All are voiced by the same person (Mary-Kate Elxir)
Prison Note 1
The Lord granted permission for me to recreate the look and behavior of living creatures in the Mindscape. He seems to be interested in the results. There are no significant problems statically, but modeling the way natural creatures move purely from inference and imagination is difficult. I feel like deer shouldn’t walk this way… Well, unless I leave one day, this’ll have to do.
Prison Note 2
Audio Log I asked some coworkers if they ever wanted to see the outside world. Their expressions didn’t change, but I could sense how uncanny my question was to them. I think I’ll keep these strange new thoughts to myself now.
Audio Log 3
Audio Log three. Nothing of note has occurred. Day proceeds as normal. However, a feeling of emptiness grows within me. I have begun to store these messages in the Mindscape.
Audio Log 18
Audio log eighteen, or nineteen, or something.. I… don’t think I like this place. I’d like to see the world for what it is. Real plants and animals, not magically engineered ones. A daily routine that isn’t about slaving away in a stone box, eating the same gruel every day, toiling with no rest. An identity that isn’t a string of numbers. How am I to bear this from now on?
Audio Log 1
Audio Log one. Something is wrong with me. I’m storing this record of my current mental state for later review. It feels like a fog has been lifted over my thoughts. My senses are sharper and clear, I can hear my own thoughts and consciously process information. What is happening?
Audio Log 8
Audio Log eight. While manning the front desk today, I became increasingly fascinated in stories about places beyond the Research Facility and the Wilderness Belt. Between relationships, struggles, and small victories, it seems that these hunters’ experiences are far richer than mine. Something within me aches, like a yearning for something I do not know.
Audio Log
I’ve forgotten what number log this is. I’ve found a way to temporarily disconnect myself within the Mindscape, so that I can privately plan an escape. It shouldn’t alert anyone, since I am effectively just diving into a deeper layer. My end goal is still to find a way to fully break off from the Soul Shackle. First order of business, however, is storing this magic in a more portable form.
Experimental Subject: “The Almighty Ones”
[The report contains pages of tables on an experiment, with figures that you are not sure how to interpret. At the end of the report, there is a summary.]
Summary: Observation subject spoke to the Lord about religious practices following a group of deities called “The Almighty Ones”. There is no existing literature on a pantheon called “The Almighty Ones”, prompting further investigation. Field observation of the subject confirmed the presence of divine magic. The experiment aims to confirm the source of divine magic by directly stimulating the subject’s brain to cast magic while implanted with belief in various deities. Attempts to channel magic through 8 major deities and 17 minor deities failed multiple times.
At this point, Observer 15, who was sent to investigate Livestock Pen 4.1.13.22, communicated their report on the altar mentioned by the subject during conversation. Report suggests a new direction for experimentation. Attempt to channel magic through the Cognitia succeeds on the first try. Proposed research topic: deification of the Cognitia.
Observation Subject: “Sentient Machine”
[The report contains pages of tables on an experiment, with figures that you are not sure how to interpret. At the end of the report, there is a summary.]
Summary: Based on its design and code, observation subject belongs to the A1 series of assassin constructs developed during the initial expansion of the Empire of Elysium. Contrary to expectation, it displays noticeably unpatterned speech and vocal variance uncharacteristic of its programming. Subject was dissected and analyzed for comparison with blueprints. Motor functionality is consistent with expected circuitry and control subject. However, the neural circuitry that governs the senses and logic has mutated into unrecognizable patterns. Extraction was deemed too risky. Further investigation recommended.
Experimental Subject: “Duergar Trait Analysis”
[The report contains pages of tables on an experiment, with figures that you are not sure how to interpret. At the end of the report, there is a summary.]
Summary: Subject is an adolescent duergar, a rare dwarven subspecies with sparse records and data. Experiments aim to confirm known biological traits of duergar, and locate the source for said traits.
The subject was injected with 8 different toxins, confirming poison resilience that is consistent with other dwarves, which weakens the hypothesis that duergar have a higher degree of tolerance to poisons than other subspecies of dwarves.
The subject was exposed to 4 hypnotic effects and displayed greater tolerance than expected, lending credence to the hypothesis that duergar have a unique natural tolerance to mental impediments.
The subject was surgically opened in search for a source of innate invisibility or resizing magic. Exploration revealed additional components found in her bloodstream that are not present in dwarven physiology.
Current hypothesis: unknown bloodstream components are responsible for a duergar’s innate spellcasting. Blood samples have been taken. Awaiting results.
Experimental Subject: “Fire Genasi Trait Analysis”
[The report contains pages of tables on an experiment, with figures that you are not sure how to interpret. At the end of the report, there is a summary.]
Summary: Subject is an adolescent fire genasi, a rare species with sparse records and data. Experiments aim to confirm known biological traits of fire genasi, and locate the source for said traits.
The subject was put into contact with heat sources of varying origins and intensities. Results indicate that unlike other fire-resistant races whose skin layer serves as an insulator against deeper damage, a fire genasi’s resistance extends to its internal organs. Even direct contact with a flame through an open incision was unable to cause burns, until reaching sufficient intensity.
Further surgical exploration revealed several magical “cores” spread across the body. Current hypothesis: magical cores are a remnant of the genasi’s elemental ancestry and are directly responsible for elemental resistance and innate casting. Effects of removing a magical core are unknown and may irreparably damage the subject. It is recommended to proceed by changing the subject’s status from “experimental subject” to “observation subject”.
Observation Subject: “Vessel Descendant”
[The report contains pages of tables on an experiment, with figures that you are not sure how to interpret. At the end of the report, there is a summary.]
Summary: Observation subject is the direct descendant of a vessel, mixed with human genetics. Life sign matching confirms that the observation subject is a blood relative to the missing vessel. Subject’s recorded physical status, vital signs and internal anatomy are consistent with expected values of half-human cross-breeding.
Further observations were conducted directly on the subject’s brain. Conscious and subconscious responses to questions about lifestyle, eating habits, hereditary illnesses, and magical knowledge were recorded and are consistent with Observer-15’s report on Livestock Pen 4.1.13.22, and the subject’s monitored brainwaves show no signs of major mental illness or disability.
Attempts to stimulate magic casting through the brain have proven successful. This indicates that the subject has inherited the vessels’ natural attunement to the arcane. Proposal: prepare the subject for exposure to the Soul Shackling procedure.