13HRP – 0042 – X13D Dog
Overview
13HRP – 0042, codenamed X13D Dog, manifests as quadrupedal entities with canine resemblance yet extreme distortion. Their limbs stretch too long for balance, their translucent hides shimmer like flickering static, and their jaws split into three folding sections lined with needle-like teeth. Their frames look as though pulled apart by unseen forces, and their jerky, rapid movements emit crackles of faint energy. Packs usually appear soon after 0038 – Voltage Cloud or 0039 – Demon Clown, scavenging around lightning scars, burnt soil, and ash silhouettes left behind. They seem less like predators of flesh and more like scavengers of resonance.
Witnesses often describe them as “dogs made of static and hunger,” their bodies sparking faintly with leftover charge. Furthermore, their shadows distort and flicker out of rhythm, as though their presence warps perception itself. Those who view the creatures too long often complain of double vision and phantom barking that continues long after the pack has gone.
Behavior
- Scavenging Pattern: X13D Dogs are drawn to sites marked by Voltage Cloud lightning. They gnaw at ash silhouettes of humans, chewing into stone and asphalt as though it were soft flesh. The marks left behind glow faint yellow before fading away, but the damage to surfaces remains. Streets and walls are often found scarred for years, acting as reminders of their feeding.
- Carnival Syndrome: When Demon Clown laughter resonates nearby, the dogs lose cohesion. Packs turn on one another, tearing and gnawing violently until sparks spray from their hides. Their howls sync with carnival music, creating a broken chorus of yelps and shrieks that echoes through streets. Survivors report this sound carrying across entire districts, making escape disorienting.
- Symbiosis: Packs behave parasitically, always trailing larger anomalies. They arrive wherever resonance bleeds into reality, thriving on the byproducts. Analysts suggest they are not living predators but constructs birthed from stress fractures in space-time. They are scavengers in form, yet their persistence suggests they fill an ecological niche within anomaly outbreaks.
- Persistence: Though individuals collapse into static when neutralized, the effect is temporary. New packs manifest again whenever storm energy or resonance levels rise. Consequently, eradication is futile, and the best approach is predictive monitoring.
- Pack Intelligence: While not fully sentient, X13D Dogs coordinate during hunts. They surround targets, force them toward energy residue, and then dissolve into it once feeding is complete. Their timing suggests instinctual patterning, possibly guided by larger anomalies.
Xula Correlation
Incident 0042-7X provided the clearest link to Juggernaut resonance. During this event, an X13D pack circled a pulsing site tied to Xula. Instead of feeding, the dogs lowered themselves to the ground. Their bodies shook in rhythm with the site’s hum. Analysts remarked that their posture mirrored ritual kneeling more than animal hunger. This was the first recorded case of the dogs behaving with reverence rather than instinct.
“The storm cracks, the clown laughs, and the dogs come crawling. Always three steps behind something heavier. Maybe the Juggernaut doesn’t need servants. Maybe reality itself breeds them for him.” – Senior Analyst ███
Later reviews noted that during this same incident, faint lightning in the sky formed claw-like shapes. Some argued that the pack was responding to a signal broadcast by Juggernaut energy itself. Others believed they were part of Juggernaut’s own living shadow, fractal organisms spun off to feed on waste energy.
Incident Records
- Incident 0042-A: A pack appeared in the aftermath of a Voltage Cloud strike on ███ City. Six ash silhouettes were devoured within twenty minutes. When approached, the dogs howled in unison, causing three agents to seize violently from resonance shock.
- Incident 0042-B: During Demon Clown manifestation, a pack entered frenzy. Witnesses described them tearing into one another, but the sparks shed from their hides crawled across the ground like living insects, attaching to structures and burning clown faces into walls.
- Incident 0042-C: Civilian drone footage caught an X13D Dog tearing through pavement, exposing glowing marrow-like tunnels beneath. These tunnels faded as the pack departed, leaving only scorch marks.
- Incident 0042-D: At a Juggernaut site, dogs refrained from feeding. Instead, they circled three times, howled, and dissolved simultaneously, leaving behind a static hum that lasted for hours.
Containment Status
Containment remains impossible. X13D Dogs break apart into static residue when destroyed, but packs reform after new anomaly events. Therefore, eradication cannot be sustained. The best current approach is predictive tracking: monitor Juggernaut resonance zones (0003) for spikes and prepare for simultaneous outbreaks of 0038 – Voltage Cloud, 0039 – Demon Clown, and 0042 – X13D Dog.
Field teams are advised to avoid prolonged engagement. Instead, protocols prioritize:
- Early civilian evacuation when ash silhouettes or static growls are reported.
- Deployment of sound dampeners to reduce resonance shock from their howls.
- Coordination with Voltage Cloud suppression teams to cut off pack spawning.
- Psychological screening for agents exposed to “phantom barking” or compulsive scratching behaviors.
Ultimately, 13HRP – 0042 – X13D Dog are not a target to defeat but a warning sign. Where they gather, heavier anomalies always follow.
Last modified 2025/09/09 at 19:35 pm
Published: 2025/09/09 at 20:34 pm
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