// Exspiravit //

‘EXSPIRAVIT’

OMDI Case Number #77

Classification: Viral Memetic Infohazard (VMI)

Status: Uncontained

[WARNING. WARNING. WARNING.]

[DO NOT CONTINUE]

[UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED]

OMDI-77 is a series of phrases and imagery that can manifest within media. OMDI-77 instances can appear within any media sharing file type on the Omninet, but most recorded instances of OMDI-77 appear on visual-intense media such as video, pictures, and executable files that include either. 

OMDI personnel were alerted to OMDI-77’s presence on the Omninet via monitoring of HORUS hackerboard activities. A user by the name of h4ckJUICE uploaded a file under the title [REDACTED].EXE at [REDACTED] PM. 

The file in question is a common internet prank referred to as a ‘screamer’ in which the user of the EXE plays a graphically simple game for a period of time. The game continues until either a certain amount of time passes or until the user reaches a certain point, then which an image is displayed in front of the user accompanied by an audio stinger. 

OMDI personnel [REDACTED] played the game while performing their regular board-monitoring duties. Memetic properties of OMDI-77 were discovered soon after when [redacted] began to display anomalous behaviors, now classified as OMDI-77-1.  Director Crawsham instates new regulation as results of this incident (See Protocol MSP-01). 

OMDI-77-1 was found in their OMDI issued bunk by personnel after having missed their duties for a period of 48 hours. OMDI-77-1 had carved phrases related to OMDI-77 into its walls with a blunt knife, retrieved from the mess hall at some unknown point. All Level 3 and below personnel who witnessed the initial contact with OMDI-77-1, saw their room at any point afterwards, and whomever was apart of the retrieval unit of OMDI-77-1 were issued S-Class amnesic and are routinely examined for signs of OMDI-77. 

The executable file, traceable to the HORUS hackerboard and several other media on OMDI-77-1’s personal computer had become infected with the anomalous properties of OMDI-77. HORUS hackerboards are notoriously difficult to regulate, but communications have been opened with moderators of the forum [REDACTED] about mutual interest in memetic virus control. Personnel, under MSP-01, now monitor meta-data of files looking for anomalous data, paracasual influence, or potential spoofing.

OMDI personnel have discovered that OMDI-77 cannot manifest itself through word of mouth, and lives exclusively on the internet via class 1 testing with OMDI-77-1. This impresses the importance of the WEBSURFER initiative and preventative measures against memetic virus’ for staff. Containment however is pending.

The current status of other persons who interacted with the original OMDI-77 occurrence is unknown. The amount of OMDI-77 instances that went on unnoticed is unknown. 

[WARNING.]

[DO NOT PROCEED.]

[UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED.]

Addendum OMDI-77 001: Transcript of an Interview with OMDI-77-1

Interviewer: Jeremiah Crawsham

Subject: OMDI-77-1

Jeremiah:

Subject is age 30, Caucasian, with sunken eyes and cheeks. No physical abnormalities present beyond common symptoms of sleep deprivation. Subject has had to be restrained because of compulsive need to recreate instances of OMDI-77 via any method necessary. Alright, OMDI-77-1 we are going to begin the interview now. Could you please describe the media you saw.

 

OMDI-77-1:

I want to go home.

Jeremiah: 

Don't make this harder than it needs to be OMDI-77-1. 

OMDI-77-1:

I am clawing myself from the inside out Jeremiah. Please.

Jeremiah: 

You already know we can’t let you do that. So please just describe what you saw. I know you remember, we’ve already had you describe the media to Level 1 persons 01-555 and 01-278.

[There is a long silence before OMDI-77-1 begins their description.]

OMDI-77-1:

It was a black and white game. With a winged character sprite going through simple mazes. I played until about level 3, in which an image was shown to me and a voice screamed [Data Expunged under MSP-023]

Jeremiah:

What was in the image? 

[OMDI-77-1 goes silent again, looking down at the table before beginning to sob while straining against their restraints.]

Jeremiah: 

[Redacted] don’t make me have to sedate you.

OMDI-77-1:

GOD DAMNITT YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND. WHAT I SAW CANNOT BE DESCRIBED. WORDS FAIL, DOCTOR. WORDS ARE A DIRTY CHARIOT FOR WHAT DESERVES TO BE DELIVERED ON A GOLDEN ARC. 

Jeremiah: 

You cannot recreate OMDI-77. You will describe OMDI-77 now or we will sedate you and try again tomorrow. 

OMDI-77-1:

… They should of sent a poet, doctor.

[Doctor Crawsham and OMDI-77-1 wait in silence until the Doctor moves to call for the sedation]

OMDI-77-1:

I…

Jeremiah:

Yes?

OMDI-77-1:

I think it was an angel. 

[END TRANSCRIPT]

[WARNING. WARNING. WARNING.]

[LESUS AUTEM EMISSA VOCA MAGNA EXSPIRAVIT]

[DO NOT BE AFRAID]

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// ARE RECREATED 

// YOU ARE AMONG THE ECLECTIC

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Thank you to Magdalene for compiling the LCP

DISCLAIMER! Hey - this is an edit I made in 2024 aboooout 3-4 years after this was first made. If you're coming here from OMDI I think EXS is a very fun and interesting project but I wouldn't really reccomend actually running this in a campaign. This is mostly still up for archival reasons. This was my first Lancer Homebrew and is indicative of a lot of misunderstandings of Lancer I had at the time. 

So! Be warned! 

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