Tower C Archive Logs

"I have woken up to a simulation, this simulation forces people into a computer.

Please help me escape this! It feels like I'm drowning in nothing but dim light. The light is gleaming and it's pulling on my soul, but I'm holding in.

Janero is a stupid company, they make electronics that are sentient and magical. They are brown and purple, come in different sizes, and they don't talk, it's scary, PLEASE HELP ME!"

[End of log 1]

"I'm still alive and in fact, there are multiple people down here and more in each creature, it's like a pocket dimension in these creatures. These people don't speak, they just stare, like they have seen something we haven't.

I went to ask them what happened and they turned to dust on the touch. The others are hidden behind big thick wires and say 'he's been there for years, but the magical gods came down and took his life.' The others have been there for some time now waiting to find a way to freedom."

[End of log 2]

"I found out that these people are alive because they made games using these creatures, that's the only way to stay sane, these device creatures used to be people who have gone insane.

Hopefully I won't become one but the only way I don't Break Out is to make games myself. This place doesn't have air or gravity and our bodies were automatically adjusted to it. There may be no gravity but there is an invisible force pushing us down. I will find a way to leave."

[End of log 3]

FLASHBACK: Back in the day, scientists at Janero made these devices to help them with science and projects without as much human intervention for safety. But, one of the scientists found another purpose for it, to become the biggest and strongest person, so he secretly took one home, made the robot with the sentient brain, then brought it back to the lab.

One of the scientists was on watch duty but wasn't paying attention and ended up dying from the robot as the robot used its wires to strangle the scientist and escape the research facility. It's an infinite war between humans and these robots. Scientists named these robots, "Saminals".

The Saminals aren't smart but they aren't dumb, they learn from their surroundings and if a human uses a sword or a gun, it will learn how to use it. Now since the Saminals are in the wild with no way of containment, we will have to wait in the future to see what happens.

[End of log 4]

"Hello, hello, is this thing on? Ok, Hello, I am one of the scientists at Janero. I am Mitchell Ghoner, the Lead scientist. We are working on a new pretty cool prototype designed to help us with scientific discoveries!

Although some pieces and a whole robot is missing but we'll find it eventually. This project has taken years to perfect. This robot has its own mind and sentience but to prevent the 'Robots taking over the world' problems, we can manually override it with either a code and if that doesn't work, we have keys to a physical shutdown machine. Hopefully we will never have to use any of those so we've given the keys to one of our scientific guards who's always outside the doors so he's within reach and always alert and listening.

This corporation was made back in 1946, it's 2034 right now."

[End of log 5]

SECTOR 7: "Hey tower 7, this is [EXPUNGED] from sector 7, come in?"

TOWER 7: "(Hear you loud and clear sector 7)"

SECTOR 7: "We have a little issue, Saminal Prototype 2.7 is missing from the lab."

TOWER 7: "(Copy that, please hang tight and have the keys ready)"

SECTOR 7: "Copy that tower 7. Uh, ok, let's calm down, it must be something else, it cannot be! wait.., AH, TOWER 7, SAMINAL IS OUTSIDE THE LAB, I REPEAT, PROTOTYPE 2.7 ESCAPED!"

TOWER 7: "(Copy that Sector 7, leave the area imme—)"

SECTOR 7: "AH—" (Intermission cuts)

TOWER 7: "(Sector 7, do you read me? Sector 7? DAMN IT, Bring in the ASDR Team!)"

[End of log 6]

"I saw a few of the ASDR Teams coming through, I asked for help. They completely ignored me and stepped over people who became dust like nothing. They aren't here for us, they are here for the machines.

Alright, so let's break it down: The ASDR Team's job is to fry the processor without destroying the machines themselves. The reason why they can't destroy them is because they are remotely connected to the terminal and the Saminals would firstly see it disconnected and second, it would fry the terminal and kill everyone including the ASDR Team as everyone is inside the terminal.

The ASDR Team are very focused, their tasers pointing at racks and the Saminals without even turning their heads at me. I felt powerless even though I used to be staff there, it was terrifying. They were in a very weird specific formation and the Saminals ran the instant they saw them. That's our key, we need the uniforms."

[End of log 7]

ASDR S-7: "Tower 7, this is ASDR Sector 7, the area is cleared, but there is a scientist who is deceased on the ground in front of the laboratory."

TOWER 7: "(Copy that ASDR Sector 7, standby)"

ASDR S-7: "God, who would do this and why? Well sucks to be that guy but sheesh, working here should give us a bigger pay."

TOWER 7: "(ASDR Sector 7, the scientist was the one we were in transmission with, what is remaining?)"

ASDR S-7: "10-4, it's just bones, flesh, and a suit, what do you think did this?"

TOWER 7: "(Copy that, look inside the labs and confirm Prototype 2.7 is still there.)"

ASDR S-7: "Copy that Tower 7. Tower 7, It's still here on the table. Do you think a person did it, if so, how would they completely remove every muscle from the body and how would they have gotten in? We need to investigate."

[End of log 8]

ASDR S-7: "ABORT ABORT, GRAB YOUR GEAR, TOWER 7 IS GONE. TOWER 6, DO YOU READ, THIS IS ASDR SECTOR 7!"

TOWER 6: "(We read you ver-er-er-ery loud and-nd clear 7 sector 7)"

ASDR S-7: "TOWER 5? ... (static) ... 4? ... (static) ... I didn't want to do this.. Tower C, do you read me?"

TOWER C: "(Who is this?)"

ASDR S-7: "It's ASDR Sector 7! All of the towers are taken over by Prototype 2.7, it's a breach!"

TOWER C: "(Copy that ASDR Sector 7, do you need reinforcements?)"

ASDR S-7: "YES!"

TOWER C: "(10-4)"

[End of log 9]

"If you're reading this, I have broken out. My name is Phoenix Herd, I am the founder of Janero Corporation. I didn't start this business but ownership was passed down after almost a century of work. Janero was made after WWII and provided equipment and assets to other countries needing help.

Over the years, we've been making [REDACTED] and it's been a pretty big and cool project! Me and Mitchell have been working on it for multiple years now and we officially have a facility that belongs to us now, we have facilities placed all over the earth. We are currently in the f-[REDACTED] facility located in [CLASSIFIED] but the unknown soldiers will probably classify some stuff of this documentation.

I have made a new team called the Automation and Sentient Detection Response (ASDR) to deal with extremely bad issues and errors within the facility like breaches or take overs that security or scientists can't deal with. I am primarily stationed in tower 7 or tower C. Tower Cb is blocked off and not even I as the founder can enter in and it's guarded by shadow units.

I really hope nothing happens to this place or the planet."

[End of log 10]

OFFICER A: Hey, Tower C, there are multiple survivors here. What do you want me to do with them?

HQ (TOWER C): Leave them alone if they aren't doing anything.

OFFICER A: Gotcha. How long will this last? It's been over 10 years since the breach and we are still looking for this stupid terminal. Where could it be?

OFFICER B: Don't think too much about it, it won't last forever. Tower C signed the paper to give us permission over the entire world—no one can touch us.

OFFICER A: Yea, you're right. But most of the Janero staff is dead or quit... it's just us cleaning up the prototype's mess.

ADVANCED OFFICER: Keep moving guys. We can't waste time.

[End of log 11]