A Strange Phenomena...

For the last few days, I have felt nervousness and tension steadily growing in me, and I think I have finally discovered the source. I proceeded back through the Door into Lacuna Urbis and shut it temporarily. Immediately, I felt a cessation of most of my negative feelings. 

I proceeded to test this several times, finally using an audio recorder to test. In every audio recording I made, a quiet, but persistent Hum could be heard. I capitalize it because I believe it to be a subset of the Pulse which we heard earlier. 

I'm not overly sure what this Hum does, but I feel it significant enough to report to Dr. Evans. Hopefully he can figure it out.

Regards,

Mr. Dewart

Stationed for Further Observation

We reached our target late last night. We were descending for several hours, but were slightly sidetracked by what appeared to be a mark, scrawled on the side of a shelf. How did we find it, you ask? Well, it made our instruments go haywire the closer we got to it. We studied it by sight alone for several minutes, but that was all we were able to fit in before our instruments began permanent shut down.

It looked like a circle with a line scrawled through it: Ø

As some of of you might know, that symbol represents about three different things:

1. A letter in the Scandinavian alphabet
2. A zero, marked to differentiate it from the letter O
3. The empty set, a mathematical term.

I think we can rule out the first one, which leaves 2 and 3. This is somewhat disconcerting, as both of those, mixed in with those creatures we both know exist, leads to one conclusion. I'd rather not speak the name, though I'm sure that you can figure it out.

But I digress.

Continuing with the original story, we arrived at the rift last night and have remained here for about twelve hours so far. Evans has been collecting data and will notify us when we are able to move.

Regards, 
Benzene

P.S. Dewart, mention the Reactor again and we'll see how gentlemanly we can be with a knife in your guts.

What Have We Here...?

I have rather depressing news to impart. You might recall the disease that Herr Doktor was experimenting with, and how it seemed strange that he should be experimenting at all.

Well, I believe to have discovered the cause. I have in my possession a sample of this disease, yet it did not come from Herr Doktor. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

As I passed through the Door, I was deposited in a cavern that, as far as I can tell, is either beneath the ocean or just above sea level. There is a well, for lack of a better word, near one side of the cavern. I explored it for some length, but I could not find the end. This leads me to believe that I am actually beneath the ocean, as the tunnel kept getting darker and darker as I proceeded. Eventually, I turned back and returned to the cavern.

I've been exploring it for quite some time, and there seems to be the ruin of a rather large facility here, from ancient times. There are half collapsed buildings, all made of the same rock which forms the cavern, which leads me to believe that it was reached through the Door and that this whole cavern is artificially made.

But again, I'm getting getting sidetracked. My purpose is that I have discovered several large containers of some sort of stone, marked with strange writings. Inside, I discovered a sample of the plague that Herr Doktor was using in Lacuna Urbis.

This leads me to conclude that Herr Doktor didn't have knowledge of this disease originally, which further leads us to two questions:

1. Why didn't the Lord of Disease know about this disease, and
2. Why was he experimenting with it? What did he hope to accomplish?

Alright, that was technically three questions, though one is more of a follow up question.

Hopefully this mystery can be cleared up soon.

Regards,
Mr. Dewart

Found it!

Greetings! I haven't yet posted on this blog, though Dr. Evans granted me access several days ago. I am Blake Dewart. For the last several days, I have been assigned to Lacuna Urbis in search of something, which I am glad to say that I have finally discovered!

You see, I have been in search of a particular Door, which I finally discovered, lurking in the basement of a house near the old Reactor, which Mr. Benzene may remember. This particular Door is special, you see: it was left open.

Through this Door lies a cavern. From the dampness and smell of salt, I judge it to be near the ocean. However, even more importantly, this is the Door through which the Pulse was let into the city, which, as you might imagine, has created some rather unusual phenomena.

For example, every few hours, the city will wobble, for lack of a better word, but the ground will stay completely still. It's quite disconcerting.

And now my orders tell me to go through the Door. Very well! We shall see what awaits us on the other side.

Regards,
Mr. Dewart

Surfacing

I believe that this current trip has felt like the longest I've ever taken. Dreadfully dull, I must say.

However, the monotony was broken by our arrival at our intended destination. We're currently in the Atlantic ocean, up north near Greenland, near where a large spire of rock rises out of the ocean. It's about twenty feet above sea level, and, as far as we are able to ascertain, it is situated directly above what we came for.

You see, we believe that the Pulse originated from exactly below where the submersible is now docked: a rift in the ocean floor. We will be descending tomorrow, after an airlift of a few essential items. 

Regards,

Mr. Benzene

Complete

Reconditioning is now complete. Dewart has joined me as my personal assistant. For his first assignment, I've sent him back into Lacuna Urbis. We've received a tip that Herr Doktor has been spotted inside the City once again, and we're slightly concerned with what he might be up to.

Luck, Dewart.

Regards,
Dr. Evans

Verified

I have verified Mr. Dewart's story, which has suddenly opened avenues of possible inquiry.

However, before we continue, I'm afraid that Dewart has to be reconditioned.

Regards,
Dr. Evans

Analysis of Dewart

As Mr. Benzene noted earlier, my colleagues apprehended a certain Blake Dewart, who attempted to waylay Mr. Benzene on his way to the submersible.

This is a rather interesting fellow, I must admit. Or, at least, his claims are interesting. See, he claims to have been present in Lacuna Urbis during the period when Herr Doktor was conducting his experiments on the flesheating bacteria.

I will be attempting to validate this story before continuing interrogation.

Regards,
Dr. Evans

Detained

We left off kind of late. To my great embarrassment, it was my fault. I was on my way to the dock at about 5:45 this morning, when I was set upon by the most uncouth fellow I've encountered in quite some time. He grabbed my shoulders and started screaming incoherently. One thing led to another, and it ended with him laying on the ground in a pool of blood with my knife sticking from his stomach. I think I nicked his guts, poor sap.

Anyways, I had to wait while my superiors came by, so I didn't actually make it to the dock until about 7:00.

Ah well, life goes on. As I speak, we've been under the ocean for several hours, heading towards where our instruments last picked up the noise. I will post again when there is more to say.

Regards,
Mr. Benzene

A Fond Greeting

Gentlemen, it's been some time since we've corresponded. Unless I am very much mistaken, the last time you saw me was when I was apprehended by Dr. Evans inside the WEF facility. Since then, you'll be glad to learn that the air between us has cleared. They saw a use for my talents, and offered me employment.

It was an offer I could hardly refuse. I now serve as the personal assistant to Dr. Evans, and have for quite some time. I've spent most of my time in Vienna, though, recently, I was recalled. Dr. Evans informed me that he believes that he has finally tracked down what he's been searching for over a period of three years.

You see, we've had several instruments set up in various locations of interest over the last several months. We've recorded an influx of Doors that are manifesting, and also an increase in the number of birds being assimilated into the Convocation. After thorough searching, we think we've discovered the reason. On September 22nd, 2012, at about 7:52 in the evening, our instruments recording a bloop.

It's an odd word choice, to be sure, but I feel that it described what we heard the best. It wasn't loud, nor was it overly harmonic or discordant. It was simply there.

And it came from beneath the ocean.

Tomorrow, at 6:30 in the morning, we'll be taking a submersible from a classified location in search of this noise. I'll be reporting my findings here, properly censored, of course.

Tomorrow, we might find what Evans believes to be the beginning of the End.

Regards,
Mr. Benzene