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> TODAY'S DATE IS 9622/03/05, 1350 HOURS.
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And as the seasons revolved, mighty Kronos of crooked counsels was beguiled by the cunning suggestions of Earth to render up again his own offspring, overcome by the might and craft of his own son. And first he vomited forth the stone which the might and craft of his own son. And first he vomited forth the stone which he had swallowed last.

And that stone Zeus set in the wide-wayed earth in goodly Pytho, in the glens of Parnassos, to be a sign in the aftertime, a marvel to mortal men.

— HESIOD.

KRONOS OF CROOKED COUNSELS

ALSO KNOWN AS: LEVIATHAN, THE DEVOURER, THE ALL-MOTHER, THE MATRIARCH DIVINE, MOTHER

• powerful cosmic entity, first detected in the late 20th century via a brief, non-repeating radio pulse. it was initially dubbed frb.970707.kronos.
• kronos is thought to be a single entity of enormous godlike power. it exists primarily between dimensions and is capable of traversing the different dimensions of spacetime, as well as passing freely between universes. it is believed to be omniscient and ancient, though its exact origins (like who or what, if anything, created it) remain a mystery.
• the appearance of kronos in the late 20th century eventually led to an apocalyptic event known as the titanomachy, which took place in the mid-21st century following kronos' first contact with the sol system.
• RELATED ENCRYPTED FILES: n/a

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THE TITANS

• retainers of kronos, cyber-organic organisms (or parasites) that latch on to organic hosts and spread via skin-to-skin contact between the infected.
• once contact between a titan and a host has been successfully established, it quickly reproduces within the host's body, gradually mutating their biological makeup and dna. most infected humans, assuming they survive this "evolutionary" process, become one of the exalted, monstrous flesh-puppets bound to the will of kronos, puppeteered by the titans.
  • there are a select few who, when infected, did not succumb to the parasite or transform into one of the exated. these highly-evolved "entities of kronos" are known as the godhand.
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⮕ THE TITANOMACHY was an extinction event that occurred during the mid-21st century, officially ending with the fall of the sol system ("the fall of sol") in the late 22nd century.

THE GODHAND

ALSO KNOWN AS: THE ARCHONS

the godhand are select individuals who, when infected by kronos' titans, did not succumb to their infection but instead evolved into SOMETHING ELSE. they are enormously powerful, highly dangerous, and extremely unpredictable, most often only encountered by the council of twelve's olympians.

• RELATED ENCRYPTED FILES: SUBJECT 01-01, THE FÓLKVANGR ENCOUNTER, THE GODHAND, ██████████████

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VERTICES/PARABOLAS

• a vertex is a region of spacetime that has been irreparably affected by kronos' immense gravitational force. every vertex leads to a parabola, another cosmic dimension/alternate plane of spacetime/reality.
• a pocket parabola is a false dimension created by an archon of the godhand. pocket parabolas are by nature unstable and prone to collapsing.
  • council agents are especially vulnerable within pocket parabolas, often succumbing to the environment and hallucinatory effects of the dimension before they are fully cognizant of their location.
• a shifting vertex is a vertex that has changed the exit point of its "assigned" parabola. example: you, a council agent, interact with "vertex a" and enter "parabola b". when attempting to interact with "vertex a" again to return to homebase (the default plane of spacetime), you instead exit "vertex a" into "parabola c". this is called a rogue parabola.
• RELATED ENCRYPTED FILES: VERTICES/PARABOLAS

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THE TARTARUS EXCLUSION ZONE

• formerly known as the sol system, the tartarus exclusion zone was the first region of space in the milky way galaxy to fall prey to kronos and its titans. all space travel within the tartarus exclusion zone is strictly forbidden; any trespassers are immediately neutralized on sight, without warning.
• the tartarus exclusion zone is one of many dead zones scattered throughout the milky way galaxy, cosmic graveyards that have been fully assimilated by kronos.
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THE COUNCIL OF TWELVE

ALSO KNOWN AS: THE COUNCIL, THE TWELVE, THE OLYMPIANS

• the council of twelve is an elite organization that houses the council agents, genetically enhanced humans tasked with the containment or neutralization of hostile forces manifested (or invited) by kronos.
• there are only twelve active agents (or olympians) at any given time, formed and guided by council high command (hicom). they are typically split into three teams of four, led by an assigned team lead.
  • CURRENT AGENTS:
    • zeus.9592.01 (TEAM LEAD/ACTIVE)
    • hera.9596.11 (TEAM LEAD/ACTIVE)
    • poseidon.9585.09 (TEAM LEAD/ACTIVE)
    • demeter.9586.02 (ACTIVE)
    • athena.9589.05 (ACTIVE)
    • ares.9588.12 (ACTIVE)
    • hephaestus.9588.07 (ACTIVE)
    • aphrodite.9600.10 (ACTIVE)
    • hermes.9597.03 (ACTIVE)
    • dionysus.9586.05 (ACTIVE)
    • apollo.9593.08 (MIA)
    • artemis.9593.08 (BENCHED)
• RELATED ENCRYPTED FILES: ORIENTATION, APOLLO.9593.08

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SYSTEM LOG: 9622/08/23: ZEUS TO ARTEMIS

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> SYSTEM LOG: 9622/08/23, 0510 HRS
> CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ZEUS.9592.01 AND ARTEMIS.9593.08
> BEGIN LOG

ZEUS: You good? Heard you all the way from Rec.
ARTEMIS: yes
ARTEMIS: no
ARTEMIS: i dont know
ARTEMIS: what are you still doing up
ZEUS: You know me, can't sleep. Cursed insomniac.
ARTEMIS: makes two of us i guess
ARTEMIS: tbh
ARTEMIS: i think im losing my shit
ZEUS: Couldn't tell.
ARTEMIS: eat shit asshole
ZEUS: We can talk about it if you want.
ARTEMIS: we cant
ZEUS: We really can, pinky swear.
ARTEMIS: then tell me im right atom
ARTEMIS: tell me i know what i fucking saw
ZEUS: Colette.
ZEUS: None of us know what we saw.
ZEUS: Shit went sideways. It happens.
ARTEMIS: not like that
ARTEMIS: its never supposed to happen like that
ARTEMIS: i know you and everyone else think hes gone forever but hes not
ZEUS: What I think, personally, is that this is a very difficult time for you.
ARTEMIS: oh fuck off with that patronizing bullshit
ARTEMIS: like i want your fucking sympathy
ARTEMIS: hes not gone hes not hes not hes not hes not
ARTEMIS: hes not fucking gone
ARTEMIS: not the way you think
ARTEMIS: gone is the wrong word
ARTEMIS: hes misplaced
ARTEMIS: hes stuck
ARTEMIS: he needs me
ARTEMIS: i̴̬̾ ̸͕̕c̸͖̓ȃ̶̦n̷̥͌ ̶͙̒s̴̪͋t̴͖̋i̷̟̚l̷̤̀l̴̰͊ ̵͉͗h̵̖̒é̷̡a̶͍͋r̸͂ͅ ̶̘͆ḥ̷̂i̸̮͒m̷̭͂

> ERROR: LOG CORRUPTION
> END LOG