Cryptid Project

Dr. Theodore Wallinson’s Personal Log

 

Log Code: 436

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 I thought it urban legend, but all great scientists reported seeing him at least once. Even Bacteria spoke of him when he let himself get captured. The trench coat man, the shadow figure, the researcher, the familiar stranger. All names for the same phenomenon; Creature; maybe… maybe Human?

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 The scariest part is that every story ads up, people who had never heard of him report him just like everyone else. They say, it comes to you when you are about to discover something important. Bacteria even reported he appeared to him when he first learned the secrets of the realms.

Apparently he looks like a man, wearing a dark trench coat with an old backpack and a book and pen on his hands, but he is usually completely obscured by shadow.

 Some say he’s learning, but what could such a creature learn from us?

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 The oldest report I’ve found on him was on an old interview with Stephan Karl after he discovered the wormhole that saved humanity from Earth. Stephan talks about a presence but he wasn’t scared of it, he talks about how the shadow’s presence seemed to make him feel protected, he described the presence as a Familiar Stranger.

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 I’ve research him here at Local 00, I believe we could capture it to learn his intentions. After all, hundreds of brilliant scientists work for the Project every day, one day he might appear to one of us.

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Dr. Theodore Wallinson’s Personal Log

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Log Code: 501

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 I’ve finally seen it myself. I didn’t believe my eyes when it first appeared. I sensed someone watching me work but as much as I looked around I couldn’t see anyone.

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 I knew it was dangerous to work on that old lab all by myself, something could fail; a creature could escape; someone could come; and… I’d be alone. Regardless of the fear I kept working, I knew I had to find how that madman created those realms.

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 How little did I know…

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 I felt a presence, I looked around for minutes and there was no one there. I continued tinkering with Bacteria’s gauntlet that had been acquired by Agent Gnousk, when I felt a light breeze. I looked up confused, and as I looked over my shoulder, there he was. The tall man wearing a trench coat looked at me from the shadows. I turned to him as he started moving closer. As he inched closer his feet didn’t move, he seemed to simply slide closer and closer. He stopped near me. Scared I got up from my seat and he ignored my movements. He stood by my side as he inspected the gauntlet. He looked at me over his shoulder, revealing to me part of his face. If he is truly human he looked like he was between 40 and 50. As he looked at me his dark eyes seemed to stare into my soul. Not more than 5 seconds had passed but it felt like an eternity. He finally spoke with an old husky voice, I couldn’t understand most of it but three words stood out to me: “too much power”. Still paralyzed by fear and shock I didn’t respond nor move as he grabbed the gauntlet and seemed to disappear into nothingness with a high-pitched shriek filling the room.

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 My heart seemed to have stopped. I couldn’t talk and could barely breathe. I tried to understand what had just happened but my brain seemed to be non-responsive. When I got back to my senses I called the Director, Alexander Alpin himself. After a long discussion I began investigating the room. No matter how hard I looked there seemed to be no trace of his presence aside from the disappearance of the gauntlet. So I have stopped searching, I´ll go home now, I need to process this…

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Log Code: 502

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 Why? I can’t figure this out. I haven’t slept ever since he came to me. Three days without sleeping I know that’s not helping, but I feel like I’m going insane. What did he mean by too much power? Why did he think it was too much power for me, but allowed that madman to discover it?  And why did he look at me like that? Why did he reveal to me his face? So I could discover him? I’ve been trying I swear but I can’t do this, there are no matches. Where was his backpack and the book and pen? Supposedly he has always been seen carrying those. Why did he do this… to me? What makes me different?

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Log Code: 505

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 I can’t do this anymore. I give up. I’m going to bury this investigation here. I’m giving him the classification of Excalibur and I’m quitting. If anyone wants to continue the investigation be my guest but I really advise against it.