Astra Mori · Experimental protocols
Experiments
Four experiments. Four opportunities to advance the work. Please review your instructions before becoming part of the results.
Werewolf Endurance Test
The moon has risen. Something beneath your skin has begun to count your footsteps. Our researchers require a measure of your stamina before the transformation progresses beyond the useful limits of observation.
Take as many steps as you can within the allotted time. Every step adds to your record. When the clock stops, we will know how far the human body can be persuaded to go—and whether the thing inside it is still warming up.
Objective: Record the most steps before time runs out.
Scientist Reflex Test
Containment has failed, and the laboratory is experiencing an unfortunate overlap of personnel and specimens. Shapes emerge without warning. Some belong to the research team. The others have developed a troubling interest in the research team.
In this whack-a-mole experiment, strike the monsters as they appear and spare the scientists. React quickly, but look carefully: a lab coat is not an invitation to swing. We have very little room left on the incident report.
Objective: Hit the monsters. Do not hit the scientists.
Spectral Containment Simulation
Death is no excuse for wasting a perfectly serviceable source of energy. The laboratory’s spectral harvest draws wandering ghosts toward containment, where their lingering unrest can finally be put to productive use.
Catch the ghosts in rhythm to capture their energy. Keep time as each spirit approaches; the harvest depends on your timing. Listen closely. Beneath the pulse of the machinery, something on the other side is keeping time with you.
Objective: Catch ghosts in rhythm to harvest their energy.
Gardener Memorization Analysis
The singing plants have learned a new song. None of the gardeners admit teaching it to them. Each specimen contributes its voice to a growing sequence, and the greenhouse has become very quiet between performances.
Listen to the plants, remember their sequence, and repeat it back in this Simon Says memory experiment. Pay attention to every voice and its place in the pattern. The plants are listening too, and they seem unusually interested in whether you remember them.
Objective: Remember and repeat the singing plants’ sequence.
