THE FOLLOWING IS AN EMAIL SENT AROUND THE TIME THAT THE INCIDENT INVOLVING FATHER PEREZ OCCURRED, SENT FROM BRIGETTE ALOIS TO JIM ANDERS AND JAKUB BARTOSZ.
--File 041: Alois Report--
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To: Anders, Bartosz
Subject: Where the hell are you?
Sent: 10/20/XXXX - 11:43pm
> Hey, where the fuck are you guys? I've been trying to get ahold of Anders for the past three hours, and it keeps saying none of my texts are going through. I know Bartosz never checks his phone except for calls and emails, so I'm not even going to bother there.
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> Where are you? I keep trying to get a hold of you. Something absolutely insane is going on over here, in LA, since you guys left. All hell's broken loose.
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> I told you the Keith kid died earlier, but that's not the last of it. The entire hospital's infected and dealing with orders to treat it like it's some kind of lockdown for infectious disease, they've even got specialized teams out here, WHO, the whole nine yards.
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> Before you ask, yeah, it's flies. A SHIT ton of flies and maggots, they're everywhere. Before they caught me, I was able to get in and get a few photos- the walls are absolutely covered. I overheard some of the doctors that got out saying nurses have barricaded wings and got some of the patients' rooms closed off to the infestation, but it's like... it's like hell in there.
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> They're thinking the epicenter is Keith. A Doctor was swearing up and down that they cleared him out of all infestation, that they followed the Grantham procedures- yeah, they named them after the guy- from 15 years prior, but somehow there were still more.
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> That college got hit again, too- the one that girl goes to, the one you told me about. Emma [REDACTED]. They managed to evacuate most of the students and teachers out of the buildings, but Emma's dorm building was hit the hardest; they're not sure the students are even alive.
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> Things aren't like they were 15 years ago. I heard the call to try to control information leaks, but it's too late. The major stations are eating this up, and the littler stations are desperate for a chance to get a leg up over their bigger competitors, so no one's listening. Panic is breaking out en masse, and people are flooding the airports to try to get out of the city, thinking there's some kind of plague loose. That one magazine Bartosz subscribes to, the "Alt Net Believer", they released a stupid article called "THE BUBONIC PLAGUE RETURNS TO AMERICA", and for some reason, the public's latched onto it.
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> It's like 15 years ago all over again, but worse, because it's happening so much faster. The flies are... different, too. The maggots, they're both enormous. Way bigger than they used to be. We've already got dead in the tens, and that's just what we know.
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> Is something going on in that crazy town? I know Jakub's been living out there and harassing the locals for answers, but are you guys onto something nuts? What the hell is going on?
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> I'm currently en route to that girl's family. I'm really, REALLY hoping whatever this is isn't going to head straight for her home and family. If it has, they're already dead.
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> You guys need to get a fucking move on, if you're tackling this head on. Whatever you've done, you've poked the hornet's nest. I've been getting calls from the Lost Ones for the past hour, all of them looking for answers. They think it's because Grantham died, but I think it's because you guys stirred shit up.
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> You'd better finish this. Put it to rest. If this is the end of the world, I'm going to follow you straight to whatever circle of hell you guys get sent to, just so I can be the one to kick your asses for the rest of eternity, because you have no idea how bad it is out here.
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> No idea.