12/3

It's not clear whether Konoko infiltrated the STURMANDERUNG complex right after filing her diary entry on December 3, 2032.

We also don't know if she entered her fateful instructions from the main console before or after midnight local time.

Either way, since the meltdown was worldwide, there were points on the globe where it was Dec 4, not Dec 3.

However, if we assume that Oni's action took place in Japan, then it was still Dec 3 over the whole world, and Dec 4 only over the Eastern Pacific.

So it would make sense to refer to the cataclysm as 12/3.

Friday, December 3, 2032

Diary

Friday - Dec 3

Muro's men have been up to something big. They have made secret heavy machinery shipments and infiltrated Atmospheric Conversion Centers all over the world. Ironically this may be the thing that Griffin had been preparing me for.

I don't know what Muro's building, but at least I know where. The tracker readings from his plane project him touching down somewhere deep in the mountains.

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I know what I am now, and what my brother is. And I also know that whatever he's doing I'm the only person who can stop him.

STURMANDERUNG console

TITAN\mtnc\uplink…dcs115

Accessing Data Files...

Project: STURMANDERUNG
Final Stage:
13) ACC installation modification COMPLETE
14) STURMANDERUNG mountain compound COMPLETE
15) STURMANDERUNG transmitter array COMPLETE

<<<Final Stage Complete: PENDING>>>

input>?
invalid STURMANDERUNG command

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input>help
invalid STURMANDERUNG command

input>F1
Welcome to STURMANDERUNG help.
Please choose from the following options:

1) Initialize
2) Test with current settings
3) Edit current settings
4) Abort current process

input>3

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Current settings

Frequency: 1002 Amplitude: 233 Mode: 1

input>Frequency = 9999, Amplitude = 9999, Mode: 9999
Warning: value out of bounds

input>initialize
Warning: error encountered
Warning: charge overload detected
Abort process or press F1 for HELP

input>blam! love, little sister
invalid STURMANDERUNG command

input>

Outro

When I blew the processors I bought us some time, but at a horrible cost.

The dead and the dying now line the streets but it is impossible to deny the problem any longer.

My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all.

Mankind as we knew it is doomed: the Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better.