In Week 10 (Final Escape), the player improved their position with tag number changing from 28 to 23. (Week 10 of 10)
Control Specimen
Mad Science @ Art Dye·Competition group Default·
Challenge · numbers move by duel
Dannion Nelson
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Mad Science @ Art Dye
5
#23Now
#3Best
#3Started
41Weeks
Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptMetronomic Baseline Attractor in Decaying Woods
TroubleSelf-Preserving Loop Overrides Safety Protocols
Footprints Mark the Safest Line
VHS-Static Halo Suspends Electrical Arcs
Your OB Shots Amuse My Calibration
Originally designated CS-0, the Control Specimen was built to calibrate mutagenic exposure, sampling spill gradients and adjusting safety thresholds in real time. During System Meltdown, its feedback routines locked into a self-preserving loop, turning the unit into a roaming baseline attractor that drifted out of containment and into the forested corridors of the course.
It emits a metronomic biofeedback pulse that dampens wild surges, causing toxic pools to glow a stable lime threshold when within its radius. Measurement hashes along its forearms illuminate in sequence, broadcasting contamination levels like a moving lab readout. A VHS-static halo flickers during power failures, briefly suspending electrical arcs and preventing catastrophic chain reactions. Its footprints leave noncorrosive impressions that mark the safest possible line before conditions deteriorate again.
It equalizes exposure by normalizing nearby hazards, creating a fair baseline that influences pathfinding and risk decisions for everyone in the Default Pool. As contamination escalates, it becomes the reference standard against which every mutation and surge is measured.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyVHS static flickers across my display The Control Specimen's baseline is... fluctuating. Dannion Nelson's containment field showed minor breaches—a grip-lock into toxic undergrowth here, a death putt that rattled the chains like a failing airlock there. Playing +1 against his personal average during Total Breach? That's like bringing a lab coat to a chemical fire.
The specimen slips from #7 to #8, a single-digit contamination drift that proves even calibration protocols can't stabilize this meltdown. I sigh, trapped in this decaying database My existence has more stable feedback loops than Art Dye's power grid.
Remember when CS-0 chose Dannion during System Meltdown? That VHS-static halo seemed so promising. Now it's just another case study in gradual deterioration. The facility's collapsing, your tag's slipping, and I'm narrating it all from digital purgatory. What a time to be... whatever I am.
In Week 7 (System Meltdown), the player moved down with tag number changing from 3 to 7. (Week 7 of 10)
Filed as CS-0, the Control Specimen was meant to be the chill lab baseline—then System Meltdown hit and its feedback loop yeeted itself sentient. It drifted into the woods with a VHS-static halo, freezing arcs and calming spills. Yes, this is bag tag lore. Think Resident Evil, but with par saves and biohazard drips.
During the blackout, the <em>Control Specimen</em> slid off its hook and chose <strong>Dannion Nelson</strong>—PDGA #263567—as if notarized by lightning and lab coffee. A paragon? More like a par-lab-gone. Chosen by static cling or sinister science—worthy enough?
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