IC-0049 "Messiah"

“	It has an almost... invigorating atmosphere, in the most curious way possible.	”
	~ Dr. Manse, Cascade Research Director.

“	Its best not to linger around.. it.. him? I swear, I've heard my name being called while on shift for that project lately and frankly, it's unsettling.	”
	~ Albert "'Ally'" Reed, GATE Security.

Containment Protocols

IC-0042 is to be locked within a standard 25 x 25 x 25, sanitized marble room behind Level 5 security protocol. The subject must not be physically moved away from the circular stone it rests on, and the linen fabric on its person must be kept undisturbed unless absolutely necessary. Any staff interested in study, observation or maintenance must log both their entry & exit times on the company timecard within the containment area and must not remain within the subject's vicinity for longer than 30 to 60 minutes. Intent to spend time with the subject for longer than the 60 minute margin must be requested, and approved by any member of the GATE Executive Committee, where-in any interested staff member and supervising company must be psychoanalyzed thoroughly before entry.

Description

IC-0049 is the physical and biological human body of a male with fair skin, long, wavy, below-shoulder length brown hair, and a full, brown beard. At what would be standing around 5 '4 (162.56 cm), the body rests wrapped in an incredibly clean, but heavily degraded pure white linen cloth on a large circular slab of limestone. Minimal non-invasive radiocarbon dating procedures on small portions of removed organic material revealed total carbon levels similar to a deceased human body of only 6 to 8 hours, with only microscopic decay percentages. Radiocarbon dating on the accompanying linen cloth show an extraordinary 2,000 year old dating. Both visual and contact observation of keratin across the subject’s body shows no degradation, abnormal growth, dryness or any other typical signs of biological human decomposition.

All visual and surface level testing of the subject’s skin show very little to no discoloration, bruising or abnormalities typical to a deceased human body. The only exception being small, almost geometric patterns of raised scar-like tissue in the semi-symmetrical pattern of a maze or labyrinth. These patches of scar tissue seem to fade into the surrounding skin seamlessly, with only slight discoloration on the surrounding healthy tissue.

Visual inspection of the subjects 'eyes’ under the eyelids seem to house a smooth hickory brown sphere under each eyelid, engraved with the same pattern displayed on the subject's skin with no noticeable lens, cornea, pupil or iris. Shining a light on the spheres reveals a shiny, reflective surface akin to incredibly high quality marble or a well polished gemstone. Focusing light into the closely packed, deep engravings within the spheres reflect a dim yellow glow.

Anomalous Properties

IC-0049 begins to display anomalous properties when a living human or select inanimate object(s) is within 3 - 5 meters of proximity, with the intensity of its effects increasing exponentially as time elapsed within its range passes.

Cascade Research Facility, IC-0041 Brevity Guide

1s - 60s

Humans: IC-0049 begins exerting a calming effect to anybody within its range. In this period of time, intensity varies from person to person.
Inanimate: N/A

60s - 180s

Humans: Previous calming effects begin to intensify exponentially, often including feelings of reassurance, stability, ingenuity, and hope. By this threshold, anybody showing ‘resistance’ to the effect begins to feel the aforementioned effects, some even display more intense “rebound” bouts.
Inanimate: Deep sensors during testing reveal an incredibly subtle rhythmic vibration within any liquid in the subject's range, completely separate from the average environmental turbulence regardless of storage container.

3m - 10m

Humans: At around the 8 minute average mark, IC-0049 would have exhumed the majority if not all negative feelings from anybody within its range. Its ‘positive’ effects are now at maximum intensity.
Inanimate: Vibrations within liquids intensify to the point of being visually palpable on the majority of tested liquids.

10m - 30m

Humans: After this threshold IC-0049’s effects begin differing from person to person, with no discernible effects from the previous stage at the moment, aside from small physical ailments within a person’s body being alleviated. (Soreness, arthritis pains, aches, small cuts).
Inanimate: Chemical composition of any liquids within range begin changing at the atomic level accompanied by a visual reaction usually lasting from 5m to 10m, wherein the remaining liquid is identical chemically, visually, in taste and volume to common red wine. Any base metals; iron, copper, lead, nickel, aluminum, zinc, tin and iron begin changing chemical composition rapidly, becoming denser, more malleable and gaining a shiny hue.

30m - 60m

Humans: IC-0049 begins imprinting an incredibly powerful, irresistible physiological effect into anybody within its range. Anybody within its range after this threshold, regardless of intent, motive, status, past, future and state of being will become irresistibly moved to accomplish whatever goal their soul desires, even unconscious or unwanted desires will begin gravitating towards the affected person. Major deformities, injuries, ailments and even terminal sickness have been recorded as being “healed” almost completely by this threshold.
Inanimate: Any of the aforementioned basic metals have been turned into a range of incredibly pure gold, varying from 22 karat in the 98th percentile, to completely pure 24 karat wholly malleable gold.

1 hr +

Blessing

Humans: The previous stage’s effects grow exponentially by the second, with only a small window to remove a person from the subject's range and begin recovery.

After a critical point, return from IC-0049’s state of mind is impossible, the affected person will have the undying desire to fulfill their soul's goal no matter the cost. Visions and vivid hallucination pertaining to a soul’s ‘goal’ are incredibly common. Doubts, internal obstacles, insecurities, useless relationships, irrelevant desires, personal grievances have been effectively rewired out from the affected persons memory. Brain activity within an affected person begins to flare, with a large increase in neural connections and a noticeable increase in communication speeds throughout the entire cerebral pathway. PET heat-map scans have shown incredible activity in all 4 lobes favoring the Occipital lobe and Frontal lobe, the cerebellum, midbrain and pons. Elevated heart rate and a noticeable swell in central nervous system activity is common, along with a considerable increase in adrenaline, the 4 major cerebral hormones and endorphins. Any and all biological health problems in an affected person have been completely resolved by this threshold, with even faint signs of natural cell degeneration slowing or even reversing in rare cases.
Inanimate: N/A

By this point IC-0049 may begin reacting to its environment, even opening its eyelids autonomously slightly, to completely open. Wherein the engraving within its ‘eyes’ begin glowing a vibrant, encompassing glow.

Audio Logs

Derek Manse, Cascade Research Facility. With my short time serving under the ‘Cascade’ moniker and as a career scientist… The subject of the report I received on my desk this morning is nothing short of… unbelievable. You can imagine my doubt at Harnett’s words when he called me aboard our carrier, flying above the Persian gulf, claiming to have the body of the very Son of Nazareth in the trunk, Gatekeepers entail. To say my disbelief was palpable would be anything but an understatement. I look forward to having some stern words with Harett after his arrival, he should know practical jokes are not my forte.

Derek Manse speaking.. Cascade Research Facility. After some rather.. sleepless nights and less than well kept ties, I have yet to process the very reality I witnessed just a few moments ago.. As research director I am no stranger to the scientifically anomalous.. strange.. even. But holy? That’s the work of the hard-headed, runic buffons we share a paycheck with. I’ll have to gather my thoughts, and reconvene with Dr. Harnett for further study.

After further research into IC-0049, it's become clear this.. artifact. Is not of rhyme or reason, witnessing the events of last night's expeditions into the lengths of these incredible anomalous effects.. even I am beginning to sympathize with those faith bookworms. I am unsure of this organization's future with an object of such importance in its possession, but Garrick will definitely be hearing from me.

Emails

Subject: You won't believe it.

From: Dr. Leo Harnett <[email protected]>

To: Dr. West Bale <[email protected]> [email protected] West, you won't believe this. [email protected] Lucas? What is it? Where are you? [email protected] Would you believe me if I told you we might be attending church school with Mr. Manse soon? [email protected] Whatever do you mean? [email protected] What is that? A painting? We should really be helping Sylvia with her theoretical math equations.. these numbers are making my head spin.

Attachment: marble.bmp

Subject: Whats in the coffee?

From: Oswald Copper <[email protected]>

To: Katey Quen <[email protected]> [email protected] Hey, has anyone been feeling a bit 'lifted' recently? [email protected] Now that you mention it, after last Thursday the halls have been a bit more joyous. Maybe they finally added the serotonin reuptakes I requested into the filter, haha. [email protected] I wouldn’t joke about that, Katey.

Subject: This is important.

From: Dr. Derek Manse <[email protected]>

To: Dr. Anette Garrick <[email protected]> [email protected] Garrick, this is important. [email protected] What is it, Derek? [email protected] There’s been major advancements within our research division I must speak to you about, preferably in person with our team. [email protected] I'm quite busy right now, as you can imagine. I’m still sorting out your facility as we speak. [email protected] I understand, but this is imperative. Dr. Sylvia and I had just just been discussing what were impossible mathematics, almost purely theoretical. Pertaining to something much bigger than anything we are doing or have done in history. [email protected] “Were”, Derek? [email protected] Correct, somebody on our team has successfully… invented new mathematics. Incredible-more is the brilliant mind behind it, an intern in the software engineering crew. I cannot stress this enough, we are at the cusp of something completely unforeseen in our species. And I believe I know a way to replicate our recent success. [email protected] You have my interest, I’ll meet with you soon.