The Kaiser's Furred Gift
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| Registered Phenomena Code: 683 Containment Rating: Gamma Lethality Rating: Orange |
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Containment Protocols: 15 sample vials of RPC-683 are to be kept in cold storage at Site-077's biological freezer at all times for comparison with future Model Enhancer products. MST Sierra-10 ("Mechanical Hearts") Detachment 05 is to remain on standby in WESTCOM for reports of RPC-683-A instances in rural regions for capture or termination; a single BTL-34-A11 unit remains at their disposal for direct engagement with hostile groups of late-stage infected.
Recovered instances are to be psychologically evaluated for possible reintegration into society under the Anomalous Victim Protection Program (UNAAC, 2001) or relocation to Site-168 for psychiatric care and counseling. In all cases, the instance must be neutered to prevent unwanted propagation of RPC-683 into the wider population. This protocol is currently under consideration by the Office of Ethics and Review; maintain instance monitoring until a decision is reached.
ASIACOM Protection personnel are to maintain a network of informational exchange with the Okuri-ōkamis in regards to anomalous black market activity in Japan, distribution of RPC-683, and further "Wulf" model promotional material. Personnel are not to engage in cases of RPC-683 attacks against suspected Kabushiki Kawaii compounds to prevent further aggression by the GoI against Authority efforts in the region.
RPC-683 spinal growth.
Description: Wolbachia lupus (RPC-683) is an anomalously bioengineered species of gram-negative bacteria belonging to the genus Wolbachia. It is distributed by Kabushiki Kawaii under the product name “Wulf - Model Enhancer”. These items come in the form of pills containing an infected instance of T. canis, which serves as RPC-683's intermediate host.
Once ingested, it will gestate in the subject's stomach until it has reached a length of ~120cm, causing mild fever, weakness, and abdominal pains; a process which usually takes three days. Through a complex series of chemical signals, RPC-683 will guide the worm towards the subject's spine, wrapping itself around it and digging into the spinal nerve at cervical vertebrae 1C Atlas.
After serving its purpose, the roundworm will be digested by RPC-683 and slowly metabolized into a pseudo-organ attached to the spine. This organ, still connected to the digestive system, will begin to aid in the metabolizing of food. Subjects will display increased stamina, alertness, and a general improvement in well-being. Excess nutrients will be diverted into RPC-684, producing new nerve fibers expanding throughout the subject's body, culminating in the creation of an Extended Nervous System (ENS). Approximately 28 days later2 following completion of the ENS, RPC-683 will trigger a body-wide transmutation.
RPC-683-A-03, Meersburg, Germany.
Subjects will experience an elongation of the nose, jaw, and mouth into a canine-like snout, augmented, generalized hypertrichosis, fang teeth macrodontia, elongation of the ears, nail hardening, and digitigradation of the legs. The severity of these changes is dependent on the level of nutrition of the subject prior to transmutation. New organic growth presents cell genomes hybridized between the subject's and that of the Eurasian wolf, previously stored in RPC-683's nucleoid. Additional sensory organs or additions to existing ones are controlled through the ENS. The subject is now considered an RPC-683-A instance in early-stage transmutation.3
RPC-683-A instances become delirious shortly after transmutation, and may take several days or weeks to accustom themselves to the changes and use of their body as the ENS integrates into the wide nervous system in preparation for full organic integration.
Should calorie intake continue past this point at a surplus, RPC-683-A features will become more pronounced and their connection to the central nervous system heightened as subjects make use of them. On the next cycle, RPC-683 will completely dissolve into the spine, triggering a second transmutation. RPC-683-A instances experience drastic muscle growth and an increase in both height and weight, with most body mass centered in the upper body and shoulders. RPC-683-A instances are highly aggressive and resilient, instinctively driven by their ENS into human predation in order to spread RPC-683 to new subjects.4
Discovery: RPC-683's existence was first implied through an RPC-684-B instance of unknown likeness, later found to resemble an RPC-683-A instance in early-stage development. Following this discovery, Authority assets in WESTCOM5 and ASIACOM began to monitor social media and law enforcement channels for any reports of large canids or possible Kabushiki Kawaii activity.
In the following week, various claims of dog-related livestock maulings and strings of disappearances around rural areas reached law enforcement in Germany, Austria, Poland, and France. Embedded Authority assets forwarded substantial claims to local Protection forces, resulting in an altercation in the outskirts of Meersburg, Germany, where several RPC-683-A instances had taken residence in the house of notorious entrepreneur and politician Anton Gottesman.
MST Sierra-10 ("Mechanical Hearts") managed to incapacitate eight instances, all in various degrees of delirium, and terminated another after it managed to bite and subdue Lieutenant Lilly Greene before being struck with gunfire from Officer Caleb Ritter. Further incursion into the Gottesman estate revealed housing complexes containing various women and children reported missing upwards of a decade ago. Follow-up interviews with recovered instances claim that they were only able to overpower "Master Anton" and his security as a result of Gottesman forcing them to eat raw meat and live animals as a form of foreplay.6
Further instances retrieved from known buyers and distribution centers in Japan were found to be severely malnourished in comparison to their European counterparts, with many presenting unnaturally colored fur, surgical repositioning of the ears to the top the cranium, and large, nonfunctional clawless "paws" in place of their hands. Some instances also bore tails made from shed fur attached at the tailbone.
ASIACOM Production Line Investigation:
Efforts by MST Hotel-11 ("Karasu")7 to locate the primary RPC-683 production center in Japan concluded with the seizure of a truck belonging to a night mover company in the Kanagawa Prefecture. The contents of the truck, bags of hair both cut and shed, matched those of captured RPC-683-A instances. Agents were able to obtain the route history of the truck through use of ACI-specific interrogation techniques, enabling them to track down the collection point to an abandoned hospital in the outskirts of Yamakita.
A subsequent excursion revealed it to have been a production center for Kabushiki Kawaii produce prior to the termination of its entire staff at the hands of several RPC-683-A instances a month prior. The instances, still inhabiting the complex, attacked Hotel-11 personnel on sight, with the largest one fracturing Off. Yoshimura Shusaku's ribcage by throwing an oak table at him. Hostilities only ceased when one of the instances pleaded in favor of the Authority, recognizing them from a failed raid conducted in the Mie Prefecture back in August 3rd, 2022.
