COD: The First One's Story

Chapter 13: Victus Start

Great Leap Forward Recording 1

Barkley

[Entry 1] Attention all on this channel. This is George Barkley, former assistant director of the CDC facility in Druid Hills, Georgia.

Barkley

[Entry 2] Prior to the destruction of our headquarters, our research found evidence that contaminants are now infecting the very air we breathe. As such, exposure of some sort appears inevitable for all survivors.

Barkley

[Entry 3] Symptoms are variable, but most subjects display short-term memory loss, psychosis, delusion, and paranoia. Short-term memory loss has also been reported, but as of yet, I've been unable to confirm this.

Barkley

[Entry 4] We advise all individuals to monitor their fellow survivors for signs of the above symptoms, paranoia in particular.

Barkley

[Entry 5] Ask yourself, are those closest to you really who you think they are? Are they following their own secret agenda? Are they, perhaps, plotting against you?

Barkley

[Entry 6] The dangers presented by such symptoms cannot be understated. It was with deep sadness that I myself was forced to euthanize fourteen members of my own team. My condolences to their families.

Barkley

[Entry 7] I hope this message serves as a warning to all survivors. We must all do whatever it takes to ensure our future as a species. Thank you.

Under airborne Element 115-induced delusion, Barkley euthanized fourteen members of his own team and proceeded to make a transmission to anyone that would hear him to warn them of the dangers of the Element 115 contaminant.

Great Leap Forward Recording 2

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[Entry 1] If there's anyone on air, please respond. I desperately need help.The others left me, and I'm alone. I [crying] help.

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[Entry 2, crying] I'm trying to do it. To do it right, but the others, they want nothing.

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[Entry 3] This piece goes here! This piece goes there! I couldn't do it on my own! [Crying]

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[Entry 4] I need help. I don't know what to do. That German man won't stop talking to me. And I don't know what to do. [Crying] I don't know what to do. [Crying]

Richtofen began to contact survivors. He was not happy that the world had been taken from him, and he aimed to fix that. However, no survivors met his expectations.

Great Leap Forward Recording 3

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[Entry 1] Science has failed us. He [God] has abandoned us.

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[Entry 2] In this new world, we alone are your salvation. We alone can light the way.

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[Entry 3] Hear our words. Heed our call. There is but one path to enlightenment.

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[Entry 4] Just as they would consume us, we must consume them.

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[Entry 5] We are the living, and we are the dead. We are The Flesh. And The Flesh is us.