Colossus By Design: Entry 0032 - Analyzing Death

[October 4, 2145]
[Cape Town, African origin continent]
[Cape Town Military Base, Tactical Assessment Room]

[President Nigel Mandela is physically present, along with other military officers]
[On video comms, Dr. Jiro Ifukube, Karen Marais a.k.a. Union's Warrior, and Satoshi Yamane a.k.a. Serizawa's Light are present]


(President Mandela): So... you didn't find the creature?

(Karen): Unfortunately, no.

(Satoshi): We did find and eliminate two more P.E.M.F.s of the Rock-Skin Anomaly variant, though.

(President Mandela): Yes, and we're grateful for that. This does not get us any closer to finding this 'Alpha', but Jiro did find it odd that you two encountered them.

(Dr. Ifukube): Yes. I have a hypothesis about their appearance, and it has to do with our Alpha.

(Karen): Really, doctor?

(Dr. Ifukube): Yes. Please turn your attention to the following.


[Holographic monitor is brought up in the middle of the room]
[Images of the first deceased Rock-Skin Anomaly are brought up]


(Dr. Ifukube): This was the first of this variant found last month, on the Russian coast. I don't believe that it died and was simply washed up. The currents during that period were not moving within that direction from where it had sustained its attack.

(Karen): So, what, it swam in that direction and eventually succumbed to its wounds?

(Dr. Ifukube): Precisely. Although the wounds were indeed severe, they were still relatively hot when we found it.

(Satoshi): Sensei, I thought the reports said it was due to an extremely intense form of plasma.

(Dr. Ifukube): Yes, that is true. However, a P.E.M.F.'s body is highly reactive. For the plasma searing to have gone on for so long, it would've needed to be alive long enough until it reached the currents that carried it to the coastline.

(President Mandela): So, why would Alpha let it live?

(Dr. Ifukube): I do not have an answer for that. But it's clear that our target is capable of restraint.

(Satoshi): Wait, sensei, do you remember the expedition by the Chinese back in August?

(Dr. Ifukube): Yes. Why?


[Photos of Feng Lee a.k.a. Blade of the People are brought up beside those of the first Rock-Skin Anomaly]


(Satoshi): Although Feng Lee was heavily damaged, she wasn't killed in the attack. None of the damage was severe enough to have caused a complete shutdown.

(Karen): Well, yeah, but what exactly does that tell us?

(Satoshi): I believe that the Alpha didn't outright kill those two intentionally.

(President Mandela): Like some kind of message?

(Satoshi): Precisely. It allowed them to escape, to make their way back, like a warning.

(Dr. Ifukube): I see now..... if those were indeed warnings.... the creature must be doing it for a reason! I believe I have an explanation for the appearance of those two other Rock-Skin Anomalies.

(President Mandela): You do? Well, do tell, then.


[A map of the area surrounding Jiran Island is brought up on the main hologram projection]


(Dr. Ifukube): The two attacks were right within the region of the main island, where the creature resides. It clearly doesn't want any intruders. Now, if we look here....


[Dr. Ifukube brings up a close-up of a region outside the main island on the map]


(Dr. Ifukube): Karen and Satoshi encountered the two other P.E.M.F.s just a few kilometres off the coast of the main island. Those two were not there by accident. Karen, did you notice anything strange about their behaviour before engaging them?

(Karen): Well, I did see them looking back, then at each other before engaging us.

(Dr. Ifukube): I believe that perhaps they were intending to use you.

(Karen): Use us? For what?

(Dr. Ifukube): It's known that if there are no Humans in the area, a P.E.M.F. may attempt to consume a Warmonger, and they become more powerful from it. Those two may have seen you two as a potential power boost....

(President Mandela): ....To increase their strength to take on a more powerful opponent....

(Dr. Ifukube): Exactly. They were hanging around the very edge of the territory that the Alpha appears to inhabit. It's as if they were waiting for Warmongers to come by so that they could consume them to take on the Alpha.

(President Mandela): If those two were truly waiting for Warmongers to consume to take on the Alpha........

(Satoshi): .....It's even more powerful than we thought.