13HRP – 0096 – Liver Fish Pool
Object Class: Crimson Tier — Aquatic Anomaly / Abyssal Entity Habitat
Alternate Names: “The Organ Pool,” “Depths of Flesh,” “Piscina Fegato,” “Blood Pond of the Mirror World”
Description
13HRP-0096, designated Liver Fish Pool, is a seemingly ordinary pond located within a fissure in the Mirror World badlands. Despite appearing only 15 meters wide on the surface, sonar and remote probes confirm that the Liver Fish Pool extends far deeper than the Mariana Trench, with no measurable bottom. The anomaly links to other Mirror World fissures, spreading its influence across multiple connected zones.
The water appears dark red, viscous, and warm to the touch. Floating within are countless liver fish — small aquatic organisms resembling fish but composed entirely of pulsating liver tissue. These creatures swim in erratic patterns, sometimes merging and splitting apart as though their bodies are liquid. The Liver Fish Pool constantly sends out faint ripples, even in the absence of wind, as if the depths themselves breathe. Observers frequently describe the surface as “a wound that never heals,” reinforcing the disturbing nature of the pool.
Observed Properties
- Depth Anomaly: Remote drones lose signal at 11,000m depth, and sensors detect pressure far exceeding survivable limits. These readings suggest that the Liver Fish Pool connects to deeper void systems in the Mirror World. Such findings imply the anomaly is not a simple pond but an entry point to an abyssal habitat.
- Unusual Items: Strange objects sometimes rise to the surface. Reports include rusted cutlery, intact Mac Zurger meal boxes, a cracked mirror frame, and once, a severed mannequin hand stamped with a Council seal from an earlier expedition. Each surfaced item reinforces that the Liver Fish Pool acts as a passage to the wider Mirror World.
- Liver Fish Behavior: The fish occasionally leap from the pool, attaching briefly to explorers before liquefying back into the water. Their touch leaves grease-like stains on clothing and equipment, and these stains resist all cleaning attempts. Witnesses note that stains feel warmer than skin, as if alive. Accounts link this behavior directly to the persistent hunger of the Liver Fish Pool.
- Cognitive Effect: Prolonged viewing of the Liver Fish Pool causes nausea, vertigo, and phantom sensations of organs shifting inside the body. Witnesses often mutter about being “digested from within.” Their accounts match other anomalies tied to consumption, transformation, and memory erosion, making the Liver Fish Pool a prime subject of study.
Containment Procedures
- Council patrol units guard the perimeter fencing around the Liver Fish Pool to prevent unauthorized access.
- Researchers must not attempt direct exploration until deeper mapping technology becomes available.
- Teams must catalog and analyze any surfaced objects from the Liver Fish Pool, then secure them in grease-proof containers to avoid contamination.
Recovery Notes
Explorers first discovered the Liver Fish Pool during a routine Mirror World survey. Logs describe how the pool “throbbed in rhythm, as if it were alive.” One operative claimed to hear faint chanting rising from the depths, though recordings captured only static. Another insisted he heard waves crashing against unseen cliffs far below. Recovered journals suggest a cycle: whenever the Liver Fish Pool lies calm, an object soon emerges, hinting at a rhythm tied to hunger and release.
Additional notes from the Council archives connect the anomaly to 13HRP – 0040 – WoollyLand, suggesting that the same hunger current may flow beneath both anomalies. Others compare its endless depth to the void described in 13HRP – 0082 – Pulse Void Key, strengthening theories that the Liver Fish Pool is part of a larger subterranean system.
Directive – Grand Council of Xikeony (Seal)
“Seal its banks. Let the liver fish swim unseen.”
— Grand Council of Xikeony, Edict 96.Ω
“Mark 0096 as pool of endless hunger. Its depth is not water but memory. Do not fish. Do not swim. What rises from the pool is not gift, but reminder.”
Last modified: 2025/09/29 at 00:00 am
Published: 2025/09/29 at 00:00 am
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