MUSIC ROOM REPORT

OVERALL GOAL:

Analyze and understand the behavior of the inhabitants of the 'Music Room' in order to better prepare team contingency plans against them, as well as sort it correctly for archiving purposes.

EXPERIMENT ONE:

GOAL: Observe how the anomaly responds to survival stimuli.

TEST ADMINISTERED: A plate of several items was left on its floor. The foods selected were:

an apple.
A plate of fries.
Toasted bread.
A cupcake.

A camera was deployed to monitor the determined spot.

RESULTS: After a short while, two subjects, denominated A-U-111-A and A-U-111-B, emerged from a car nearby.

A-U-111-A chose the toasted bread.
A-U-111-B chose the apple.
A-U-111 chose to share the plate of fries.
A-U-111-A and A-U-111-B both reached for the cupcake, at which point they both froze in place. After three minutes, A-U-111-B ate the cupcake.

CONCLUSION: A-U-111 appears to be composed of two people, although for the purposes of identifying the phonomenon, the team chose to stick with one general tag. A-U-111 appears capable of sharing and settling disputes with itself, and each person appears to have preferences.

EXPERIMENT TWO:

GOAL: Observe how the anomaly responds to environmental stimuli.

TEST ADMINISTERED: T-R4 was tasked with dusting off a portion of the area, clearing it from debris and setting some lighting. T-R2 had the idea of placing down a rug to make the spot look more lively.

RESULTS: A-U-111 moved to the spot almost immediately after , hauling a piano and a trumpet. A-U-111 left the spot, then came back pushing a car-- it was then left close to the rug spot. The Information team found it inadvisable to retrieve the rug.

CONCLUSION: A-U-111 responds well to a clean environment, and willingly migrates to it as soon as it notices its existence. Furthermore, A-U-111 is capable of experiencing fatigue, as they appear to potentially rest inside of the cars... potentially for more comfort?

We need a new rug.

EXPERIMENT THREE:

GOAL: Observe how the anomaly responds to social stimuli.

TEST ADMINISTERED ONE: T-R2 went down to deploy a handheld transceiver, which they then placed onto the rug in clear view. T-R1 was to create rapport with the anomaly through the device.

RESULTS: A-U-111 stared blankly at the transceiver. When it began to make noise, A-U-111-A stomped onto the walkie, breaking it.

TEST ADMINISTERED TWO: T-R1 was sent down to talk with A-U-111 directly. Protective headgear was provided in the case of aggression.

RESULTS: T-R1 was unsuccessful in communicating with A-U-111, as it failed to respond to any queries. After three minutes, A-U-111-B began to play its song. T-R1 was extracted immediately and the experiment ceased.

T-R1 aged a rough guess of seven years in the span that it took to take them out. Their body aged appropriately, and their hair and nails grew to the appropriate length they would have in that amount of time, which led to a staggering 3 ½ feet of hair. Conditions reported were remembering things that had not happened, as well as auditory hallucinations of those memories. When exposed to a recording of the piano section for around the same length, these symptoms withdrew.

CONCLUSION: Undetermined. A-U-111 did not appear hostile, although after what happened with T-R1, it is probably safe to say approaching A-U-111 is ill-advised. T-R1 seems to have had some sort of epiphany about that look, though, but that is more likely to be a 'them' problem.

EXPERIMENT FOUR:

GOAL: Determine how the anomaly responds to behavior correction.

TEST ADMINISTERED ONE: I-R3 was sent down with a pair of protective headgear to seize the instruments.

RESULTS: A-U-111 became enraged, and from it emerged what I-R3 described as 'the worst noise i've heard in my entire life', although the recording device could not pick up the frequency. After he was pulled out, I-R3 reported a hypersensitivity to sounds, and if anyone else in the team 'heard that song that's always playing'. Furthermore, I-R3 felt a need to recreate the song in their head, gravitating towards instruments. In an attempt to fix this, a recording of the piano section was played again. While it succeeded in fixing the infohazard, it did not fix the sudden obsession with the song. This is likely to continue until the end of the loop.

TEST ADMINISTERED TWO: T-R5 went down in order to ask them to cease playing. Touching it or its instruments was prohibited.

RESULTS: Once firmly asked, A-U-111-A ceased playing, while A-U-111-B was slower on the uptick. T-R5 did not age significantly from the delayed reaction. However, A-U-111 refused to communicate further.

CONCLUSION: Aggressive behavior correction will cause A-U-111 to turn hostile. Meanwhile, firm, steady behavioral correction will cause A-U-111 to cease its song. The anomaly is reticent to talk, but it can understand commands.

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EXPERIMENT FIVE:

GOAL: Further evaluate if each individual unit of A-U-111 can communicate and/or express preferences.

TEST ADMINISTERED ONE: T-R5 prepared a series of images in pairs, which were shown to A-U-111. It was then asked to pick between concepts. The concepts shown were:

Red or Blue
Hot or Cold
Up or Down
Sweet or Sour
Light or Darkness
Tight or Vast

Furthermore, a series of more value-based concepts were prepared. These were:

Life or Death
Attack or Protect
Past or Future
War or Peace
Me or Us

RESULTS: A-U-111 remembered T-R5's request to cease playing and honored it as soon as it became aware of them. Upon asked, A-U-111 showed the following preferences:

A-U-111-A chose Red, where A-U-111-B chose Blue;
A-U-111-A chose Hot, where A-U-111-B Cold;
A-U-111 chose Up;
A-U-111-B chose Sweet, A-U-111-A did not choose, but when prompted, also chose Sweet;
A-U-111 chose Light;
A-U-111 showed no preference between Tight and Vast;
A-U-111 chose Life;
A-U-111-B chose to Protect, A-U-111-A chose to Attack;
A-U-111-A chose Past, A-U-111-B chose Future;
A-U-111 showed no preference between War and Peace;
A-U-111 became agitated at Me or Us, at which point it refused to respond.

CONCLUSION: A-U-111 appear to agree on some things and completely disagree on other subjects. Questions about individuality versus the whole triggers discomfort in it, but not enough to immediately cause harm.

TEST ADMINISTERED TWO: T-R5 returned with the following series of questions on a piece of paper:

Can you speak?
What day is it?
How do you feel?
Where did you come from?
Do you like the rug?
Do you sleep?
Do you like to play music?
What am I to you?
Can we speak again?

RESULTS: A-U-111 once again ceased playing as soon as T-R5 became visible. It took turns writing on the notebook, answering as seen below:

Can you speak? Yes
What day is it? [Left blank]
How do you feel? [Left blank]
Where did you come from? Down there
Do you like the rug? Yes
Do you sleep? Yes
Do you like to play music? Yes
What am I to you? Employee
Can we speak again? Okay

CONCLUSION: Either A-U-111 is deluded that EVERYONE is an employee, or it has correctly identified T-R5 as a previous worker. More research is needed on this front. As for everything else, it answers in unison with no discussion. As expected, it does not know where it is, but it claims to be from 'down there'. Further in the parking lot? The company?

FINAL EVALUATION:

We don't have nearly enough information to deal with whatever this is, even after all these tests. Toying with it is going to be a problem-- it's already safely contained in that parking lot, so why bother?

And yet, Camille is dead set that we should 'train' this thing. She could use the lesson that not everything needs re-purposing, and if it's her agents getting tossed around time, then let that be it. Either way, they sure as hell are from the corp, as Parker suggested. I don't know what kind of senseless horrors they were put through, but I don't think I want to find out if it left them in this state.

Alas, I can't deny not having it escape at one point without us knowing anything on how to suppress it would be extremely beneficial. More tests it is.

-Vik