The Leshy

The Leshy Research Team (Season 11)

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*Date 3/31/2030*

Purpose To locate alien mounds and research the gas being excreted from them. Background After we hid in the bunkers from the alien's giant blob looking mounds seem to have spread out around the land. It seems the gas is being expelled or something from these mounds. Not much else is currently known.

1. Current Objectives
2. -Find more gas mask filters to be able to do more research in this area.
3. -Find more alien mounds -Research mushrooms Questions
4. -Where is the gas coming from?
5. -What happens if you breath the gas?
6. -How does gas cut skin?
7. -What are the red mushrooms?
8. -What is inside the alien mounds?

-------------------------INFORMATION LEARNED---------------------------------

*Date: 4/1/2030 Time: 4:57am* We all breathed in the gas. Only for a second but we inhaled it. Somehow the gas cut rex. How does gas cut someone? We also noted holes on the sides of the alien mounds. Is the gas being excreted from there? Or is air being sucked in through them?

*Date: 4/1/2030 Time: 1:13pm* Someone over the radio states they have eaten one of the red mushrooms before. Claims his vision was spotty for a short while but it smelled of rotten flesh and tasted weird.

*Date 4/3/2030* A man name Corin came by the shop and through conversation he was discovered to have been possibly abducted by aliens. He was exposed to the gas once previously but seems somewhat fine since then. Patients temp was 36 degrees. After a light scanning and check up he went on his way. We may need to contact this person in the future.

*Date 4/7/2030* We are here in the lab currently transferring information from our audio logs to paper documents. We will be releasing more information very soon. Please keep your eye out here for more information.

*4/4/2030* A research team that included Igor, Tyler, and the Visitant, set off at 0200 for an expedition into the gas. Not much time was left before they had to go to sleep so little instruments were brought. Some were forgotten as panic began to set in towards the end.

We found more of these red mushrooms and put them into protective cases while we carried on. While we were taking a break at the top of the building next to the red and white tower I overheard on the radio of a woman who claimed to have eaten one of the red mushrooms. She talks of a pink elephant named Eric but that would be impossible. Im worried she is still hallucinating or having effects from the mushroom. During my conversation on the radio Tyler walked down a few feet and took a huge breath in of the gas. He coughed a few times and got dizzy for a moment, but no cuts like we had seen before on Rex. We have to start being more careful until we know what we are dealing with. But what can I say...I have done the same...We walked back up to "Barnacle 1" to gather a few samples of the outer tissue and while standing there i could almost feel the gas being blown against my suit. Starting to believe the gas is coming OUT of the little holes in the sides. That would mean the massive hole in the top is what sucks air in. But what is inside them?

4/4/2030 After a short trip into the gas, walking around "Barnacle 1" we found several dead chicken bodies. I carefully picked one up and put it in a ziplock container inside my bag. These samples are going to need to be examined and this chicken..im not sure where to even begin..

Phil Soapman 04/04/2030 1440 est Exposed to gas 1 week ago. Patient had a core temperature of 36.1°. Symptoms: Bad Headaches, vomiting blood, lost blood at a rapid rate. Gas most likely causes rapid on set development of emphysema leading to pulmonary hemorrhaging. Also causes lesions and chemical burns to exposed skin. Patient used a prewar Покс 1 antidote after being exposed. It seems to have reversed effects of the chemical agent. Phil also had information of the location of other possible barnacle sites. Rify, Krasno airfield, and possibly New Dodge from the description he gave.

(Dr. Wormington The 3rd testing blood samples)

4/9/2030 OEF records indicate an occurrence deep in Egypt's past when the continent of Africa was lush and green with jungle and water. An alien race that has now been added to our current alien invaders list of subjugated species had once been stranded on earth. In order to get their living ship off the ground, they enslaved the primitive human species in several locations around the globe and forced them to build the pyramids. They turn the earth into a battery, and ionize the atmosphere. It can be used as a global defense system against asteroids or invaders. Or it can be used to energize the barnacle . Barnacles latch onto planets and feed on them to replenish themselves. This can usually take hundreds of years. By using the pyramids and the earth's power you can essentially give the barnacle a full stomach so it decides to find another feeding ground. Due to today's technology, pyramids aren't required. But some expensive custom hardware must be purchased from Brekka co and only skilled individuals such as we, the Leshy, can perform the setup and manage all the additional calculations and details. By placing radio antennae in three places around a terraforming zone , you are able to mimic the effects of the pyramid. While Brekka co contractors set up another set of antennae in their corresponding spots elsewhere on earth. This will feed the barnacle and make it leave.

4/13/2030 A man reached out to us Leshy scientists from somewhere. He had found himself in the gas with very limited time on his filters. I gave him advice to take shelter at the tallest point he could so he could get fresh air. We talked about how he needed to just run out as fast as he could. He made his way out of the gas and on his way, he ran into a man with no suit at all telling him to take off his mask. The man was bleeding from all over his body. His arms and legs were blistering and bleeding. It came from his ears and his eyes as he screamed to take his mask off. The man on the radio ran away as fast as he could still heading for the edge of the gas for fresh air. Choking on the last bits of oxygen in his filter the gas began seeping into his mask. It caused his nose to bleed and made him cough a little. As he reached the edge of the gas thankfully, he wasn't so sick he was dying so he made his way towards Sinystok and the research center. I myself was asleep but Igor meet with him when he arrived. Igor immediately cleared everyone from the area and put on his NBC suit and mask and began running tests on the man. He made him strip down and go into the decontamination chamber. They sprayed him down and checked his pulse and asked him questions. When he had radioed, he had said he was in the gas in tisy and then didn't know where he was. He disclosed to Igor that the gas was making him forget things. Igor checked his blood for any sort of unknowns and as expected his blood had contained unknown anomalies within his blood. It seems they were attacking the white blood cells at a rapid rate almost as if to attack the immune system at such an alarming rate and with such ferocity that thankfully it was only a trace amount. Igor gave him a shot to try to fight off the weird parasitic cells in his blood and ran another test. Shortly after the shot the number of anomalies skyrocketed... Igor took the man aside and had a private conversation with him. After a calm explanation that there was nothing we could do in our current stage of knowledge on the gas to save him and he was only going to get worse from there. Demetry "calm" Maskesk with a brave heart and love for humanity took it upon himself to stop the spread before the people around him got sick with him. He loaded his own blaze and with the hope that humanity would be saved even after he was gone. He looked around at all the people surrounding him and with his last few breaths he exclaimed "the blaze is better than the tundra. see ya later nerds". We took blood samples and buried him respectfully.

4/15/2030 During the final expedition into NWAF to finalize locations for the antennas. Night was beginning to fall, as @Boruta Savage reached our usually staging area we glazed over at the gas and to our surprise a man came sprinting out of the gas, he appeared completely healthy, he wasn’t bleeding at all like we have had reports of the gas cutting a person we had also experienced such cuts ourselves during a previous expedition. As we stood all but shocked to see such a thing happening before our own eyes, we quickly gave chase so we could talk to the man, we had so many questions. As the man zig zagged thru the tents we observed him jump over some sand bags and seemingly disappear into thin air. We searched the area for roughly 30mins and found no trace of the man. As we hunkered down for the night I decided to get a lil bit better view of the airfield to observe it at night. I noticed a faint red glow in the distance, I pulled my range finder out to get a better view. As the range finder focused in I saw that the red light was actually multiple light sources not far from where the man had disappeared. What could these lights be from? Could it be the aliens themselves glowing red at night when they’re near the gas? Hopefully it’s just a strange anomaly.

After the sun had rose Igor and I gathered our things and began making our way back to our usual spot and began changing out of our uniforms into our NBC suits and grabbed our things. We began our expedition by scouting out the barnacles inside the gas and essentially marking them for Brekka Co to drop the antenna in the correct locations. We popped a smoke and marked them on the map for the agency to see our location. We climbed to the top of the tallest building for fresh air but i climbed a giant smoke stack to get one final look at NWAF covered in gas plagued by these barnacles. We began making our way out of the gas and left behind a once toxic land thats been unseen for almost a decade in hopes that tomorrow the barnacles and gas would have left over night.

4/15/2030 I opened my eyes, and my radio was exploding with noises and talks from the Brekka store regarding the P.S.R.A. we had purchased and marked out. It seems that our calculations and research have all been correct leading us up to this first groundbreaking moment. The antenna came down and slammed into the Earth in a triangle position around the entire NWAF. Shortly after landing the automatic switches activated all three towers at once sending massive electric waves into the barnacles. The barnacles surged with electric light from the inside. As the barnacles were being "fed" by the electromagnetic pulses the airway in the top slowly began to close. Several small beings were scene scattering from the nearby buildings and jumping into the barnacles as the tops closed. A loud clanging noise indicated that the top had finally shut and sealed. The barnacles slowly began rising from the ground and revealing that the bottom of the barnacle was a mixture between what seemed to be a flesh like membrane mixed with metal propulsors. Extremely bright fire exploded from small spots all over the bottom of the barnacles and in the blink of an eye they began to rise from the ground going higher and higher. They lifted themselves up to what seemed like the clouds and disappeared with no sound. Vanished at the snap of a finger. Shortly after the ship zipped across space everyones ears were shattered by the sound of the ship breaking the sound barrier two maybe three times over sending a giant wave of air behind the left over gases at NWAF have been finally cleared. In almost a decade people can enjoy NWAF for what it is again. Only time can tell when we will remove the next set of barnacles. But it cant be long. We must move fast.

*4/16/2030* After we cleared the gas in NWAF we released the information and the sounds of people enjoying the airstrip again was heard all over. Except some people weren’t happy. Yesterday the scientists and civilians of Sinystok were held down in a fight for their lives with the help of the Vikingr, the Outlanders, the CDCL, and any civilian that wanted to make a stand. The EDF claim to be defense forces but in the end instead of helping to remove this gas they dropped artificial gas on us in an attempt to slow down our research. But we the Leshy scientists with the help of the Three Pillar Alliance and the help of the civilians fighting for humanity we the Leshy will work on acquiring the last few funds we need for our second set of antennas, and in no time another zone will be cleared. The gas around Sinystok is bound by no barnacle. We will clear the air another way. But our money goes to saving the rest of the world. Long live humanity.

*4/19/2030* Despite the fact our own home is still covered in gas we decided to relocate ourselves for the time being for the sake of the planet and move on with our research and move on with removing these barnacles. It seems that with new worldwide knowledge our gas mask filters can now be refilled. This will aid in speeding up the research process. As we wont need to hunt down filters anymore and can focus on actually going to each area. We got some information that New Dodge had been under the influence of a barnacle itself. I had not been in that area of the Oasis since before the invasion.. With this information Igor and I packed up and make our way down to see what we can find.

*4/20/2030* With our usual sets of suits being stuck inside Sinytstok we were given some gear from the Outlanders and the Vikings to continue on with our research. A complete suit or 2 with plenty of masks and filters. It seems that its gotten colder around here since I was last awake. Was this because we removed the gas in NWAF? It was a big area? Is the gas causing the Earth to heat up and as we remove them is it going to get colder? Or is this simply the weather? Either way Igor and I spent awhile cooking up some food and prepparing for the long walk down south to what used to be known as "New Dodge". I miss going there and honestly had no idea that it had been gassed. With some local intel that a barnacle had infact landed in that area we gathered food and enough supplies for one of us to go into New Dodge. It was a long and cold walk all the way there. But as we got closer to a spot where we used to hangout and mess around we could smell the air start to turn sour. In that moment we saw it. The New Dodge tower. It was slightly sticking out the top of the trees and we could see the gas in the distance. They were right.. these things are everywhere.. We made our way around assessing the area and deciding what to do from this point. How many barnacles? Was this place going to be the same as NWAF? As we reached our rallying point we set up a small fire and I began the change.

It was a lot colder than usual changing into that NBC suit. It's definitely not warm whatsoever. Almost like I'm wearing a huge rubber glove. I grabbed my M16 and threw my mask on and went inside the gas. Things weren't...the same...I was immediately swarmed by the undead. People still wearing their issued NBC suits but undead.. like the zombies that run around the Oasis as usual.. I had to open fire and it seemed like the undead wouldn't stop coming as if something was warning them i was in the area.. Seeing all the old buildings still standing was emotional.. Seeing the old Leshy hut.. Seeing Olegs alley where he would just sit and drink.. The water fountain where everyone hung out.. The old shoe store.. The boxing area.. While looking around somethings caught my eye. An undead trapped inside one of the buildings. Just standing in front of me. I could have reached out and took his or her mask off to see what they looked like.. I could have grabbed their hand.. I reached inside slowly and took a small blood sample and kept looking around at all the new things. Buildings and walls i had never seen before. Not buildings that had broken down.. But buildings someone or someTHING has built. I found a log cabin directly next to the only barnacle that i could see. It seemed as though something had been stocking the shelves with all kinds of things but no one seemed to be around.. Or so i thought.. I went to walk out of the front door of the cabin when something from upstairs let out a bloodcurling scream, lunged down, and landed on my head. Whatever it was wasn't letting go so easily .. I could see long fingerlike appendages go across my mask. I slammed my head into the doorway as i walked out slamming the creature to the ground. I sprayed all 30 rounds of 5.56 from my M16 through the open door and ran as fast as i could.. I caught a glimps of it jumping out the side of the building and climbing up the side of the barnacle and inside of it...

(images from first to last: *The Shack Homes, Old Water Fountain Spot, Olegs Alley, The Old Leshy Hut, What was that thing..., So Much Time Has Passed, still a human face under the mask. missing fingers. what happened...)*

I ran as fast as I could. It felt like my legs couldnt carry me any farther. I couldnt breath deep enough with my mask on... It seemed no undead were around anymore.. the sound and sight of whatever that thing was scared them away... This barnacle cannot stay... We have to get rid of it...NOW..

This is some of the video recording.. it seems that in the attack of whatever that creature was some of the video has become corrupted and lost.. I don’t know what the fuck that thing was but… I’m glad I made it out of there… *attached is a small usb with the following video*

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*4/21/2030* With our latest expedition somewhat of a success Igor and I made our way home finally. Hopefully soon all the gas will be cleared.

4/24/2030 It was reported that a cow was suddenly lifted into the air and dropped on top of a barn near the Grassy Creek Trade Company and we arent sure what to make of it. We took live samples of the cow and had to put it down for the safety of the planet. We took all the pieces of the cow and put it in the decontamination room for 48 hours and will do further research.

*4/27/2030* With the recent change in weather and the cold front lifting to warmer temperatures, we the Leshy continue our expeditions to continue to expel these barnacles from our planet. We have prepped teams and are going to be sending them out to finish the research in the final few areas. The cow that was found on the roof will be further looked at today as it comes out of the final stages of decontamination.

*The rest of the papers are torn, burned, or soaked in blood. It doesn't seem to be legible or contain anything useful from here.*