Herein lies recorded excerpts from the observational notes of one Loosin Helsiric Splitwing, beginning on the twenty-first of Vestian, two hundred and eighty years after the coming of Estarra.

These recordings are being taken by a memory crystal technique rediscovered by a colleague of mine to capture only the auditory data, and so allow for a greater amount of information to be stored on each crystal. Once the transfers are complete, the crystals from which the data is recorded are being cleared so that they can be reused.

This material is the property of the Indigo Company Department of Inquisition and Invention, and is classified as a trade secret.

The recording techniques are the property of the Indigo Company Department of Inquisition and Invention, and are classified as trade secrets.

The records were transferred on Juliary twenty, year two ninety.

Begin recording.

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A high pitched whine echoes from the device.
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...-bject five is female, lucidian weighing...-loves. Like the previous four, subject is immediately drawn to the examination table, which she poked and prodded before I instructed her to take a seat. The cursory examination is going well, her reflexes are normal, her hearing is phenominal, and her vision is...vision...is...Subject five is female, lucidian weighing roughly 27 cloves. Like the previous four, subject is immediate...immediately...One moment, I need to review my notes.

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The device emits a low buzzing sound
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...was quite peculiar, there are no imperfections in the crystal, and I have the profoundest sense of deja vu listening to each instance recorded, but I seem to have conducted the examination of subject five no fewer than six times. I can find no explaination for this, except that there must be some fundamental flaw in the subject that I lack the proper techniques to comprehend, and my mind is simply shutting down rather than allowing me to proccess this information.

I will make a more thorough examination from this point forward of all subjects and controls to pass through this experiment. Subject five agreed to return, and is scheduled for three weeks from now. Subject three's return is in two days, and will be preceeded by control eight's.

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A high pitched whine echoes from the device.
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...-ay nin-...-ven of the experiment. Subject fifteen is, like all other subjects, incapable of being properly examined. It is peculiar, as if certain details of their physiology are simply not possible to comprehend. For five it was the eyes, for three it was the teeth, for nine the aural passages, and for fifteen it is her weight. The apparatus in the examination table registers that she is there, of course, and that she has mass sufficient to have weight, but it simply does not record her weight, and any estimation I make, I immediately forget. I have come to the conclusion that Fate-touched are ultimately unknowable.

Additionally, subject ten returned today, having been reincarnated. The most peculiar sensation overtook me as I was recording his information, and I had to check my notes to verify my findings, but his appearance had, in fact, changed from one vaguely resembling his former trill form to one more typical of the lucidian he had become. I will need to run further tests, but until such ti-...-able to det-...

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The device emits a faint hissing sound
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...am conducting today's examina-...from in fron-...-ortal of Fate. Control...-ven has elected to become Subjec...-venteen by journeying through the....Un-...-nately the portal produces such incre-...energies that it interferes with the re-...-ipment and the instruments. My assistant is att-...-tabilize the equipment, but success has been limi-....Subject has now returned as a...-ughly nineteen cloves in weight before, but again, I cann-.... This is utterly fascinating, as he is, as the younger subjects have been, completely unknowable to most deni-...-f the Basin. Subject is bewildered, understandably, by the cursory examination, but we are now being informed that the Portal's interference is in more acceptable ranges. Subject is-Aha! Now the subject's details are becoming much clearer. As I ask him about details, I can suddenly perceive them! Utterly fascinating. I wonder if there isn't a conscious effort required on the part of the Subject to cause such details to be knowable, or if he must merely need to be made aware of that aspect. I will be escorting the subject back to my laboratory, where I will make additional notes as needed!

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The device emits a low whine
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...am becoming increasingly convinced that the only way I will be able to learn about the differences between us and them is for me to make the journey myself.

However, the last four controls to step into the Portal never returned, so I am hesitant to commit to such an act. I will, of course, most likely not publish this recording with the rest of my research notes, as it is personal in nature, but I find that at times it is productive to hear one's own thoughts returned to them to move forward with science. Most likely, I'll ask an intern to volunteer to take equipment into the Portal to record the expedition, but I'll need permission from the Prim-

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A quet knocking sound comes from somewhere in the recorded room.
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Yes? I'm coming, let me shut off my equi-

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The device goes silent for a moment.
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This concludes the final recordings of the Doctor, who was excused from the Indigo Research Company for endangering sensitive equipment with his experiments, and for having no noticeable results in spite of an extension of his time. It is of note that the doctor did indeed flee through the Portal of Fate, but has not been seen since.