Debrief Transcript – Incident M-L464-250808-003
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NO we weren’t able to get a sample! Are you KIDDING me!? A woman has died and all you can think about is a damn sample!? This is why EVERYONE hates MEG. EVERYONE! Tracy had dreams, ASPIRATIONS! She sacrificed her life for your damned sample.
It crawled out of her. Like from her pores. It seeped out, drained. It was like a silvery puss; it was disgusting. I… I was going to try and move her, but the fluid the… slime. It started moving towards me. Not fast mind you but fast enough. I… I think it was alive. I don’t know. After seeing what it did to her...
I… I think so?
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I’m not sure. We found the slime resting underneath a boiler. She had 3 vials prepared and before you say anything, yes, she had on nitrile gloves, yes, they were over her sleeves, yes, she had on safety goggles. I don’t want to see ‘safety negligence’ in your report. She did everything she was supposed to do.
I don’t know. She was careful, filling the centrifuge tubes. I think some got on her glove and since she didn’t want to risk exposing skin, she kept them on until the sample was collected. But… I swear I saw it move, like on its own. She doffed her gloves, properly I might add, and we went on our way. Now that I think about it… No…
I do remember her wiping her pant leg after removing her gloves.
WELL OBVIOUSLY, AT SOME POINT!
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After maybe about an hour of walking, we climbed up some stairs and a ladder to get a better vantage point, so we could make our way back here. She was out of breath, which I mean, given the heat and humidity, add the climbing and I guess being out of breath was to be expected. But she never really recovered from it.
No, we did manage to climb back down. But as we walked, she got drowsy, dizzy, complained about not being able to catch her breath. I guess it was about an hour after that when she collapsed, turning blue. It was weird, she was breathing heavy, but it was like she wasn’t getting any oxygen.
Well, yeah, she was breathing! Well, she was until she wasn’t. She started gasping for air and then she blacked out, dead. I was going to do CPR, when I saw the silver slime beading up around her pores. It collected into a mass and started towards me. I panicked and left her there.
Silver Slimes []
ENTITY NO. 44
THREAT LEVEL
4
Habitat:
Possible in any level, notably industrial levels.
Aggression: 5/5
Hostile to all entities
Intellect: 1/5
Basic cognitive function
Danger: 5/5
Attacks are mainly fatal
Description[]
Silver Slimes or Postreculamyxa haemophilus, designated as Entity 44 are considered acutely toxic and handling it will result in fatality. Collecting and researching this entity has proven to be difficult as standard PPE will not necessarily prevent exposure. The slime takes the appearance of a silvery puddle, similar to that of liquid mercury. Though the slime is generally dormant, it will move when in close proximity to warm-blooded organisms.
Biology
Silver Slimes appear to be some sort of plasmodial myxomycetes, or slime mold. It feeds off of iron rich organic material such as hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells. The high iron content is assumed to be the primary reason for the organism’s coloration. It also hypothesized that the iron aids the slime in penetrating the epidermis and entering the blood stream of its victims where it feeds.
Though Silver Slimes lack any notable sensory organs, it seems to be able to move and seek out victims within a limited capacity. They are not quick, but observers have noted their apparent “clever problem-solving skills” as the mold will navigate obstacles to approach its food source. This organism appears to be impervious to high temperatures, and it seems to even recover from cryogenic tests. The only certain way to actually kill this entity is through high amps of electricity. Strong electromagnetic fields are also known to temporarily disable the slime, showing properties similar to that of ferrofluid.
Hazard Information
Any contact with a Silver Slime has dire potential of exposure. Silver Slimes, when in contact with any exposed skin will immediately absorb into the tissue and enter into the bloodstream of that victim. The slime will feed on red blood cells, primarily the hemoglobin. The slime will reproduce and will consume its host’s red blood cells in its entirety, causing an extreme “anemia” in which the host will suffocate from oxygen starvation.
When the host is dead, and all hemoglobin is consumed, the slime mold will exit the body via its pores and travel until it finds a suitable location to rest dormant until it finds a new victim. The mold will not move again until it detects a new host.
Localities
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