Winter Month: 1 
Day 
The Forgotten Lab
The air was thick with dust and secrets. Ivy clung to the crumbling stone walls, curling over the edges of a half-buried doorway like nature’s attempt to hide what should never be found. Your fingers trembled as you pushed the door open, the metal groaning in protest after decades of silence.
The scent hit first—sterile, cold, but beneath it, something earthy… alive. Your flashlight beam flickered across shattered glass, rusted metal, and then—eyes.
Rows of containment tanks lined the walls, their glass fogged and greened with age. Within them, silhouettes stirred. A creature with a lion’s mane and a pair of feathered wings twitched in its sleep. Another tank held what looked like a serpent wrapped in mist, its body pulsing faintly with light. One by one, the tanks blinked to life, humming softly like a heartbeat returning.
“What… is this place?” You wondered.
A terminal crackled behind you, its screen flickering to reveal a message frozen in time:
“Project Chimera: Status – In Stasis. Awakening sequence initiated.”
Something moved deeper in the shadows. Something that shouldn’t have been awake yet.
And then you realized…
You weren’t alone.
🧪 The Echo Lab Supply Kiosk
(Because if you’re gonna break into forbidden science ruins, you might as well do it in style.)
🛒 Items for Sale:
🔦 FlickerFlash Light – 25 mush
A high-beam flashlight with a slightly unreliable battery. It flickers when anomalies are near. Ominous, but helpful.
🔧 RustKey Toolkit – 50 mush
Includes screwdrivers, wire cutters, and an ancient keycard decrypter. Lets you pry open rusted lockers and override doors.
🧤 Biohazard Gloves – 40 mush
Protects your hands from... whatever that green slime is. Increases the chance of safely retrieving items from contaminated zones.
📓 Decryption Notepad – 60 mush
Helps translate old logs and terminal messages. Might even reveal hidden blueprints... or warnings.
🧴 SynthBlood Scent Masker – 75 mush
Makes you smell “not alive” to things that hunt by scent. Effective for about 30 minutes. Doesn’t smell great, but beats being eaten.
🐜 AutoSkitter Drone – 100 mush
A tiny roach-sized surveillance bot. Send it into small vents and dark crevices. Transmits video back to your screen. Expect jump scares.
🧭 Areas to Explore:
Shattered glass windows overlook a collapsed arena. Bloodstains and claw marks suggest something was tested here. One terminal still glows faintly.
🧊 Cryostasis Chamber (Requires Biohazard Gloves)
Frost coats the walls. Some tanks here are cracked, their contents long gone—or not. Warning: Breathing too long here gives hallucinations. Or visions.
📡 Communications Hub (50 mush entry)
Filled with broken radios and coded logs. Some mention “The Mothercell.” Decryption Notepad highly recommended.
🧫 Genetic Splicing Bay (75 mush entry)
A maze of surgical tables, vats, and containment fields. Rumors say a prototype creature escaped this sector. No one has mapped it fully.
🔻 The Sub-Basement “Vault X” *(???)
Locked behind multiple failsafes. No one knows what’s inside. But sometimes... it hums.
Access Cost: 200 mush + 3 unique items from other zones.
🧲 Creature Containment Tools
"Because sometimes you need more than a shoebox and hope."
🧪 Stabilizer Gel Capsule – 60 mush
A glowing orb filled with reactive stasis gel. Throw it at a weakened creature, and it’ll harden around them like a cocoon.
✨ Effects:
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Works best on unconscious or docile creatures.
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Must be refrigerated. Melts into goo if left in a hot area.
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May cause mild hallucinations if handled too long. Don't lick it.
🔗 Neurolink Snare Collar – 90 mush
High-tech collar that syncs to brainwaves and suppresses aggressive neural spikes. Basically, it’s a chill collar for cryptids.
✨ Effects:
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Temporarily pacifies smaller creatures.
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Creatures with psychic abilities may resist it.
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Rumor has it one subject used the link to control the handler instead. We don't talk about Subject #13.
📦 EchoContainment Crate – 120 mush
Reinforced box with sound-dampening walls and an auto-inject tranquilizer system. It has a cheerful “welcome beep” when opened.
✨ Effects:
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Perfect for transporting volatile or loud creatures.
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Contains anti-vibration tech to keep squirmy critters calm.
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Built-in display shows vital signs. Be concerned if it says: ☠️
🕸️ SpectraWeb Darts – 70 mush (set of 3)
Net-launching darts laced with an energy mesh that temporarily disrupts corporeal forms. Great for intangible, glitchy, or fast-moving beasts.
✨ Effects:
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Can trap shadowy or partially-phased beings.
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Must recharge between uses.
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If the net sings, run.
🧿 Anomaly Lure Beacon – 100 mush
Emits a frequency only detectable by unstable or hybrid creatures. Glows with voidlight. You can feel it buzz in your bones.
✨ Effects:
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Draws nearby creatures out of hiding—good or bad.
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Can be remotely activated/deactivated.
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WARNING: May attract multiple subjects. Use with backup or a death wish.
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