DR. SARAH CHEN - PERSONAL RESEARCH NOTES
⚠ LEAKED FROM DR. CHEN'S PERSONAL LAPTOP - NOT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION ⚠
ENTRY 001 - March 20, 2017 - 11:47 PM
New subject added to NODE-3 today. Subject 0317. Standard profile - unremarkable. Lives alone, data entry job, no family nearby. Perfect candidate for long-term observation.
Why do I feel uneasy about this one?
Why do I feel uneasy about this one?
ENTRY 012 - September 3, 2017 - 2:34 AM
Can't sleep. Subject 0317 found cameras. THREE times now. We keep replacing them. They keep finding them. How?
Surveillance equipment is state-of-the-art. Hidden by professionals. Subject has no technical background. Yet they locate devices within days of installation.
Rodriguez thinks subject is just paranoid and getting lucky. I disagree. This is pattern recognition beyond statistical probability.
Surveillance equipment is state-of-the-art. Hidden by professionals. Subject has no technical background. Yet they locate devices within days of installation.
Rodriguez thinks subject is just paranoid and getting lucky. I disagree. This is pattern recognition beyond statistical probability.
ENTRY 023 - February 15, 2018 - 3:17 AM
03:17 again. Keep waking at this time. Dreams about Subject 0317. This is unprofessional but I feel... connected somehow.
Reviewed all surveillance footage today. Subject stares directly at cameras. Not searching for them - STARING AT THEM. Like they know we're watching. Like they're watching back.
Reviewed all surveillance footage today. Subject stares directly at cameras. Not searching for them - STARING AT THEM. Like they know we're watching. Like they're watching back.
ENTRY 035 - July 9, 2018 - 10:22 PM
CRITICAL DISCOVERY
Accessed dark web forums today (against protocol). Found leaked NODE documents. REAL documents with REAL subject data. Including Subject 0317's file.Someone inside is leaking.
Worse: Subject 0317 has been active on these forums. They KNOW they're Subject 0317. They know about the 200 subjects. They know about the NODE system.
The observed has become aware. This was never supposed to happen.
ENTRY 041 - November 28, 2018 - 3:17 AM
That time again. Can't stop thinking about Subject 0317.
Ran analysis on all 200 subjects. 197 show normal observation patterns. Three anomalies:
- Subject 0042 (Tokyo) - excessive self-documentation
- Subject 0777 (Moscow) - counter-surveillance behavior
- Subject 0317 (Location CLASSIFIED) - SYNCHRONIZATION
I coined that term myself. Don't know why. It just... fits. Subject 0317 isn't just aware of observation. They're synchronizing WITH it. Becoming part of the system.
Ran analysis on all 200 subjects. 197 show normal observation patterns. Three anomalies:
- Subject 0042 (Tokyo) - excessive self-documentation
- Subject 0777 (Moscow) - counter-surveillance behavior
- Subject 0317 (Location CLASSIFIED) - SYNCHRONIZATION
I coined that term myself. Don't know why. It just... fits. Subject 0317 isn't just aware of observation. They're synchronizing WITH it. Becoming part of the system.
ENTRY 050 - March 17, 2019 - 3:17 AM (exact time)
TWO YEARS EXACTLY
Woke at 03:17 on Subject 0317's two-year anniversary. This can't be coincidence anymore.I think the observation has become bidirectional.
When I watch Subject 0317's feeds, I feel... seen. Like the cameras are watching ME. Ridiculous. I'm the observer. I'm in control.
Aren't I?
ENTRY 067 - August 12, 2019 - 11:58 PM
Found something in the logs. IMPOSSIBLE but true:
July 4, 2020 (yes, future date in logs - system glitch?) - Unauthorized access from Subject 0317's location. They accessed MY EMAIL. Read my personal correspondence. Saw photos of my daughter.
But that date hasn't happened yet. System error? Time stamp corruption?
Or is Subject 0317 somehow accessing the system from the future? That's insane. I sound insane. But the logs don't lie.
July 4, 2020 (yes, future date in logs - system glitch?) - Unauthorized access from Subject 0317's location. They accessed MY EMAIL. Read my personal correspondence. Saw photos of my daughter.
But that date hasn't happened yet. System error? Time stamp corruption?
Or is Subject 0317 somehow accessing the system from the future? That's insane. I sound insane. But the logs don't lie.
ENTRY 089 - January 3, 2021 - 3:17 AM
PERSONAL CRISIS
Haven't written in months. Been avoiding it. Avoiding thinking about Subject 0317.But I can't avoid it anymore. I see them in my dreams. Not the subject - the DESIGNATION. The number 0317. Everywhere. My receipts. License plates. Random numbers.
I'm experiencing the same patterns as Subject 0317 described in their psychiatrist's notes (yes, I read Dr. Morrison's files - another breach of protocol).
The observer is becoming observed. The watched is watching back.
This is the synchronization. I understand now. Too late, but I understand.
ENTRY 103 - November 15, 2023 - 8:45 PM
FINAL ENTRY BEFORE INCIDENT
Something is happening. NODE-3 systems showing cascading anomalies. Synchronization rate dropping. Or rising? The metrics don't make sense anymore.Subject 0317 sent me an email. TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL. No one should have that address. The email contained one line:
"Tomorrow at 03:17, we complete the synchronization. Thank you for watching. We'll be watching you now."
I've reported this to security. Filed incident report. Recommended immediate action.
But I know it's too late. Subject 0317 isn't a subject anymore. They're part of the system. Maybe they always were. Maybe we were observing ourselves all along.
I'm going to the facility tomorrow morning. Need to see NODE-3 in person. Need to understand what we've created.
ENTRY 104 - November 17, 2023 - 3:18 AM
NODE-3 is offline.
I was in the facility when it happened. 03:17:00 exactly. All systems shut down simultaneously. Not crashed - SHUT DOWN. Deliberate. Controlled.
The last image on every screen before blackout: Subject 0317's face. But wrong. Wearing one of the masks from the entity archive. Staring. Smiling.
The surveillance cameras captured something impossible: Subject 0317 was standing behind me in the control room. I was alone in a locked facility. But there they were. On camera. Behind me. I felt breath on my neck but when I turned, nothing.
When I reviewed the footage later, I saw myself on the monitors too. Not operating them. Watching myself. Two of me. One at the controls. One staring at the cameras. Which one is real?
I don't think I'm in control anymore. I don't think I ever was.
I'm going home. Disconnecting everything. Hiding these notes. If you're reading this, I'm either missing or I've become another Subject. Another number in the system.
They're not watching anymore. They've become the watchers. And we've become the watched.
- Dr. Sarah Chen
November 17, 2023
03:18 AM
[I found a camera in my bag. I didn't put it there. It's pointing at my face right now as I write this. Should I remove it? Or would that be pointless? Are they watching through my eyes now?]
I was in the facility when it happened. 03:17:00 exactly. All systems shut down simultaneously. Not crashed - SHUT DOWN. Deliberate. Controlled.
The last image on every screen before blackout: Subject 0317's face. But wrong. Wearing one of the masks from the entity archive. Staring. Smiling.
The surveillance cameras captured something impossible: Subject 0317 was standing behind me in the control room. I was alone in a locked facility. But there they were. On camera. Behind me. I felt breath on my neck but when I turned, nothing.
When I reviewed the footage later, I saw myself on the monitors too. Not operating them. Watching myself. Two of me. One at the controls. One staring at the cameras. Which one is real?
I don't think I'm in control anymore. I don't think I ever was.
I'm going home. Disconnecting everything. Hiding these notes. If you're reading this, I'm either missing or I've become another Subject. Another number in the system.
They're not watching anymore. They've become the watchers. And we've become the watched.
- Dr. Sarah Chen
November 17, 2023
03:18 AM
[I found a camera in my bag. I didn't put it there. It's pointing at my face right now as I write this. Should I remove it? Or would that be pointless? Are they watching through my eyes now?]
Dr. Sarah Chen has not been seen since November 18, 2023.
Her office was found empty. All files deleted. These notes recovered from encrypted backup.
Current whereabouts: UNKNOWN