Cornucopia House

As of 2001, Cornucopia House is a rural orphanage in Maryland. Though the agents encounter it during their venture through Frost's door, both Frost and Applewhite recognize it as the house they encountered during Project Seeming - albeit in a very different location.

## Description

The house is located on a plot of farmland in rural Maryland. The land is blocked from the main road by a line of trees, as well as an electrified cattle fence. Through a large gate one can pass down the main gravel drive, though the gate is kept locked and bears a sign reading "Private Property - Violators Will Be Prosecuted" and "Beware of Guard Dogs." The drive extends nearly a quarter mile before it reaches the main house.

The house itself is a large two story building roughly at the center of the farm. It is made of stone, with a half dozen pillars in the front. There are a number of chimneys, and the outside is lit by security lights.

Other buildings on the property include a fairly standard livestock barn with a feed silo/windmill. Two large sheds sit between the house and the barn. There is also a large stone and chain-link fence kennel large enough to house a dozen large dogs situated to the west of the house. To the east there is a large tree, and then a quaint little Russian cottage like something out of a storybook.

The only way to safely approach the house without being noticed is via the tree line to the north.

## Residents

The caretaker of the house is Yelena Kalamatiano, who lives on the premises.

While observing the house, the agents have also witnessed Alexi Arseni, Sabina Appolonov, Lisette Sidrov and Ryan Innokenty residing there.

### Children

The following names were on a list found by the agents in Kerry Hougton's office, and are allegedly the children housed at Cornucopia House in 2001

* Alysa Johnson (2)
* Nikita Miller (2)
* Thomas Perez (2)
* Aleksandr Davis (3)
* Elle Gable (3)
* Yuri Rodriguez (3)
* Anatoly Jones (4)
* Natalya Williams (4)
* Nikolai Martinez (4)
* Luda Brown (5)
* Samuel Smith (5)
* Conradin Novak (6)
* Anya Petrov (7)
* Boris Fedorov (7)
* Nika Chilikov (7)
* Alexi Volkov (8)
* Lilia Bondarenko (8)
* Leonid Semenov (10)
* Mila Sidorov (10)
* Clementine Smirnoff (11)
* Ivan Mikhailov (11)
* Victoria Vasiliev (11)

## Events

When the agents first come to investigate the house during Project Masticate, only Applewhite is allowed in the gate. He is brought to the cottage to speak with Babushka, and while they get no real information, he does resist two attempts at a psychic compulsion from the old woman.

### Frost's Surveillance

Notes collected during a 24 hour surveillance of the house from the back tree-line. During this whole time one of the dogs from the kennel sat silently at the base of the tree she was in, looking up at her.

**7am** - Ryan and Lisette accompany nearly two dozen children out to perform routine morning farm chores. Ryan displays enjoyment from pushing around any reluctant children.

**9am** - Children are brought in for breakfast, providing a glimpse of the open layout of the first floor. They're fed eggs and some kind of meat.

**10am** - Children are set about cleaning the house. This is when Sabina and Alexi appear.

**12pm** - Children are let out for recess, supervised by Sabina and Alexi. It's all very strange, mechanical and quiet. Kids don't sit still or have too much fun or else they are yelled at by Alexi. Still, they seem more afraid of Sabina. They also avoid the cottage.

It is also during this time that Frost witnesses a boy carving something into the side of the big tree in the yard, and continues doing this even after being yelled at and grabbed by Alexi and then Sabina. He also looks directly in Frost's direction, though there is no way he could see her.

**1pm** - They are brought back inside for more housekeeping.

**3pm** - The children are brought out for evening farm chores.

**5pm** - Dinner, eggs, vegetables and more meat.

**6pm** - More cleaning, and then the children get ready for bed before pulling mats to sleep in the living and dining rooms.

**8pm** - Lights out, except for the flickering gray of a tv or computer screen. Alexi is smoking and reading on the back porch.

**9pm** - Sabina comes out, tells Alexi something, and goes back in. Alexi, shuddering, goes to the cottage. Alexi returns a few minutes later and goes into the kitchen.

**10pm** - Alexi and Ryan both come out of the house via the back door. Alexi trudges over to the barn, unlocks it, and heads inside. Ryan heads over to the smaller of the two sheds, unlocks it, and goes in. A few minutes later Ryan comes back out of the shed carrying a bundle of heavy-duty black trash bags and a roll of duct tape. He looks to be whistling to himself and has a bit of a spring in his step as he heads across the yard to Babushka’s cottage.

Soon after, Alexi comes out of the barn carrying a pair of metal wire cages containing small white forms that might be rabbits. He trudges back to the main house and heads inside. About ten minutes later, Ryan exits the cottage, carrying a disturbingly small body shaped body shaped bundle wrapped in black trash bags and duct tape over his shoulder. He is smiling and whistling. He heads to the larger shed, unlocks it, heads inside, and shuts the door behind him.

**11pm** - Alexi brings the boy who had been carving the tree out of the house. Alexi is carrying one of the cages in one hand and a knife in the other, the two of them head across the yard to the cottage. The boy stops and stares right at Frost, but Alexi prods the thing in the cage with his knife and the boy continues to the cottage.

A few minutes later Alexi comes out with the cage. He seems to be shuddering or crying. Eventually he goes back to the barn where he leaves the cage inside before returning to the house. Just before midnight, Ryan comes out of the large shed carrying two slop buckets which he empties in the pig pen and then in the kennel. He returns to the barn, then comes out carrying milk crates full of small packages wrapped in butcher's paper.

**12am** - Two adults can be seen in the kitchen, moving around. Lisette comes out on the back porch to sit by the space heater. There are tears on her cheeks.

**1am** - The screen glow in the living room comes on, Lisette notices and heads back inside. The glow resumes in the kitchen.