Registered Phenomena Code: 757
Object Class: Beta-Purple
Hazard Types: Contact Hazard, Grouped Hazard, Organic Hazard, Toxic Hazard
Containment Protocols: RPC-757-001 is to be kept in a greenhouse in Site-057, maintained by CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) specialists who have been trained in the maintenance of RPC-757-001. All researchers and specialists that enter the greenhouse must be outfitted with hazmat suits and gas masks. Standard compost is to be given to all instances of RPC-757-001 bi-weekly, and all instances are to be given water by the means of a light mist twice a day. Should a containment breach occur by means of residue leftover on a suit, the personnel are to be thoroughly decontaminated and the suit immediately destroyed via incineration.
Description: RPC-757-001 is a large group of extremely dark blue mushrooms that secrete a light mist. The mist is a neurotoxin to any and all organisms that have brain matter. Symptoms of inhaling the neurotoxin, and touching RPC-757-001 manifest after approximately 20 seconds. The neurotoxin will cause extreme nasal discomfort, extreme pupil dilutions, auditory and visual distortion, and increased aggression,(similar to being on bath salts) and an eventual brain hemorrhage. Physical contact with any instance of RPC-757-001 will cause skin discomfort, severe skin loss, and eventual (always fatal) skin cancer. The mist that all instances of RPC-757-001 secrete can travel long distances, and can be mistaken for fog. RPC-757-002 are any and all persons affected by RPC-757-001
RPC-757-001 is suspected to be responsible for about 984 casualties, and has manifested throughout the northern United States, most notably Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and [REDACTED], Michigan as well as Sweden, Norway, Finland and Northern Scotland. RPC-757-001 does still manifest, and areas known to have had instance grow are under constant monitoring by Authority Researchers. Few actual outbreaks have gone uncontained, and an outbreak on October 4th, 2016, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was the worst ever recorded.
Outbreaks of RPC-757-001 happen seemingly at random, and no real pattern of outbreaks have been recorded -Area Director Marius Streicher
The outbreak of RPC-757 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota caused 247 casualties. ERT Victor-19 was deployed to attempt to end the outbreak. ERT Victor-19 was outfitted with MP5 submachine guns, and gas masks. ERT Victor-19 (now MST Victor-2) was deployed to isolate and contain the outbreak. After the outbreak, Class B amnestics were issued to the entire surviving population of Detroit Lakes, and surrounding towns in a 5 mile radius that may have heard of the outbreak.
Incident Log
Interview with member of ERT Victor-19, now MST Victor-2
Foreword: Interview with Corporal Dominic Brunsmeier, member of MST Victor-2, about the RPC-757 outbreak on October 4th, 2016
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Dr. Boyd: Please describe the events of October 4th, 2016.
Cpl. Brunsmeier: Well, Uh, I remember mostly the people that would attack us. That look in their eyes, the way they looked less than human. They’d be fighting each-other, adults were hitting kids, the kids would bite down on the adults arms, hands, even necks. Whole thing was…awful. There were birds dive bombing people, deer goring people, there were snakes, common garden one, crawling on people, eating dead bodies. We had to kill them all.
Dr. Boyd: And What did the Response Team do?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: We Shot them. Kids, adults, snakes, birds. Everything. We barely missed a shot. It was terrible. Then uh, these…bears… showed up. God that was terrible. There were 3? I think? Black bears, and they were defenitely affected, because their fur and skin pounder was all rotted, and they were clawing and biting people. Watched a kid get torn in half, he was still kicking, had to terminate him on the spot.
Dr. Boyd: How long have you worked with the Authority, Corporal Brunsmeier?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: About 5 years now, sir.
Dr. Boyd: I see you’ve been in psychiatric care since the event.
Cpl. Brunsmeier: Yes.
Dr. Boyd: I see you helped contain RPC-997, that is correct?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: Yes.
Dr. Boyd: And yet, you did not undergo psychiatric car after that incident. But after RPC-717’s outbreak, you have, why is that?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: I had to some kids alright? That shits not easy to cope with, a little kid, about 8 or 9 maybe, came running at me, like a fucking zombie. I did what I was ordered to do, and shot him, right in the forehead. I hate myself for that. I’ve got kids of my own Doctor, I can’t help but think about if that’d been one of them…
Dr. Boyd: I-I See, I am…truly sorry…
There is a long pause in the recording
Dr. Boyd: Now, Er, about how you extracted the instances of RPC-757-001?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: We had to wait for some hazmat suits in order to dig up the mushrooms, some idiot tried to do it without gloves. His hands started sizzling and his skin started to peel, he was just screaming. The sergeant terminated him after about 15 seconds, said he needed some footage about what touching them did to you. About 15 minutes later, some small instances were growing on his hands. The body’s still in containment I think, saw it last week, completely covered in the stuff now.Dr. Boyd: I’ve seen it. It was also me who gave the orders for the instances to be dug up. And after taking the instances?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: After that, um, we had to clear the rest of the town. A lot of people were ok, unaffected, I mean. We evacuated most of the population, and we came across this…family…
Dr. Boyd: Corporal, please, you have to continue, for the record, please describe any notable encounters with instances of RPC-757-002.Dr. Boyd: Corporal, please sit.
Cpl. Brunsmeier: What more do you want?
Dr. Boyd: Approximately how long did it take to clear the affected area of the town?
Cpl. Brunsmeier: I don’t know, a few hours at the most maybe?
Dr. Boyd: Thank you Corporal, that will be all.
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Corporal Brunsmeier was promoted to Sergeant for his actions during the outbreak.