CASE FILE: SR-13 // THE LULLABY VIRUS

CASE FILE: SR-13 // THE LULLABY VIRUS
[ CLASSIFICATION: LEVEL OMEGA-9 ]
[ STATUS: ACTIVE ]
[ SOURCE: FIELD OPERATIVE // IDENTITY REDACTED ]

DATE OF INCIDENT: 1998-05-12 – 2315 hrs
LOCATION: █████ Hospital, Ohio (Paediatric Wing)

— ORIGIN —
Initial flag received via CDC back-channel: cluster of unexplained paediatric comas. Five children, ages 3–8, fell unconscious within same week. EEGs displayed synchronous activity despite no shared medical history.

Hospital staff noted incidents preceded by parents reporting children "humming a song in their sleep."

— INCIDENT SUMMARY —
Field entry executed 1998-05-14 under cover ID: “Medical Risk Assessment Consultant.”
Objective: determine if non-biological anomaly responsible.
Secondary: suppress parent inquiries, redirect CDC.

— ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATIONS —

2319 hrs — Initial walkthrough, Paediatric ICU.
Equipment normal. Continuous EEG monitors show rhythmic delta activity at 4.7 Hz.
Pattern matches across all five subjects.
Room temperature stable. Lighting dimmed.

2327 hrs — Parents of Subject-2 insist "the song" can still be heard faintly when child exhales.
Personal note: possible auditory pareidolia. Recorded for verification.

2334 hrs — Audio capture device deployed at Subject-4 bedside.
Microphone registered sub-audible tonal fluctuations.
Cross-reference reveals modulation every 12.4 seconds.
Matches timing of REM micro-spikes.

— INTERVIEW EXCERPTS —
Parent of Subject-3:

"She was singing in the car, but I didn't know the song. No words, just humming.
I told her to stop. She said, 'I can't, it's in my head already.'"

Night Nurse, Paediatric Wing:

"It's not like sleep-talking. It's more coordinated.
All of them breathe in the same rhythm. When I leave the room, I still hear it down the hall."

Subject-1’s Brother (Age 11):

"I put my ear to his chest. It wasn't his heartbeat. It was someone else singing inside him."

— FIELD TEST LOGS —

2348 hrs — Played white noise over patient intercom. EEG synchrony briefly disrupted.
Children began to stir; heart rates elevated. Within 90 seconds, synchrony resumed.

0012 hrs — Applied EM field generator (0.2 Tesla) around Subject-5. EEG drifted out of phase. 
Patient whispered one phrase before re-synchronising: "Don't wake me."

Note: Phrase captured on tape. Voice analysis confirms match to Subject-5.
However, speech pattern older than age profile — approximates 40s adult.

— AGENT ANALYSIS (Filed contemporaneously) —

Hypothesis: "Lullaby Virus" is not viral but memetic.
Transmission vector: auditory exposure to melody, origin unknown.

Symptoms: compulsion to hum melody; eventual synchronised REM onset; persistent coma.
Potential intelligence operating within host network — uses children as "chorus."

Containment recommendation:
- Immediate audio quarantine (all recordings secured, classified OMEGA-9).
- Suppress CDC involvement.
- Monitor surviving subjects indefinitely.

Note: Personal unease. During final observation, I caught myself humming.
Terminated note-taking immediately.

STATUS SUMMARY:
Containment protocol escalated to federal level. Surviving patients transferred to ██████ facility under indefinite observation.
Public cover story: “environmental contamination — airborne toxin.”
File remains OPEN. Classification ACTIVE.

// REVIEWER-09 REPORT LOG
Subject: SR-13 // The Lullaby Virus

Summary:
Incident consistent with memetic-contagion hypothesis. Agent's assessment unusually speculative for this phase of career.

Cross-Reference:
- Tonal synchrony aligns with residual traces in SR-44 (The Frequency Eater).
- Whispered phrase "Don't wake me" matches fragment noted in SR-22 (Kansas City Simulation).

Conclusion:
File integrity acceptable. Transmission vector remains undefined. Classification ACTIVE.

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