. We have, however recovered the remains of a bench-test unit as a proof-of-concept by Wise, and the boys down in the yard have managed to reassemble it with the help of some of the uninjured researchers from the University.
"Noone here has had the temerity to activate it, which I consider a blessing what with the condition of the University Labs. This, plus the fact that it's use involves a human subject, has the boys fairly riled.
"We tried applying it to a recently-lamed horse brought to use by an informant turned butcher, but the results were , ahem, unpleasant.
"Eventually, the boys down in the yard had the bright idea of finding a felon looking for some lenience to use the cursed test-unit. As he put the Device to his lips and activated flow of current, we observed him wrapped in an envelope of strange vapour. Moments later, an explosive force heeled the occupants of the yard, and the area where the felon should've been was covered in the gore of a myriad of sea creatures: tentacles, scales, long serrated ribbons of scaly hide. Some of the boys were forcibly prevented from destroying The Device on the spot for want of an outlet to the nightmare made from this horrific device.
"It was shortly thereafter we discovered that our device was actually faulty, and Professor Wise intended to- Lori, you cant just barge in here! I need abso-
<INAUDIBLE>
"oh, well, ahem yes, cucumber are my favorite. Here have a seat with me and"
<RECORDING ENDS>
Cylinder Three
"...don't give a damn /what/ they - Ahem, ah, we'll pick this discussion up later, Lori, that will be all for the moment..
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 3 on, ahem March 22nd, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"After the unpleasant business with the, ahem, explosive felon down in the yard, it became clear that Wise's Device is not intended to be a weapon of concussive or incideary effect as previously postulated based upon the condition of the University. We feel that the Device's manifest function is to somehow transform a man into some kind of land-dwelling aquatic beast. The boys in the yard managed to, ahem, ah, reassemble the test subject, and found him to have doubled in mass developed a mass of tentacles, and fascinatingly, lost his sight.
"This theory is corroborated by recent citings of a shambling, groaning apparition traveling the sewers in the Wards. We also note an increase of missing persons. Even odder, we find that several engineering supply warehouses have been reporting thefts. All reports include a description of a strange, sinuous residue - homicides too, unfortunately.
"All thefts involve the loss of equipment similar to those used in our now-dismantled test Device. Shame the federal boys came upstate to make off with it. I think it makes a better impression for the inmates when compared to Nicholai's newfangled electric chair; what with the mutating and exploding and such. Ahem...
"Our primary concern is - criminy, Lori, you look /terrible/. Have a seat on the chaise a moment and steady yourself. Why all the color's run out of your face..."
"where was I.. Ah, ahem.. Our primary concern is finding the Professor and the Device before it is fully operational. After seeing what one of the damnable creatures can do, I fear that it is only the start of our problems..
"The boys down in the yard and I have been cataloging the armory, for we fear that this lone monstrosity is only the beginning..
Cylinder Four
"This is Chief Inspector Barnabus, Badge Number 512, recording on Cylinder 4 on, ahem April 6th, 1919 regards of the explosions and missing persons occurring at Misaktonic University. Earlier this spring.
"With the incapacitation of my Assistant, Lori, I am hoping you can hear this, as she is in repose in the next office, and I am left to fend for myself in the preparation of this damnable recording instrument..
"we have been troubled by numerous reports of madness and violence occurring throughout the various boroughs of the city. In all six city centers spreading out from the University..
"We feel that the Professor, who continues to elude us, has perfected the device and is inflicting it's mutative effect unto the populace in secret. While some of the victims have suffered the bilious transformation during their episodes, many have found themselves, ahem, dispatched by those around them as the descend into madness.
"Still, those that survive their violent transformation appear to, ahem, ah, been given the short end of the stick; for their existence as a blind, shambling horror must be an unpleasant one.
"The boys in the yard are noting that the application of the transformative leaves behind an ichorous residue.
"This residue is apparently related to the forced growth of the creature's nonhuman appendages, and is found when <BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES> "-ddy hell, if this thing isn't cantankerous. Lori? Lori, are you well enough to come in here and he-<BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES>"Good God, woman, he's gotten to you hasn't he? Oh, Lori, speak! tell me how! No. NO! Release me!! It's me, your fa-<BREAK IN RECORDING>
<RECORDING RESUMES>
"Well, Chief Inspector, it seems you and your pathetic boys in the yard have met their end, at the hands of yours truly, Professor Wise. Come, Lori, we have work to do.
"Oh, and be a dear and bring your father with us, he'll be of great use to our cause.."
<END OF RECORDING>
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