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Earlier today, I believe Agent Bryant was attacked at the former apartment of Mia Kruger and Nadine Weber following up on interviewing the latter. Nadine Weber has since disappeared, but the last text from Agent Bryant to me indicates that it is highly likely Ms. Weber was, in fact, a MAL operative and attacked Agent Bryant for that very reason.

I'm currently en route with Agent Bryant to the medbay. Hopefully he will have more for us when he recovers.

From what I can see, he's fine. Knocked out and probably will have a killer of a headache when he wakes up, but no other lasting injuries.

It's come to my attention that there may be several cases of members of our community being affected adversely by a particular atavist's powers. Or perhaps a group. At this point, there's really not enough information to go on. But it seems like those affected primarily lose their inhibitions and behave in an uncharacteristic way. I'm not aware of violence being a problem at this point, but it doesn't seem like a far-off point if this continues.

Has anyone else heard of others being affected in a similar manner? I feel there's more to this we should probably investigate. I've got a couple of cases on my hands at the moment, which is why I won't immediately open a case file on my own. But if someone else can take point on this, I am more than happy to help out.

Dinner + drinks at [insert address here] for the big 29.
But please don't bring presents.
Just yourself and dancing shoes.
I consider dancing to be compulsory.

On the 16th of August, Ruby and I went to [insert address of abandoned building in Brooklyn] to investigate a rogue atavist based on a tip off provided by Ms Paola Montenegra over the network.

This rogue was the same responsible for all the posters placed in popular places frequented by the atavist community around town. He had been performing individual experiments on atavists that had volunteered for a private research study.

When we arrived, the basement of the building had been transformed into a makeshift laboratory and there was only one person, the rogue himself, at the scene. We posed as volunteers for his study initially to get him to answer some of our questions. He was cooperative to a point, then he turned on us and attacked us physically by manipulating the blood within our bodies. It appears that he did not need to have the blood open to atmosphere to manipulate it and could manipulate it directly within contained vessels.

It also appears that he had been obtaining blood samples from all those that responded to the ad. The entirety of those specimens have been sent, together with the notes from his lab, to Evidence to be catalogued. From what we could tell from his personal notes found at the scene, his experiments were largely focused on his exploits to manipulate blood and tested the limits of his abilities, the parameters for his own control of blood. He did also examine the properties of atavist haemoglobin substrates, but the results were far from conclusive and the records unfortunately tainted by the good doctor's own brand of [...] insanity messiness. I couldn't make much of it. But everything is intact and available for perhaps a more scientifically inclined mind to peruse if desired.

According to accounts by Ms Paola Montenegra, she and her friend had been tricked into providing blood samples by the rogue. The rogue obtained these samples forcibly and was able to draw from a small wound a sample larger than was clearly required, which leads me to believe that he may have tried the same on multiple other individuals previously. He is an obvious threat to the community left to his own devices and has been kept in remand since pending further decision.

If there is anything else about this case that anyone wishes to inquire about, feel free to contact me personally. The formal investigative report (in it's ten page glory of ant-sized font and squinty text) is also available if anyone feels terribly inclined to read it.

If there are any further avenues you would like me to investigate about this incident, please let me know.

Agent-in-training Hall was also of much valued assistance in this. If any of her supervisors for this training period require assessment forms filled out of her performance in actual fieldwork, I would be happy to provide feedback.

How did they even find this place?
Also, it took me ages but I am proud to announce that there is wi-fi! Rejoice for civilisation.
It's spotty but functional.

But if you've had enough of #campingstruggles
I've got a flask of our dear friend Daniels and I'm willing to share.