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Happy Spooktober everyone! Since my last update on Twitter I've been pulling overtime on Kowloon. I've come so close and now I'm practically finished the final draft. Now comes the grueling process of editing and polishing. It is rather ironic that I've finished this around October. Wouldn't be a bad time to celebrate the holiday by publishing this. Not out of the wood work just yet though. I will say that I am so excited. At the same time, nervous. I'm really glad all the hard work I put into this is finally about to pay off, and hopefully the feedback I will receive will help me improve on future writings. I rather not be complacent. See you soon!

I am Calvas Jones. My life once revolved around the mechanics of clockworks. Every gear, every mainspring, motors with their adjustments and patterns, how to synchronize them in perfect harmony with the hours of our planet. The music I hear with every tick, a testament of my success. Works of art to me while a mere complex contraption to others. However, my work ensures these timekeepers make their way in the hands of man. The shop has seen better days though. Rarely have I been in to tend the place. Not many customers were willing to purchase my merchandise. However, it was a very rough time. One where I was fortunate enough to keep my house and store. Unfortunately, I could not make a substantial amount needed to keep the infrastructures alive, and my fortune would not last forever. I had fought tooth and nail in the past to keep my father’s store running. At that time, I was but a mere boy barely reaching adulthood. Even when The Great War took his life, I persevered. Until thr...

Anomaly Class: Solar Item:   S-761 Threat Level: Blue Containment Procedures: S-761 is to be kept in a standard containment storage in a secure section of the X-Facility. Only those of Class 2 personnel with security clearance Beta and higher are to have access to S-761. For the duration of an A-9 council member’s service, they are presented with one S-761 tablet. This same procedure will apply to the position of Director. Description: S-761 is a large glass jar, during the time of discovery, contains one thousand, five hundred and thirty seven orange florescent colored pills. At a glance, ingestion of the pill did not cause any severe side effects or beneficiary usages. That was until at 5/27/20XX when a Class-3 personnel was supposedly terminated during a containment breach. Several minutes after his death, the Class-3’s body combusted into flames that burned for approximately ten seconds, leaving behind a massive lump of ash and soot. Thirty seconds in, what app...

Mass In 2065, Von Braun Aerospace unveiled the controversial physics defying Mass Drive, capable of warping and reducing the surrounding ship of its mass to absolute zero. Ships were capable of exceeding 1.5 times the speed of light. In 2070, Von Braun revealed the 2 nd generation of the Mass Drive, dubbed the Mark II Vittore Mass Drive after its original inventor. It utilizes solar energy stored as a method of powering the drive and the ship itself for long term space exploration. Expeditions were sent to determine habitability and colonization. In 10 standard years, Humanity has colonized the Moon, Mars, Ganymede, Io, Europa, Titan, Triton, Calisto, Phoebus and Deimos. In the future, plans to terraform Venus are being evaluated. 2077, Axom Industries created a powerful thinking computer under the name Durendal. Its purpose, to lead exploratory science vessels across the depths of deep space. It was this year the Mark III Vittore Mass Drive was unveiled. Durendal was s...

Anomaly Class: Lunar Item: L-111 Threat Level: Red Containment Procedures:   Broadcasts of L-111 are to be intercepted and blocked from public viewing. Future broadcasts are to be traced and contained for Initiative research and purposes. On a side note; as of 10/11/XXXX, L-111 has been bumped up to Threat Level Red. Description:   Is a cognitive hazardous anomalous phenomenon that replaces a majority of public media news networks. L-111 cannot be traced to its source, nor does any record of the news station and the people representing it exists. L-111 activates when there is a major public issue and documents the events across the country. The same goes for international news. (It is unclear if L-111 has a limit to its effects. And the Initiative is not keen on pursuing that idea.) An instance of L-111 will often appear whenever an incident occurs. This instance is referred to L-111-01. Its appearance will vary depending on location. Characteristics such...

NDI: Guide to New Dawn Initiative      To understand anomalies, one must understand the necessary principals and procedures that NDI adheres to. This guide will familiarize yourself with the basic structure and hierarchy of the organization, as well as their classifications of anomalous entities. This covers threat level for anomalous containment; security clearances, field operatives, tactical response teams, researchers, engineers, doctors and administration for staff and clearance levels; personnel classifications for individuals of interests and subjects. Security Clearance: Security clearances represents an object’s highest importance of interest to the organization. Of which, only select members of the staff’s position will have access to. This is done to keep personnel on a ‘need-to-know’ basis. Omni: The Omni clearance is a restricted clearance level given only to that of The Director of the organization. This clearance gives The Directo...

            “A Turing Test?” Jewels replied with a hint of disbelief. “Surely you’re not serious Mr. Yale. Durendal’s been active for a week. What makes you think this machine’s capable of equal human level intelligence and awareness?” Yale was standing outside the examiner’s room where Durandel was held. The spherical machine was suspended by a docking module, one used to recharge drones. Only the module wasn’t hooked up to a battery station. He watched as the blue eye of the machine shift every which way. He could hear it from the other room as it made odd, whirring noises that sounded like humming.             “Jewels have you ever been around this contraption?” he replied with another question. Then the old man slowly turned his head towards him and shifts his mouth side to side. “Tell me; what are the primary directives this thing was programmed to follow?” M...