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{taped interview viewed in progress}
Man in grey suit: ...so while it started as a part of MK-ULTRA, it continued after the official dissolution in 1973. We were working on what we referred to as 'Batch 122' then.
Unseen interviewer: But it took until 1979 for 'Batch 127'?
Man: Yes. Metz was a perfectionist. He had been the entire time I had known him, and he was associated with the project well before my attachment to it. You know he was part of OPERATION PAPERCLIP, correct? One of the few scientists who wasn't part of the rocketry or aeronautics field, or a physicist. He was... gifted... when it came to the biological sciences.
UI: That's all? Gifted?
Man: And completely lacking in ethical considerations of his work, but when you consider who he was working for, this wasn't seen as an impediment.
UI: I see.
Man: Do you want me to continue about 'Batch 127'?
UI: Yes.
Man: The early tests began in February of 1979. The overall goal was to develop substances that would allow lesser or greater effects of mind-control. Metz's experiments were in the field of manipulating the brain's with various chemical compounds. We weren't trying for 'truth serums' or forced hallucinogenic episodes. We were trying to create a substance that would overwhelmingly mentally control a subject. In effect, a substance that would turn any enemy agent... or anyone really, into a double-agent, working for us. But without compromising their effectiveness in whatever field they were in.
UI: What went wrong?
Man: We still don't know. After the events of March '79, testing was hastily abandoned. Experimentation along those lines was rejected, even on the surviving test subjects. We don't know why 'Batch 127' worked. We can only see the results.
UI: A hive mind.
Man: Yes. To put it simply, any subject exposed to 'Batch 127' through injection into the bloodstream becomes, within 8 hours, a member of a psychic gestalt comprising all other persons exposed. What one knows, all of them know.
UI: And Dr. Metz?
Man: We... believe that he intentionally exposed himself to 'Batch 127', but given the circumstances, we have been reluctant to determine this conclusively. Given his position at the time of the event, it's probable that he developed an aerosol version of 'Batch 127'.
UI: I see.
Man: Do you? We can't allow any of the test subjects to leave this base. Because any one of them, in a very real way, is Dr. Metz. And given that in physical interactions, all of the other hive-bodies defer to him, we've assumed that he's in charge of the hive-mind.
UI: Thank you, that will be all for today.
{End of recording}
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Seems like forever since I've written any fiction, but I've been toying around with this one in my head for a few days now. The only way to get rid of it was to write it down.
And yes, I'm sure that this idea is hardly original.
Man in grey suit: ...so while it started as a part of MK-ULTRA, it continued after the official dissolution in 1973. We were working on what we referred to as 'Batch 122' then.
Unseen interviewer: But it took until 1979 for 'Batch 127'?
Man: Yes. Metz was a perfectionist. He had been the entire time I had known him, and he was associated with the project well before my attachment to it. You know he was part of OPERATION PAPERCLIP, correct? One of the few scientists who wasn't part of the rocketry or aeronautics field, or a physicist. He was... gifted... when it came to the biological sciences.
UI: That's all? Gifted?
Man: And completely lacking in ethical considerations of his work, but when you consider who he was working for, this wasn't seen as an impediment.
UI: I see.
Man: Do you want me to continue about 'Batch 127'?
UI: Yes.
Man: The early tests began in February of 1979. The overall goal was to develop substances that would allow lesser or greater effects of mind-control. Metz's experiments were in the field of manipulating the brain's with various chemical compounds. We weren't trying for 'truth serums' or forced hallucinogenic episodes. We were trying to create a substance that would overwhelmingly mentally control a subject. In effect, a substance that would turn any enemy agent... or anyone really, into a double-agent, working for us. But without compromising their effectiveness in whatever field they were in.
UI: What went wrong?
Man: We still don't know. After the events of March '79, testing was hastily abandoned. Experimentation along those lines was rejected, even on the surviving test subjects. We don't know why 'Batch 127' worked. We can only see the results.
UI: A hive mind.
Man: Yes. To put it simply, any subject exposed to 'Batch 127' through injection into the bloodstream becomes, within 8 hours, a member of a psychic gestalt comprising all other persons exposed. What one knows, all of them know.
UI: And Dr. Metz?
Man: We... believe that he intentionally exposed himself to 'Batch 127', but given the circumstances, we have been reluctant to determine this conclusively. Given his position at the time of the event, it's probable that he developed an aerosol version of 'Batch 127'.
UI: I see.
Man: Do you? We can't allow any of the test subjects to leave this base. Because any one of them, in a very real way, is Dr. Metz. And given that in physical interactions, all of the other hive-bodies defer to him, we've assumed that he's in charge of the hive-mind.
UI: Thank you, that will be all for today.
{End of recording}
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Seems like forever since I've written any fiction, but I've been toying around with this one in my head for a few days now. The only way to get rid of it was to write it down.
And yes, I'm sure that this idea is hardly original.
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Creeeeepy. And hey, let's hear it for impossible dreams that STAY impossible. I can easily imagine how popular such a 'real' would be with some folks.
...looks around, Heeeey, are you SURE none of those test subjects escaped your imagination? And sure it's not contagious?
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But I attributed it, not to mind control, bu to too many communal midnight study sessions at Dennys!
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(there's no such thing as original ideas)