Isol/Research Journals

## Basic profile of 15M-RFT16

* Name: Isol

* Gender: Male
* Age: 16 ('15)
* Height and Weight: 164cm and 56kg

* Nationality: Brazil
* Occupation: Terrorist
* Family: None

* Note: Mutilates corpses.

I've been told that 15M-RFT16 was sent to an orphanage right after birth. The orphanage was attached to a Catholic charity and it was a terrible place. But he voluntarily joined a terrorist group with his friends when he was 11. Well... Terrorists tend to draft uneducated, naive boys.

Surviving all the violence and carnage would be very difficult for children. In fact, 15M-RFT16 and one other are the only known survivors among the boys who were drafted together. In order to survive, he needed to have been desensitized to the death of people close to him. He needed to always be ready to follow orders.

15M-RFT16 must have become so precocious - as witnessed by his situational awareness - through his experience in a terrorist cell. He kills with unnecessary brutality, perhaps as a self-hypnosis. Humans tend to perform rituals as a coping strategy. He brutalizes and mutilates others as a ritual, telling himself 'this means nothing to me.' This is his best way of avoiding a mental breakdown.

- Psychology specialist Dr. E

## Locked Journals [Must complete objective to unlock]

#### Behavior pattern [*Craft Double Guillotine 60 time(s)*]

Well, I'm not sure who would ever read this memo, but I'm writing it with the assumption someone will read it. It'd be sad to think otherwise. Anyway, dear memo-reader, do you remember what you used to do when you were 16? I don't, except that I bought convenience store bread with various Pokémon stickers in them with passion. I didn't even eat them. I just collected the stickers and stuck them on my notebook. Sometime I traded stickers with my friends if I got one that I already had. Whenever I got a rare one, I would show it off. I was childish, just like any other kid at that age.

Whenever I see how small 15M-RFT16 is and hear how his voice is just going through puberty, I can tell he is right at that age. His situational awareness and decisiveness say otherwise. I always thought that his calm demeanor seemed strange for someone at his age. But after I was assigned to him, I read in the documents how he had survived in a terrorist cell for four years. Then it clicked. Other kids were learning algebra in school and 15M-RFT16 was learning how to handle firearms and explosives. It would be impossible for anyone to think and act like a normal person after being brainwashed for four years.

He's always thinking about how to cause more casualties and searches for the best option to maximize carnage in any given situation. His own well-being and emotions are either secondary or inconsequential. He is physically free from MOK, but they still have a hold on his soul. I think it would be impossible to live a normal life, even if he gets off the island.

- Assistant researcher Dr. E

When we proposed 15M-RFT16 that we could help him to get out of his cell, he wasn't that happy about it. Even if he leaves the organization, his dead friends are not coming back and he cannot return to his old life. We thought about threatening him with taking away things that are dear to him... but he doesn't have anything. We've been trying to think of a way to control him.

In our investigations, we came across the fact that one of the seven friends that joined MOK with him is still alive. His name was... Francisco? He is in prison after an attempted terrorist bombing. When we first brought it up, we had doubts that he would do it for someone who is not his family and when it won't benefit him personally. As Dr. E said, he is not the kind of person who follows his emotions. Why would he do something for others when he won't even do anything for himself?

We brought it up as a passing note, he reacted immediately and asked if it was really possible. We promised him sufficient money, ordinary identity, and his friend's freedom with the condition that 15M-RFT16 cooperates with us. He ceased to infiltrate the Research Center or cause such other inconvenience. That Francisco must mean a lot to him. Perhaps he wants to absolve himself for what he has done to his friends by saving him. In any case, what's important is that he is now cooperative.

- Assistant Researcher in charge Dr. T

#### Weakness & Trauma [*Craft Hidden Maiden 20 time(s)*]

As was said before, he is obsessed with his only surviving friend, Francisco, and this obsession will be his weakness. To be more precise, he still can't let go of any of his past friends, including Francisco.

Does he think his friends have sacrificed themselves for him? Listening to him, it seems he thinks he owes his life to his friends. It appears 15M-RFT16 believes what he has done so far and the deaths of his friends will be invalidated if he gives up now. He always says, 'Can't stop here'. It probably means that he doesn't want their sacrifices and his own struggles to have been for nothing.

It won't be easy, but he probably wants to survive and finish it up. In other words, his friends are the source of both agony and will to live. Isn't that strange? 15M-RFT16 looks like he would be the last person to get carried away by emotion, but he is more obsessed with past relationships than anyone else.

He doesn't want this weakness to be noticed, so he pretends that he has no regrets and that he has already given up. He is still a kid, I guess.

- Assistant researcher in charge Dr. T

#### Likes & Dislikes [*Craft Smart Bomb 3 time(s)*]

15M-RFT16 hates people who are indecisive and unhelpful, or who are not conducive to his survival. Well, I doubt anyone likes those types of people... In his line of work, hesitation leads to failure and failure means death.

15M-RFT16 shows no mercy for mistakes and failures and his own self is not an exception. If he makes even a small mistake, he either takes all responsibility for it or chastises himself harshly.

And he hates people who remind of him of his past. Beside Subjects who directly ask who he used to be, he hates 16M-RFT21 who prays to God like her life depends on it, and 14M-RFT04, who gets overly attached to people. Just like how 14M-RFT02 sees her father in people who ignore her, 15M-RFT16 sees his old self in the people who act immaturely. So his anger toward 16M-RFT21 and 14M-RFT04 is akin to self-hatred.

As for what he likes... Hm. It's been quite some time since I began observing 15M-RFT16, but I don't know what he likes to eat or have. I guess he doesn't know what he likes since he is not interested in himself. Whatever he used to like, it's in the past for him.

- Assistant researcher in charge Dr. T

#### Acquaintance Interview [*Win 5 time(s) while holding a Gatling Gun*]

We were always alone from birth. Nobody taught us what was right or wrong. We always had to think for ourselves. But we never felt lonely because we had friends who shared our pains. Nobody knew the answers, but it was comfort enough that we worried together. Whether we were happy or sad, we were fine without any adults because we were together. Or, rather, we thought so.

Kids going through adolescence, they... we felt invincible, ready to do anything to prove we were not kids anymore. To prove we were... worth... something. By the time we realized that something was wrong, it was too late.

We realized then that we couldn't go back, that we couldn't change our future, that there’s only one choice. You keep deceiving yourself: ""I wasn’t wrong, I'm fine."" We pretended that everything was okay. In fact, nothing was okay.

Isol, the youngest, was the only one admitted his sadness. He wanted to run away and go home. It was my job to comfort him, but I got tired of it. Actually, I was having a hard time myself, and I wasn’t in a position where I could take care of someone else. So I took out my frustrations on Isol. I asked him if he thought anyone was fine here. I told him to snap out of it.

After that, Isol never let out any signs of weakness. He stopped turning to me. I quickly regretted what I had done... but what can I say? We were always alone from birth. We have to bear our portion of sadness by ourselves. Our friends used to share the burden, but now...

- Convict F