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Chapter 1: What insights do Burt and Dallas share about their current situation?
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Looks like we're starting to run pretty low on ammo. Another night like last and we'll be dry.
If we have another night like that, I think I'll be using the last of what's left on myself. Only decent way to check out at this point.
Can't say I disagree. What happened to the crew of the Boreas? What that thing done to them was more than... Well, I ain't never seen anything like it. Hope I never do it again. But I got a feeling last night was far from the end of all this. Or the worst of it.
How long have you and your team been running security?
I've been running my team for about 12 years. The rest of them have come and gone. Besides me, Marty was here the longest. Was gone on six years. So, what about you? How long you been swinging an ice drill?
Guess a few years. I was doing the same as you before that. Seemed only natural after my last tour. Hurt myself out pretty fast, though. Kicked around for a while, just trying to stay active, you know? Ended up here after a few similar gigs. Planned to move on afterward, but now... Ah, who the fuck knows if I'll get the chance.
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Chapter 2: How does the research team analyze the demonic entity's symbols?
Who, may I ask, is that?
After Hank decided to work for the other team, I decided to sack him.
Oh, I see. A sound decision. Though you do realize... Yes, Miles, I know.
But it makes me feel better, so let's pretend it makes a difference, shall we?
Iris it is.
Now, let's see what she has to say about all this. I just uploaded a bunch of photos of a symbol I discovered. I want you to cross-reference them with any symbols you have on file, especially the Mephitica files. Show me any that are a match, or a close match. Of course, Dr. Zahra.
I have found approximately 23 characters that bear similarity, but only one that seems to very closely resemble the symbol.
That does look pretty similar.
Do you have any idea what the symbol means? The symbol appears in several translations of the Numenomicon, a book of magical theory and practices written by an unknown medieval author. Many of the formulas and incantations are believed to have been derived from various Mephitican resources. The symbol appears to represent the Silent Key.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the Silent Key in their findings?
I'm thinking we need to read between the lines a bit here. The text talks about Bereth turning suddenly, and that he began worshipping some dark god no one ever laid eyes on. I don't know, but it sounds a lot like what happened to Darrow and Pryce. The creature possessed them and then made them commit horrible acts in its name.
That certainly sounds like a plausible theory.
So we're back to it being a genuine demon.
That's what I'm getting.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I've been listening to y'all for just a few minutes and I'm already getting a headache. Do Ophelia a favor and explain what the hell you're talking about. And use wee words, would ya?
Okay, it's a demon that existed back before Noah and the Flood. Looks like he might have possessed a king and had him do a bunch of terrible shit to his subjects. Somehow, he ended up here, under the ice. Does that about sum things up, Dr. Gulen?
Not quite, but I think it will do for the moment, Dr. Aldrich. So, what does that add up for us?
It means you need to search the ship top to bottom again, paying special attention to any hatches, ports, or doors. If you come across any more strange symbols like that one, take several clear photographs from multiple angles before completely scratching them away. Because if you don't find them all, that thing could get inside. All security personnel report to the operations room on the double.
I repeat, all security personnel to the operations room. If there's more of those symbols out there, you can bet your ass we'll find them. Let's go, Terry. Okay, gentlemen, what do you have for me? Can the probes be effectively fit with explosives?
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Chapter 4: How does the history of Bereth relate to the current events?
We already suspect he's trying to either release or possibly create something monstrous. But now I think I have a better idea of what it is.
And you think it's some dragon from the Bible? Sorry, my skepticism's a reflex that hasn't quite died completely. Go on. What makes you think it's Leviathan?
In his journal, Price wrote that he heard the creature say, No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who, then, is he who can stand before me? That's almost word for word what it says in the Bible about the Leviathan.
That's fine and dandy, but you two were the ones who said to minimize any direct relationship between the Bible and Mephitica, as the Bible was, uh, I think Miles called it a Johnny-come-lately among books purporting to know something about hell.
I still think that's a wise decision, but I believe Vanessa is merely supplying the general outline of what we're facing, not implicating Leviathan directly. Regardless, Bereth may be seeking to liberate something on the scale of the biblical Leviathan.
I mean, maybe the Bible got this one right. From how Price told it, it was the monster itself that spoke the words. And you said yourself it was a direct quote from the Bible. But it was a dream. So maybe Leviathan was just a convenient symbol for the monster? I don't know.
Okay. So that must mean the machines were designed for that purpose, right? To free this Leviathan or whatever the hell it's supposed to be?
I would think so. Unfortunately, it still doesn't tell us how.
I'm not so sure. Everything seems to go to hell at 3 a.m., right? That's correct. The proverbial witching hour, as it were. That's just what I mean. It comes out when things are at the height of what some culture or another equates with evil. Now, the same thing goes for our so-called Man of Sins. He was stuffed with all sorts of symbols of evil.
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Chapter 5: What theories arise regarding the creature's intentions?
So, Captain, what fresh new hell do you have for us today? Funny. Just look at the screen right there. How's that for a fresh new hell?
The water all around the ship, it's... it's black.
It's that black ether ship.
Where the hell's it coming from?
From what we can tell, it's coming from directly beneath us.
From the ruins.
That's what we're thinking as well, Dr. Cullen. What are those large objects there? The imagery is too grainy to make them out. They're whales. The thinner ones are fin whales, and the larger ones are humpbacks. And from how they're positioned, I'd say they're dead. Right you are. And there's more of them further out along the ship, where the cameras aren't capable of looking.
I have berked in some of his men up on deck, spotting.
It looks like the storm has calmed down quite a bit.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the machines' operation on the ship?
Jesus Christ, are you seeing this, Bert?
I'm seeing it. But sure as hell wish I wasn't. Bert, we're getting all kinds of activity over the cameras. What are you seeing? Looks like hell itself is cracking open. And all that weren't fit for a living soul to see is spilling out. I need you to keep it together. Now tell me what you see, in detail.
This is Dallas. All the dead sea life is mixing with the black liquid. Merging together, coming back to life? Some of it looks like it's oozing up the sides of the ship.
Fuck, roger that. Art, pull everyone back inside and get your people to the infirmary immediately. Once you're all there, do exactly what Dr. Golan tells you. Understood? Sure. But what the hell's he gonna do for us? I have no idea. But from the looks of things, I hope he plans on delivering a miracle.
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