Page 37 of Peacock Me Like a Hurricane (Rise of the Resistance #2)

DISTRIBUTION:

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR (MIKHAIL, 004); TRAINING DIRECTOR (TIBERIUS, 005); Oversight, ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT, INTEL DEPARTMENT, SECURITY DIRECTOR (brUTUS, 006)

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We have chosen a new class of analysts and operatives for the honor of becoming part of the project that is one of the most important pieces in our future success as an organization. Project Reality is only shared with a fraction of a percent of the employees that work for the Company. This designation indicates that they have access to eyes only material that is typically shared only between department heads and Oversight.

This project has grown so rapidly that we have recruited the most elite recruits immediately following their completion of agent training to have teams to surveil, analyze, and gather intel. Our memo is to provide a quick summary for those entering the field. You will be required to review all files and all digital information over the next week.

SUMMARY OF PROJECT REALITY (AKA CODENAME: THE RIFT)

The Rift is a pocket dimension set up to house the Headquarters of the Company.

When our first clones found mates in humans, they populated our test space. Oversight saw the benefits of tailoring clones from alternate ribbons of reality to the needs of the human women that were being recruited. It was an additional line of business that might prove more lucrative than mercenary pursuits. It should be affirmed that agent work has made us more than enough money; however, if this is a success, it opens more lines of business for the future.

The experiment is simple: run a large-scale test to ensure that the pocket dimension will have no long-term ill-effects on humans. We can create more dimensions and use them as exclusive playgrounds, exiles, hiding spots, etc. Therefore, we allowed the humans who mated with clones we released to continue to recruit more individuals. This was considered successful until one human (Donatella, X098) began creating androids to allow all the population to have a companion.

After a few years, the Cabal (our human governing body) lost control of the group and we had to facilitate ‘the conflict’. This war between droids, clones, and their companions ended with the triumph of our clones in the ‘Battle of Blood and Steel’.

The remaining members of the Resistance—our name for the group of rebels—continued to recruit members through the portal access point in Bytes ‘N Chips. Soon they found Delilah (x1501). She forged her own community out of the Resistance and since the Cabal had moved on, we allowed this to happen. Her community has hidden for two years and we can only gather intel through digital means and common area surveillance.

X1501 and the rest of her rebels continued to recruit, create droids, and expand their community. Former Cabal members have joined their town and despite the closure of the Dirty Deeds location, their growth has not slowed. “Project Reality did not truly accelerate until x1501 approached one of the three brothers — the original clones who were the template for most of the clones prior to 100.

Taurus (002) is the only one of the original three that continues to work for us and is mated to Talia (x001) who continues to work in operations. Taurus and Talia are known for strictly following all mating guidelines and rules as they were the first to follow the ritual as the book stated. They were intimate with no others.

However, in the years between the conflict and when X1501’s contacted Taurus, the Resistance has become a den of inequity that would shock even the most flexible of our employees. X1501 and her acolytes have become polygamous to an extent that we thought would send 002 and x001 running for their exile once again.

The panel was shocked to find many things were not as expected: x1501 has a mutation and had been hiding major magickal powers, several other subjects had developed mutations, the polyamorous couples who were most popular in the Resistance were hiding physical and emotional abuse. In short, the subjects in the Resistance have more secrets than “we knew”.

It was similarly shocking when x1501 and 002 began a physical relationship, but not as shocking as their subsequent mating. Their relationship has been unplanned and unprepared for. We have continued to monitor the development of it.

Our new analysts and agents will be split between the dedicated team working solely on x1501 and the general team working the activities of all other families.

We must keep track of these subjects. The appearance of mutations means that we must track the variables and define causes or all of our work to develop the rift will be for naught.

Questions should be directed to Mikhail, Tiberius, or myself. Absolutely no communication regarding Project Reality or any of our work can be discussed with anyone who does not have Alpha Level Clearance.

RECRUITS CAUGHT DOING SO WILL BE PUNISHED TO THE MOST SEVERE CONSEQUENCES ALLOWED.