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Test_172
Legacy Name: Test_172
The
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AllemonAge: 15 years, 8 months, 1 week
Born: September 13th, 2008
Adopted: 10 years, 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Adopted: October 5th, 2013
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- Strength: 8
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 8
- Health: 11
- HP: 11/11
- Intelligence: 6
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- Job: Unemployed
A story by Syl
A Technical Note
I feel the need to point out one technicality with the following tale. I have chosen to use the name ''Frankenstein,'' but there is nothing to state that this is actually the scientist's name, besides Mary Shelley's work of fiction. In fact, certain rumors suggest that the scientist involved may have actually been a man by the name of Johann Konrad Dippel - a German man who is noted for his work in theology, philosophy and alchemy and his creation of a type of blue dye. He was born in the Castle Frankenstein, and the rumors about him seem to correlate slightly with the story. Firstly, that he did gruesome and macabre experimentations involving cadavers in the attempt to reassign the soul of one dead body to another. He also supposedly practiced alchemy and anatomy in conjunction with one another. But again, these are mere rumors, and until supporting evidence is obtained, cannot be relied on in the least.
Newscast: An Introduction
In a letter to his colleague, Mary Shelley scholar James Ackart wrote, ''The fabled Doctor Victor Frankenstein enjoyed something akin to 'success' in the creation of his Monster. However, it has come to my attention that one may ask themselves how he so nearly portrayed a human countenance without major difficulties along the way. While, of course, our infamous Monster was far from perfect, one cannot deny the genius in the design.''
It was this line of thought that triggered a worldwide ''investigation'' among certain scholars and scientists. Nothing much came of it, at the time of its commencement. This did not come as a surprise to those who rejected the validity and truthfulness of the story itself. Lately, however, a reputable team of archaeologists has found new evidence to support the idea of multiple ''Frankensteinian Monsters.'' Mary Shelley's original novel, considered a classic work of fiction, may soon be found in the nonfiction section of the library. More on this amazing development in just a few minutes.
The First 'Frankensteinian Monster'
And thus begins the tale of Test, known by that name and that name alone. Similar anonymity is found with Frankenstein's Monster (who is, himself, often incorrectly called Frankenstein), which only serves to forge the connection between the two. We all know some version of the original story, be it the book or the movie versions, but Test's story is even darker than that which we all know so well.
Test, like the Monster, was a composite of different dead bodies. He, too, was Victor Frankenstein's creation, but he came first. And he was a failure.
It was not so much a failure to ''manufacture'' life, as it was a failure to gain control, on Frankenstein's part. One could say this happened with the Monster, too, but... not to the same degree. In fact, Test was more of a ''monster'' than the Monster ever was. The beast was irreverently pieced together, and, for some reason - perhaps for pure humor's sake, perhaps because the doctor intended for something great to come of it - he implanted the brain of a recently deceased human child. Test was fashioned not to be a human replica, but instead an animal, for fresh bodies of such are more easily found.
Of course Frankenstein had tried this before. First, as recent evidence suggests, with small rodents, and then with larger animals like domestic dogs and cats. He was never successful in his resurrections of such animals, but failure only spurred him on, it seems. Spurred him to create this... thing. A test project. A last resort creation, perhaps, before abandoning the endeavor of recreating life. Test may have been, in effect, the only thing that made the noted scientist pursue his most well known creation. If Test had failed, he may have resolved to forsake the pursuit entirely.
And what day that would have been! To see nothing come of his gruesome task, to see the descendants of those whom the Monster eventually killed walking the streets of New York! But alas, Frankenstein's Test was something of a success. A hateful, malevolent success of mismatched dead flesh and coursing blood arising from the work table of an ambitious and perhaps crazed doctor turned inventor. It must have been, to any observer, like seeing a decomposing cadaver rise again from the grave.
And that analogy is not far from the truth. According to recent sources, Test's composition must have been much more infantile at his creation, and he likely could not have stood on his own for quite some time, thus reminding one somewhat of a Zombie. His mind was infantile, then, too. I mentioned how it originally belonged to a human child (how Frankenstein procured this brain is up for debate among scholars, and some even suggest that the child was not even deceased at the time of ''harvesting,'' for lack of a better term). The amazing thing about Test is that not only did his body function, it sustained function, and eventually even grew. His mind grew with him. From child to adolescent, and from adolescent to adult.
''Adult'' is the best way to describe the beast, when recent archaeological digs come into the story. Upon unintended discovery of some rather haunting sights, including all sorts of small mammals in various states of decomposition, some even having the head of one creature and the body of another, they also uncovered what was labeled simply as ''Test.'' Yes, the actual body, in its full and complete state, has in fact been recovered. Or... it was uncovered.
The strange thing about creating life out of dead bodies is that... the bodies are already dead, and the life is manufactured. Nowadays, we know that a cheap computer company could make one computer that lasts for one to two years, and then breaks down, and a more vigilant (and usually more expensive) company can create one that lasts many years. The same goes it seems, for manufacturing life. It appears that a select few of the doctor's rodent experiments may have lived for hours, days, and even weeks before dying again. Test, however, was created with much more experience and diligence (so much so, that it seems almost impossible that Frankenstein created it alone - it is likely that he teamed up with some like-minded scientist and/or alchemist).
And thus, accounts of the archaeologists' encounters with the body of the beast seem cut short. For upon final unearthing of the entirety of the creature, contained deep underground in some sort of natural underground cave, Test was recorded to have ''appeared to have an almost lifelike glint and sparkle in his single open eye.'' The archaeologist who wrote that particular statement was found, not long afterwards, with gnaw marks in his flesh befitting a bear, and dismemberment so accurate it may have been done by a surgeon. Others at the scene were found in similar states. It was considered, at first, the work of a cannibal serial killer, or perhaps one who had dogs eat at the victims, but this was dismissed after detailed inspection discovered that neither human nor canine could ever have made those marks on the bodies.
It is also curious to note that Test's body is known only by rough sketches in the surviving notebooks from that event. The place at which he was found was barren, despite many search missions. While seemingly impossible to many, the one truly logical conclusion to draw from all of this is that the creature itself is responsible. This sudden attack upon humans, if it is in fact the creature's doing, is a telltale sign of the treatment this beast received from it's creator.
Frankenstein's Monster is not known for being treated amazingly well, and I, at least, have drawn a hypothesis from this. Test was (and the facts back up this claim) Frankenstein's first completely successful creation, predating the Monster by years. He may have, at the time, considered his invention as something akin to both pet and slave, and as such, treated it with little respect. Test has a human brain, which creates memories and fears, some of the strongest of which are determined in childhood. The beast may have rebelled against his creator in fear and anger, inflicting physical and mental wounds upon the latter. Frankenstein would have then deemed this creature too much of a threat, with too much strength, and consequently would have moved him to the location in which he was recently found. People at the time, though, may have died at the hands of Test before Frankenstein reached that conclusion, but this is unknown. Test, it seems, made the connection between his master and other humans, taking out emotions felt against his master on any human he came across.
And this is why vigilance is necessary in these uncertain times. I have described briefly the style by which this composite beast exacts his revenge, and as his body is not in the possession of any human at the moment, it must be concluded that a fully-fledged adult creature, with human cunning and cultivated hatred against our race, is among us. He retains the ability to learn, but such long-buried hate cannot be turned around with a few kind or flowery words. I believe that Test cannot be tamed, but that any offense against him, unless strictly in self-defense, will only drive him further forward with his desires to kill and devour. He has survived decades, and it appears that he may not die for many more, if ever. And so, my readers, I leave you with those words of caution, and hope that you will take them seriously. If not, I claim no responsibility for your fate. My warnings seem perhaps ''too dramatic'' or ''too dire'' for you to take notice, but I so strongly implore you to listen - my warnings are dire for a reason. The consequences have, so far, always been fatal (for more reports of similar attacks have been made across the globe). Do as you will, friend, but remember what has been written here as you go about your complex lives.
SylA Technical Note
I feel the need to point out one technicality with the following tale. I have chosen to use the name ''Frankenstein,'' but there is nothing to state that this is actually the scientist's name, besides Mary Shelley's work of fiction. In fact, certain rumors suggest that the scientist involved may have actually been a man by the name of Johann Konrad Dippel - a German man who is noted for his work in theology, philosophy and alchemy and his creation of a type of blue dye. He was born in the Castle Frankenstein, and the rumors about him seem to correlate slightly with the story. Firstly, that he did gruesome and macabre experimentations involving cadavers in the attempt to reassign the soul of one dead body to another. He also supposedly practiced alchemy and anatomy in conjunction with one another. But again, these are mere rumors, and until supporting evidence is obtained, cannot be relied on in the least.
Newscast: An Introduction
In a letter to his colleague, Mary Shelley scholar James Ackart wrote, ''The fabled Doctor Victor Frankenstein enjoyed something akin to 'success' in the creation of his Monster. However, it has come to my attention that one may ask themselves how he so nearly portrayed a human countenance without major difficulties along the way. While, of course, our infamous Monster was far from perfect, one cannot deny the genius in the design.''
It was this line of thought that triggered a worldwide ''investigation'' among certain scholars and scientists. Nothing much came of it, at the time of its commencement. This did not come as a surprise to those who rejected the validity and truthfulness of the story itself. Lately, however, a reputable team of archaeologists has found new evidence to support the idea of multiple ''Frankensteinian Monsters.'' Mary Shelley's original novel, considered a classic work of fiction, may soon be found in the nonfiction section of the library. More on this amazing development in just a few minutes.
The First 'Frankensteinian Monster'
And thus begins the tale of Test, known by that name and that name alone. Similar anonymity is found with Frankenstein's Monster (who is, himself, often incorrectly called Frankenstein), which only serves to forge the connection between the two. We all know some version of the original story, be it the book or the movie versions, but Test's story is even darker than that which we all know so well.
Test, like the Monster, was a composite of different dead bodies. He, too, was Victor Frankenstein's creation, but he came first. And he was a failure.
It was not so much a failure to ''manufacture'' life, as it was a failure to gain control, on Frankenstein's part. One could say this happened with the Monster, too, but... not to the same degree. In fact, Test was more of a ''monster'' than the Monster ever was. The beast was irreverently pieced together, and, for some reason - perhaps for pure humor's sake, perhaps because the doctor intended for something great to come of it - he implanted the brain of a recently deceased human child. Test was fashioned not to be a human replica, but instead an animal, for fresh bodies of such are more easily found.
Of course Frankenstein had tried this before. First, as recent evidence suggests, with small rodents, and then with larger animals like domestic dogs and cats. He was never successful in his resurrections of such animals, but failure only spurred him on, it seems. Spurred him to create this... thing. A test project. A last resort creation, perhaps, before abandoning the endeavor of recreating life. Test may have been, in effect, the only thing that made the noted scientist pursue his most well known creation. If Test had failed, he may have resolved to forsake the pursuit entirely.
And what day that would have been! To see nothing come of his gruesome task, to see the descendants of those whom the Monster eventually killed walking the streets of New York! But alas, Frankenstein's Test was something of a success. A hateful, malevolent success of mismatched dead flesh and coursing blood arising from the work table of an ambitious and perhaps crazed doctor turned inventor. It must have been, to any observer, like seeing a decomposing cadaver rise again from the grave.
And that analogy is not far from the truth. According to recent sources, Test's composition must have been much more infantile at his creation, and he likely could not have stood on his own for quite some time, thus reminding one somewhat of a Zombie. His mind was infantile, then, too. I mentioned how it originally belonged to a human child (how Frankenstein procured this brain is up for debate among scholars, and some even suggest that the child was not even deceased at the time of ''harvesting,'' for lack of a better term). The amazing thing about Test is that not only did his body function, it sustained function, and eventually even grew. His mind grew with him. From child to adolescent, and from adolescent to adult.
''Adult'' is the best way to describe the beast, when recent archaeological digs come into the story. Upon unintended discovery of some rather haunting sights, including all sorts of small mammals in various states of decomposition, some even having the head of one creature and the body of another, they also uncovered what was labeled simply as ''Test.'' Yes, the actual body, in its full and complete state, has in fact been recovered. Or... it was uncovered.
The strange thing about creating life out of dead bodies is that... the bodies are already dead, and the life is manufactured. Nowadays, we know that a cheap computer company could make one computer that lasts for one to two years, and then breaks down, and a more vigilant (and usually more expensive) company can create one that lasts many years. The same goes it seems, for manufacturing life. It appears that a select few of the doctor's rodent experiments may have lived for hours, days, and even weeks before dying again. Test, however, was created with much more experience and diligence (so much so, that it seems almost impossible that Frankenstein created it alone - it is likely that he teamed up with some like-minded scientist and/or alchemist).
And thus, accounts of the archaeologists' encounters with the body of the beast seem cut short. For upon final unearthing of the entirety of the creature, contained deep underground in some sort of natural underground cave, Test was recorded to have ''appeared to have an almost lifelike glint and sparkle in his single open eye.'' The archaeologist who wrote that particular statement was found, not long afterwards, with gnaw marks in his flesh befitting a bear, and dismemberment so accurate it may have been done by a surgeon. Others at the scene were found in similar states. It was considered, at first, the work of a cannibal serial killer, or perhaps one who had dogs eat at the victims, but this was dismissed after detailed inspection discovered that neither human nor canine could ever have made those marks on the bodies.
It is also curious to note that Test's body is known only by rough sketches in the surviving notebooks from that event. The place at which he was found was barren, despite many search missions. While seemingly impossible to many, the one truly logical conclusion to draw from all of this is that the creature itself is responsible. This sudden attack upon humans, if it is in fact the creature's doing, is a telltale sign of the treatment this beast received from it's creator.
Frankenstein's Monster is not known for being treated amazingly well, and I, at least, have drawn a hypothesis from this. Test was (and the facts back up this claim) Frankenstein's first completely successful creation, predating the Monster by years. He may have, at the time, considered his invention as something akin to both pet and slave, and as such, treated it with little respect. Test has a human brain, which creates memories and fears, some of the strongest of which are determined in childhood. The beast may have rebelled against his creator in fear and anger, inflicting physical and mental wounds upon the latter. Frankenstein would have then deemed this creature too much of a threat, with too much strength, and consequently would have moved him to the location in which he was recently found. People at the time, though, may have died at the hands of Test before Frankenstein reached that conclusion, but this is unknown. Test, it seems, made the connection between his master and other humans, taking out emotions felt against his master on any human he came across.
And this is why vigilance is necessary in these uncertain times. I have described briefly the style by which this composite beast exacts his revenge, and as his body is not in the possession of any human at the moment, it must be concluded that a fully-fledged adult creature, with human cunning and cultivated hatred against our race, is among us. He retains the ability to learn, but such long-buried hate cannot be turned around with a few kind or flowery words. I believe that Test cannot be tamed, but that any offense against him, unless strictly in self-defense, will only drive him further forward with his desires to kill and devour. He has survived decades, and it appears that he may not die for many more, if ever. And so, my readers, I leave you with those words of caution, and hope that you will take them seriously. If not, I claim no responsibility for your fate. My warnings seem perhaps ''too dramatic'' or ''too dire'' for you to take notice, but I so strongly implore you to listen - my warnings are dire for a reason. The consequences have, so far, always been fatal (for more reports of similar attacks have been made across the globe). Do as you will, friend, but remember what has been written here as you go about your complex lives.