It's finally time. The Outlast Trials has been fully released
and if you are a long-time Outlast fan and Horror Game fan then you are probably as excited
as I am. And with the full release have come multiple
new trials, documents and small details that I have the pleasure of breaking down for you
guys. Now, very briefly before we begin. If you have watched our previous video on
the channel explaining all the story points found within the BETA of Outlast Trials then
just be warned that we will be going over much of the same details described in that
video but obviously adding in all the missing pieces that we didn't have back then and some
of the smaller details now revealed to us. And this video will be a big one, I debated
shortening it but felt it would do a disservice to the story so we will be covering absolutely
everything we can in this video, so strap in. It's going to be a long journey. Without further or do, let's break down the
story. Our first scene is that of a mouse trying
to reach the pills at the bottom of the bottle. In reality a pretty fitting metaphor for the
lab rats that are taking part in Murkoffs new facility. We pan to a flyer as it's swept away by the
wind, landing on a nearby homeless person. As the person looks at the flyer we can see
that it is asking for people that are lost, lonely, poor or confused. Stating that the miracles of science that
Murkoff can provide them will give them purpose, since the world owes them everything. They accept people of any gender, race, religion,
class or political viewpoint and all you have to do is stop by one of their convenient volunteer
charitable outreach centres before the opportunity is gone forever. And you might be wondering, what does this
gracious opportunity look like? Yeah... not very good. This is how people lose kidneys I'm telling
you. We can see the participants are being transported
while hooded and wheeled into this new facility. When the hood is taken off, it's a complete
horror show. I will have to blur a lot during the video
since YouTube. But trust me, it's definitely not the sight
you were hoping to see when you were promised miracles. A doctor wheels over a table while lowering
a television. The man on the television tells the participant
to not be afraid and assures them that they are safe. All while giving them a goddamn eye injection. The man introduces himself as "Hendrick Joilet
Easterman". A name that is worth remembering as he will
play a big role in the events to come. He continues by explaining that he is a friend,
and along this journey, you will be reborn into a whole new you. The doctor at this stage has finished removing
a device from the head of a deceased reagent. They begin by mentioning how the table consists
of all of your belongings found about your person. Your public records, and also a privately
conducted investigation into your private life. Murkoffs attempt to find out every aspect
of a person's life to be completely sure that nothing could possibly come back to bite them
later. She asks if we consent to the collections
and the other gracious doctor gives us a hand by making us nod. Very kind of him, I must say. They begin drilling the device into the head
of the patient which is of course the signature outlast night vision, in this case, some night
vision goggles. We awake sometime later in the hallway of
a building, with a significant amount of blood loss still on the floor. As we reach futher into the building we can
finally get our eyes on what exactly this place is that Murkoff built. Televisions state to erase your past while
an entire house has been built within a giant warehouse. Much like a movie set, filled with mannequins
and the odd real dead guy here and there. You can even see the employees of Murkoff
watching as you enter the building for the very first time, keeping an eye on everything. We are greeted by a mannequin that is welcoming
us home, asking if it's how we remembered so we can burn it all down once and for all. The televisions in many of the rooms say to
proceed with pre-conditioning. That means the pre-conditioning of mind control,
to set the reagent down the phycological path to change his or her own views and ambitions
to that of the Murkoff Corporation. We get into a room that shows a mannequin
woman over the crib of a baby. Easterman narrates that your birth was the
most destructive thing you have done to the world. Before stating that you must forget the past
in order to embrace the future. To abandon your birth. Our mannequin host escorts us to the next
room and we can now see a scene of early childhood. Easterman explains that even before you could
speak, you have instincts. Before dismissing them as nothing more than
the instincts of an animal, we must forget them. Slowly but surely attempting to erase the
previous life of the reagent piece by piece. A child learns discipline, both rewards and
punishments. And a truly disciplined child is thankful
for both. We can even see some writing on a nearby wall
in the kitchen from a previous reagent straight up saying that dying is easier. Really putting into perspective just how bad
of a situation we truly find ourselves in. Some singing can be heard from the nearby
theatre, as a bunch of child mannequins are watching a show. As we approach the apple we are introduced
to Doctor Futterman, the hand-puppet to Mother Gooseberry. It essentially explains how the Doctor is
going to help rip out our previous self and put in something better. Once outside, Easterman hits a critical strike
on us, saying that we surely loved somebody in our life even if they didn't love us back. Oooph... We are now allowed upstairs to what the host
calls adulthood as Mother Gooseberry gives us a front-row seat to what will happen to
us if we are unwilling to forget our previous self. This gives us the slight opportunity to receive
our public record. Easterman tells us that our job, work, and
purpose are all that the world thought you are. It's time to destroy it and free ourselves
to become something new. Along with a box filled with things from a
private investigation containing all the secrets we have in our life. The way Easterman is explaining it would suggest
that our character has done some pretty crazy stuff. Something you would take to your deathbed. But reminds us that we now have an opportunity
to start over. Once all the files have been destroyed we
make our way to a chair, before a television once again falls from the roof. Easterman praises us for our rehabilitation
and congratulates us on our new life, before explaining that we will now be sent to the
sleeping quarters. A place where we can reflect. This particular place serves as an in-between
for the reagants as they come and go for their trials. The facility is watched closely by the eye
of Murkoff with many different parts containing scientists and staff members that can observe. We even get a very interesting look at an
individual in a wheelchair that approaches the upper windows. I strongly believe this is actually Dr Rudolf
Wernicke from Outlast 1, the person responsible for the Walrider project at Mount Massive
Asylum. He can be seen observing the reagants. If the reagants find themselves slightly peckish,
it's equipped with a kitchen for all the top-quality dining experiences that a growing Murkoff
reagent could possibly need. As well as carefully placed Murkoff propaganda
that is so blatant it's actually funny. You can see the Murkoff employee injecting
the Reagant with something in the middle of a handshake, showing just how sly they can
be. Another fun fact is that caffeine, cigarettes
and alcohol are prohibited within the sleeping quarters. Which seems almost criminal, since they are
probably the top three things I would be reaching for in a situation like this to cope with
this crap. I want to bring some attention to a few of
the phases that have been written on the walls of the facility. We even have some bible verses, such as Matthew
12:43 placed on the walls. In the Bible, Matthew 12:43 says, and I quote
"When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and
does not find it." end quote. And also Luke 11:14. Which says, and I quote "Jesus was driving
out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been
mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed." end quote. These two bible verses really help shape the
narrative of change, and even subtly symbolising that the previous life of these reagants should
be viewed like a demon or impure spirit, something that needed to be cast out and be rid of. At this stage, the reagent would be sent out
on trials to be examined, judged and given a score as to their performance. Throughout these trials, we can find documents
that give us a clearer picture of how exactly all of this came to be and some more details
on who is involved. So I have rearranged all of the documents
you can find and ordered them chronologically so we can get the unfolding story as it happens. And have picked out only the crucial information
from each of the documents since there is so much filler that isn't really relevant. So let's begin. We start off with a document sent by A. Bradley
Avellanos to the board of Murkoff Corporation in 1949, stating a proposal for a New Business
Opportunity. He mentions a new opportunity for great revenue
in the field of chemical refinement for their new friends at the agency. Making the most of the capabilities already
established by Murkoff Pharmaceutical. Agency Asset P. Helliwell, better known as
Paul Helliwell. A real CIA agent that was responsible for
the formation of the Sea Supply Corporation which ran arms to the Thailand Police and
Nationalist Chinese forces in Burma for 10 years between 1951 and 1961. The letter states that he was providing drugs
to the Chang Kai Sheck rebels in Thailand and Burma, indirectly funding their anti-communist
activities. The agency wishes to expand the operation
into Europe and the Middle East and the CIA contacts within the Sicilians are not capable
of refining the drug, lacking the sophistication to do so without risk of blowing the whole
thing sky high. It does say that the Corsicans could do it,
but the CIA doesn't want to insult Mr Luciano. Referring to real-life mobster Salvatore Lucania,
better known as Lucky Luciano. He was shipping narcotics into New York City
in the '40s and early '50s from Italy. Due to this, there is an open position in
manufacturing that Murkoff Pharmaceutical could easily fill and has the added bonus
of allowing Murkoff to become part of the CIA's extra-budgetary activities. Meaning, a near-limitless, global, tax-adjacent
revenue stream, with powerful legal-protective implications. The next file skips a whole four years into
the future to 1953 as the CIA Interview Mr Hendrick Joliet Easterman. This is the same man that was on the screen
at the beginning of the game, giving us the whole I'm your best friend, love me please
spiel. It notes that Easterman is simply a civilian
at this stage. Agent Jameson Lawler of the CIA is asking
Easterman if he was at Dulles's speech in Princeton. Easterman points out that he doesn't like
the tone that Lawler has, saying that it's suggestive that he already knows the answer
despite asking the question. To give some context, the speech in question
was from a man by the name of Allen Dulles, who was the Deputy Director of the CIA. He spoke in 1953 of brain perversion techniques
and brain warfare that he claimed were being conducted by the Soviets at the time. Lawler says that Brainwashing has already
infiltrated the popular imagination, large part due to the speeches of Dulles. Saying that only July of 1952 it was the front
page story in every U.S city. He says that twenty-one American Prisoners
of war refused to come home, red-blooded Americans that would rather make a home in Communist
China than return to the US. Telling Easterman, that the question they
need answered is "Why in the name of God would anybody, given the choice, become a communist?". Easterman says that what Lawler is talking
about is thought reform. Something he worked strictly out of assumptions
based on the German psyche in the lead-up to 1933. Lawler agrees and mentions that the notion
of belief is the same within dangerous political circles, calling it a subtle menace that is
seeping into the culture, advertising, music etc. Lawler brings up the death of Eastermans brother,
who apparently committed self-dead. Apologies for the wording but, YouTube is
pretty serious about this stuff. But was saying that he died in Korea and that
he was a Lieutenant. Easterman calls out Lawler again about how
he asks questions that don't really question since he already knows the answers to all
of them before asking. Stating that the reason for his brother's
death is unknown since he died alone and the forensics were sloppy. Suggesting that he might have been murdered. Lawler offers Easterman an opportunity, to
study what happened to his Brother in Korea, stating that the CIA is holding K.P.A brainwashing
subject in Hong Kong and they need someone with Eastermans skill set to investigate. We now jump over to a letter sent to the wife
of Easterman, named Irene. He asks his wife to burn the letter after
reading it, saying he essentially hates Hong Kong life but is fascinated with his initial
interviews. He feels certain he will be able to find the
evidence needed to prove his brother's murder, saying he interviewed four veterans and one
minister. All of which were prisoners of the Korean
People's Army. He hasn't found evidence of psychological
programming yet but does believe that the degree of trauma is impressive. We now jump into 1954 as Easterman has taken
to writing personal journal entries about top secret matters that have absolutely no
business being anywhere near a goddamn dairy but nonetheless. Here we are. He is currently stationed in Berlin, Germany
waiting for his flight back to China. (Remembering this is only nine years after
World War 2). He is pondering the idea of the spoils of
war, and what it was like before land and treasure. He says in World War 2 the spoils of war are
instead cultural, saying that national socialism has much to teach us about infrastructure,
propaganda and leadership. The true spoils of war, as he puts it were
reaped in Hiroshima, in the use of weapons that could mean instantaneous global death. In truly meaningless, nonexistent, extinction
nobody will be remembered because nobody will be around to remember. I must say a very bleak outlook on things,
that has me over here staring blankly into my computer monitor. I mean... I don't know what I expected, the Outlast
story is hardly rainbows and unicorns but damn... Easterman says that the agency wants a full
investigation into the technique of hsi nao. Which translates to wash brain, and they have
set Easterman up with an observation post with dozens of veterans to study. Both Western and Chinese, already exposed
to the techniques. He feels he has found even greater lessons,
however, saying that the Chinese Communist Parties have celebrated the ideological remodelling
of a whole population. Which by all indications is already taking
hold. He does however make the observation that
the brainwashed Veterans are largely listless, near-catatonic in between bouts of aggression. Calling them more akin to broken children
than programmed machines. The next entry is another entry into the personal
journal of Dr Easterman. He believes that he has broken Private Raymous
by employing Benzedrine to pep him to a talkative state, but his testimony is filled with repetition
and contradiction. He states that the sessions are cut short
by the appearance of "The Doctor" otherwise referred to as "Doctor Skinner". An invisible spectre that manifests whenever
Easterman asks directly about Raymous's captors. They increased his dosage of Benzedrine but
it ended up sending the private into a permanent catatonic state. His cardio and galvanograph readings suggest
he is still facing the torments of the doctor. Along with an expression on his face which
is twisted into a permanent expression of pain and fear. Even comparing the face to the hideous smile
on a Japanese Hannya mask. Moving on to April, we have a correspondence
between Easterman and Olivier Baranzyk. If you are wondering who Baranzyk is, he was
the Assistant Director of Behavioral Medicines at Mount Massive Hospital between 1954 and
1963. You can actually find a picture of him within
Mount Massive Asylum in Outlast 1 on which the game is based. He mentions to Easterman that their mutual
friend at the CIA Jameson Lawler has been sharing with him the findings in Hong Kong. And that his research synchronizes remarkably
with the dream therapy work they are working on in Los Alamos at Mount Massive. He says that he has secured agency cooperation
to bring Easterman to Los Alamos to meet the Murkoff team of researchers and that he will
be able to find the tickets and documents on his bedside table. Before strongly suggesting that he accept
the invitation as the letter he has sent is has highly sensitive national security issues
and now Eastermans knowledge of such activities even without his active participation, could
represent a great security risk that requires some... enforceable form of silence. If you need a translation for that tongue
twister it essentially means, accept the invitation or you will be bird food within the next 24
hours. We can see in another journal entry that the
trip to Los Alamos proved fruitful for Easterman as he mentions reviewing the notes of Dr.
Wernicke. This is the same doctor we see in Outlast
1 and observing the reagants in the sleep room, the one responsible for the Walrider
Project. Saying that if he were alone in these endeavours
he would categorize him as delusional, and damaged from his participation in the Nazi
business. But since his work has been thoroughly vetted
he is left feeling unmoored from reality. Another journal entry talks about a time that
Easterman visited a bookshop in Santa Fe as he recalls a favourite monster story from
his childhood. A story of feeble pulp from a slavering fetishist. And mentions a paragraph that has stuck with
him as oddly applicable to his new friends at Los Alamos. I will read the paragraph in full as I think
it's pretty interesting. It's as followed. "The most merciful thing in the world, I think,
is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in
the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction,
have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge
will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that
we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace
safety of a new dark age." A very sombre message, but if you aren't quite
sure of its meaning. It's essentially a play on the idea that ignorance
is bliss. The idea is that what you don't know cannot
hurt you, and with that ignorance comes safety. But only when you peer deeper seeking knowledge
will you actually begin to understand, this is when you can truly be hurt. I want to make a quick thank you to SSDDaimyo,
who commented on our previous video on Outlast Trials story during the BETA and pointed out
that the author that Easterman is referring to in this is actually famous horror author
HP Lovecraft. And the quote is from the end of Call of Cthulhu,
so, yeah bonus points for finding that out. Thanks again Daimyo! Moving onto another Journel entry as Easterman
talks about how he has been warned about Dr Wernicke and describes the phrase "We can
overlook his past for the sake of the future." Meaning that Wernicke has done some really
messed up things but he's too valuable to get rid of. Baranczyk seems to think that Eastermans research
into brainwashing and ideological revision seems to mesh seamlessly with Wernick's work
with microwave signals and guided visual stimulation. Easterman attempts to get clarity on Wernicke's
intentions on his experiences but is spurred away each time. A strange thing is mentioned at the bottom
of the letter how Wernike mentions that straight relationships are doomed. Before Easterman mentions that he is having
strange dreams since arriving at Los Alamos. Even stating that Wernike is a vital and handsome
man and that he might need to request his wife out there to be able to concentrate. The fact he is having strange dreams and also
the unusual and out-the-blue compliments towards Wernick suggests that Wernick might be using
his microwave signalling on Easterman. We now get some interesting new information
from news clippings that are transcribed for records of Easterman. It speaks of a deranged airman that murdered
a family of five and he even did some... unconsenting things to the family members and possibly
even several animals as well. The man's name was Jerome Gillette, and before
you think it, no he has no affiliation with the razor brand. He was 37 and found naked and disoriented
among some hogs outside the scene of the crime. And is now being held in an unknown location. He states he has no memory of the crime, though
physical evidence at the scene makes his guilt obvious. He told officers his last memory was Sunday
night's fireworks and mentions being offered chewing gum from a woman in white before blacking
out and waking up among the hogs. I mean... damn... I have heard of waking up in bushes and stuff
like that but waking up naked surrounded by hogs is... it's up there... Lawler sends a message to Avellanos in regards
to the news clipping about Gillette, saying to have a newspaper couriered. That a crime that is disgusting and violent,
committed in public needs to be sure that the press does not make public any connections
between the crime, airbase and CIA/Murkoff activities. Avellanos replies saying that progress is
rarely clean and easy. Stating the incident as regrettable but to
think of it as a speedbump in the road. He goes on to mention that Sinyala will solve
this problem and any issues that could arrive in the future. Saying that it's now only a matter of money,
Murkoff has made a very reasonable proposal for how it can be sourced outside congressional
approval. We now head futher in time to 1955 as there
is another news clipping about a raid on Futterland. Two police are dead and half a dozen injured
during a raid on a studio of disgraced children's variety show host Phyllis Futterman, better
known to her fans as Mother Gooseberry. She was charged with conspiracy to commit
murder, kidnapping, and racketeering. She has been using her television platform
and dental drops business to hook a generation of children on narcotics, violence, theft
and even murder. The Police chief described Futterland as the
most grotesque architectural perversion since H.H. Holmes Chicago Murder Castle. If you wondering, H.H. Holmes was a serial
killer in Chicago during the 19th century, he's widely regarded as America's first Serial
Killer. He built a whole hotel to act like a maze,
with doors to nowhere and secret walls that could change the architecture of the hotel
so he could murder guests. Bad Stuff all around. We now get some recommendation letters for
Scarfiott addressed to Avellanos. It mentions that Murkoff is looking for an
architect for its project in Arizona, and mentions that a Navy engineer by the name
of Moses Scarfiotti. He is a Stanford man, top of his class and
more importantly, one of them. He can be trusted and the CIA would highly
recommend him to be considered for the architect role. It doesn't take Murkoff long before they formally
interview Scarfiotti for the role. Scarfiotti asks Avellanos if he has been to
Disneyland, and Avellanos responds that he doesn't have children. Scarfiotti says that it doesn't matter and
that he should go since it's the future and that Helliwell keeps asking him to go, the
same Helliwell mentioned earlier in the documents. He says that Disneyland moves people through
it and the shapes instruct the visitors how to behave. When to be delighted, hungry, and compliant
that it was wonderful, he has never seen so many happy people. Avellanos asks if Scarfiotti knows how Mr
Disney achieved this, this being, you guessed it, the king of the mouse, Walt Disney. Scarfiotti believes that he does, saying that
it's so clear once you've seen it and that there were hints of it in Germany. Alright, quick composure break. It's a lot of documents, it makes my brain
hurt as well but, just wanted to give everyone a quick moment to relax. I hope you have enjoyed the video thus far,
if you have maybe consider hitting the like button on the video so other people can see
it as well. It would mean a lot, and write Reborn in the
comments down below so I know you got this far. Anyway, we should probably get back into it
since there is still a good chunk of files to break down. We now find ourselves in 1956 as Clyde Perry
is messaging Avellanos in regards to surveillance on a Leland Coyle. He had altercations with Oklahoma law enforcement,
there was anecdotal evidence of animal abuse and even SA as a child led to a military academy
education. He joined the KKK and married at nineteen
just for his wife to die six months later after "falling down the stairs". He then joined the Marines to avoid investigation. Went on to serve two years in the Pacific
theatre with three confirmed enemy kills and two suspicious friendly fire kills in his
company as well. He returned back to Oklahoma, resumed activity
in the Klan and then goes on to get into Law enforcement. He also keeps very complete notes and has
an inflated view of his own stature within the world. It notes that he is an extremely effective
policeman, gaining enormous profit from exploitation and extortion. He marries a second time and proceeds to extort
his new wife's family. The wife's family goes on to die in an electrical
fire and she flees to Chicago before dying of "natural causes". If you think this absolutely insane story
ends there, it doesn't. He marries a third time, his third wife apparently
self-deads and is found with gunshot wounds to the head. That wife's family dies within a year, all
apparent self-deads via increasingly violent and convoluted methodologies. Coyle has been seen standing in a field watching
lightning storms on five different occasions and he displays extreme charisma and is widely
popular among his fellow police. I mean holy crap man, Coyle is next-level
crazy. Even for the normal Outlast villain, my man
was going for kill streaks. Back to some letters between Clyde Perry and
Avellanos regarding a Coyle interview. Apparently, Clyde has arranged to meet Coyle
at a bar under the pretence of bribery. It didn't go well however as Coyle saw right
through Perry and the conversation took a violent turn. Perry states that he had the feeling of being
a crippled mouse being used as a plaything by a tomcat. Believing that if he had intended to kill
him, he would not be writing right now. Once again praising his charisma and proceeds
to highly recommend Coyle for PROJECT LATHE. He goes on to mention that he has two broken
fingers, a lot of bruising, and even peeing blood to top it all off. Another letter from Perry speaks about Phyllis
Futterman, the woman described earlier. An interview was conducted at Holmesburg Prison
in North Philadelphia. It describes her as nearly unrecognizable
compared to archive photos and mugshots. Futterman, along with the majority of inmates
have been subjected to dermatological experiments under the supervision of Doctor Kligman. Once again this small detail is based on a
real person, this time Doctor Albert Kligman, who received huge backlash for unethical dermatological
experiments in Philidelphia stemming from ringworm treatments. And in this note, Futterman has been exposed
to carbonic acid, dioxin and grafts of infected flesh. Dear god, ew. It does however say that other inmates have
gotten it much worse. Despite this, her physical health remains
remarkable, even if she looks like yesterday's guacamole. And we can learn a bit more about Mother Gooseberry
in a background check done on her. She was the daughter of a Dr A Futterman,
her mother was out of the picture. She worked for her father from a young age
and used puppets to distract kids during drilling and surgery. She enjoys taxidermy and musical theatre and
the popularity of the futtermans resulted in a TV program called "The Mother Gooseberry
Hour" which aired in 1951. After Dr Futterman's death, Phyllis suffered
hysteria and disassociation. It's also noted that his corpse has not been
found. This an interesting thing to learn since we
know that the name of Mother Gooseberries' puppet is Dr Futterman. Presumably named after her father, and the
added fact that Gooseberry also regularly calls the puppet Daddy during conversations,
eludes to that point even more. After his death, the tone of the show changed
dramatically, conditioning adolescent audiences through abuse and praise causing the audience
to become almost cult-like, engaging in immoral behaviours for her. Police raided the studio in 1955 and Phyllis
retreated into the puppetry tunnels beneath the set and used her drill to kill two policemen
and injure five while being apprehended. This resulted in a life sentence to Holmsburg
Prison. Interestingly, we can see some private communications
between Scarfiotti and Avellanos regarding Easterman. Explaining how the board is all hot and bothered
over the tax savings inherent in populating the trials with the charitable outreach centres. The whole operation of running the centres,
recruiting volunteers and trucking them to Sinyala is a bulletproof tax deduction and
also a clever way to hide money coming in from the CIA. They believe that Easterman will sabotage
himself sooner or later and that the profits will be glorious. Speaking of Charity Outreach Centres, we also
have a file that asks to have Scarfiotti and Avallenos that thirty-seven Murkoff Charity
Outreach Centres are now operational and intaking potential patients. An additional six centres will be open, pending
signage since Scarfiotti's insistence that any Murkoff Coperations branding be limited
to the inside of the centre. Outside public view. Followed by a list of locations which have
centres, which is the majority of the U.S. but god damn, Murkoff is having a field day
in New York. We get to see an internal letter within Murkoff
saying how in response to the unanticipated volume of patients volunteering at the centres. Murkoff has purchased a controlling share
in Liberty Meat Hauling LLC. How nobody found it suspicious that a pharmaceutical
company has the need to buy majority shares in a meat-hauling company is beyond me. Now the cost of transporting patient volunteers
to the facility is cut by roughly 72% but the experimental population volunteers will
require extra sanitation as the stink is considerable. And Murkoff will continue to transport beef
in the cars for the return trips, and the sanitisation of human waste in the cattle
cars is not necessary, thanks to recent rollbacks in regulations. This means that all of those volunteers are
being transported, hooded, in piles of human and cattle waste. Lovely. Another note can be found from Baranczyk to
Avellanos. He asks if he has been monitoring the PAPERCLIP
work coming out of Los Alamos as Dr Wernicke's Sleep Therapy Lab is showing an extremely
suspicious fixation on the last few Reagents coming out of the Sinyala Facility. The Sinyala facility by the way is the one
that is used in Outlast Trials. Apparently, Barancyzk has a secretary who
eavesdrops on Wernicke as she can also speak German. Apparently, Wernicke said that Easterman may
have made the most fruitful mistake in modern science since the creation of Penicillin. Barancyzk sees this as a provocative statement
and is cautious to put too much stock into Wernick's words on account of his cynicism
and condescension of all things American. But asks Avallanos to tell him about PAPERCLIP
activities at Los Alamos, and in return he could share details with him. A personal report, regarding a report to the
board about PROJECT LATHE's death count. The following list is the tally of deaths
and injuries incurred by Doctor Eastermans Limbic Aggression Therapy (Better known as
PROJECT LATHE) 109 from the Reagants, 32 Staff Security,
8 Research Staff, 17 Maintenance Staff and even the visitors aren't safe with 5. Quite the body count, as it's stressed that
no redesign or hardening will make the trial environments at the Sinyala facility acceptably
safe. And as a result, strongly suggests immediate
shutdown. Another Correspondence of Easterman can be
found as he sends a letter to Baranczyk. He is essentially sucking up to him, saying
how he has always admired his character. Especially as he will soon be making a recommendation
to the board on whether or not Sinyala will continue to receive funding. He goes on to say that they have found a way
to salvage current resources and push forward into even more exciting research. Since PROJECT LATHE created psychotics, which
has been a partial success. They are working to create agents willing
to do anything, even murder if necessary. But they currently lack the necessary subtlety
and control. Since it was based on classical operant conditioning,
focusing on subconscious triggers. Calling it crude but it has revealed an unexpected
and extremely promising side effect. The setbacks have left Murkoff with an enormous
number of LATHE subjects for autopsy. And those revealed strange tumour-like growths
in the parietal lobes. Easterman believes that this suggests an avenue
for a more precise form of Operant Conditioning and he will spend the next few days creating
a proof of concept after which he will share his theory with Barancyzk. A journal entry from Easterman mentions how
he believes Scarfiotti to be conspiring against him trying to use the recent events of LATHE
as evidence of his incompetence. Stating that transference is common in therapy. Prime Assets Mother Gooseberry apparently
sees Easterman as a proxy to her father while Coyle is projecting a veritable parade of
murder victims to his feet. He says that accidents happen, and people
died. He takes full responsibility but clarifies
that science is a matter of experimentation. And since they can't control the Prime Assets,
it also means they can't control the experimental population. If PROJECT LATHE is allowed to collapse, all
of them will be liquidated. He thinks that if life gives you lemons, then
you make some damn lemonade. Since LATHE proved reprogramming is possible
he will use the trial environments, along with the Prime Assets and their ex-population
will be the anvil against which they hammer the true subjects. From this point on he wants meaningless test
subjects. Neither damaged and broken mental patients,
nor charismatic killers like Gooseberry and Coyle. He wants the vanquishable, the unloved and
the unformed. Subjects that are the opposite of special. This is who we play as, the downtrodden. Men and women are down on their luck in society. And also with the added bonus of nobody searching
for them when they go missing. Easterman and by proxy Murkoff wish to take
advantage of these people. Easterman has a conversation with Scarfiotti
and Avellanos in regard to this realisation. Stating that Gooseberry, Whitehorn and Coyle
have developed a cult of personality. This is the opposite of what he needs, asking
instead for blank canvases, those lost and hopeless, people who can break into nothing. Avellanos says that they already had that
in the experimental population from Mount Massive Hospital, which Easterman refutes
since they were full of damage, and trauma. They couldn't empty them out, only shovelling
in more damage and trauma. Avellanos mentions that Easterman has his
attention before Easterman mentions that we would only be throwing away Murkoffs money
if they shut it down. Instead by pivoting to the next phase, there
will be no added cost outside of getting the new reagents. Saying that once the next generation of reagents
are finished they will be ready to release into the world, acting as agents that can
be released into the culture and cause change without being consumed by the system. Avellanos calls out the fact this was the
initial promise yet they are now millions of dollars into failure. Easterman believes this could make history
and not in the sense of an idiom. Meaning that they could LITERALLY. MAKE. HISTORY. Easterman now begins to look into the autopsies
of the previous subjects. And after searching dozens of brains, has
realised that there is zero correlation between stimulus and lesion growth. The only consistency close to being interesting
is a shared vision of this skinner man. Some nightmare man making his way through
the test subjects. But that isn't science, he begins to lose
hope as he states that Murkoff will shut down LATHE, calling it a disaster. However, desperate times call for desperate
measures. So Easterman sends another message to Baranczyk
saying how the proof of concept was a phenomenal success. Stating the parietal lesions formed just as
expected, allowing him to adjust the Cortical Homunculus with surprising precision. Once conditioned, Murkoff will be able to
set predetermined behaviours in the subject's brain. Belief will follow, making subtle adjustments
that can make agents capable of almost anything. Using feelings like temptation and addiction
to help encourage the subject to follow the order. And once acted upon, the motivation of that
temptation will follow. He asks once more for Barancyzk to continue
PROJECT LATHE, stating it will be Murkoffs century. It doesn't take long until we get confirmation
that PROJECT LATHE TWO will be officially authorized. Now change the name from Limbic Aggression
Therapy in documentation to Latent Agency Therapy. Also mentioning that overall operational costs
should be much less than phase ONE and that oversight from Los Alamos and cooperation/influx
will be minimal from Mount Massive. An interesting discussion is had between Easterman
and Scarfiotti regarding what exactly they are doing to the reagants. Easterman mentions that they are not creating
behaviours in the reagents, but instead, they are creating complexes. A psychological complex has a story, its pain
mixed in with a story. Using the example if somebody is frequently
burned with cigarettes; they will quickly learn a fear response to a smouldering cigarette,
and their behaviour will change to avoid cigarettes from that point on. Now let's say that somebody is frequently
burned with cigarettes by their mother who is beautiful and voluptuous, (not entirely
sure why that's relevant but sure.) But she whispers "I love you but the doughnuts
are making you fat" That person hasn't learnt a behaviour, that person now has a complex. It creates contradictory objectives, justice
through lies, faith through absurdity, mercy through violence or in the case of the example
love through punishment. It doesn't require much redesign. Coyle will believe he is the law in his own
private fiefdom. While Gooseberry will believe she is in her
own make-believe world of childhood joy. That belief will allow them to control the
ex-pops to create a furnace of complexes that will burn away the reagent's personalities. We also get some more information into some
research that Easterman did in regards to the skinner man. He mentions that the influx of funding was
so unexpected that he initially believed it to be an accounting error. Barancyzk is insisting that Easterman share
his test results with the PAPERCLIP team at Los Alamos, especially with the skinner man. He thinks it's ridiculous since it's just
dreams, but points out that Wernick thinks everything is possible in dreams. One of the sleep room observers suggested
that the skinner man is a reflection of Easterman. Simply because he overhead reagents calling
it Doctor Skinner. He thinks this is ridiculous and mentions
that the correlation between heart attacks and strokes with the skinner man's appearance
is only that. We now get some surveillance documents regarding
some ex-reagents. Including Reagent 0877, which was viewed as
uneventful. They attended a baseball game, and had two
meals at a diner, a relatively uneventful month overall. Meanwhile, reagent 0946 was quite eventful,
the subject exited the apartment before dawn. Walked through the residential neighbourhood
and observed a bird falling from the sky. The subject then stepped on the bird. Bird Dead. They then proceeded to have two fits of crying
throughout the day, one fit of uncontrollable laughter and then went on to perform their
job well. It was also overheard from the subject that
the bird fell from the sky with the power of the mind. The next file mentions that Reagent 0946 had
to be terminated and is now awaiting cleanup. The subject was observed at a theatre and
approached a group of adolescents claiming they had extra-sensory abilities. The adolescents laughed and fled but the subject
followed them. The subject tried to climb into the house
of the youngest adolescent, roughly twelve years old. They were then intercepted and engaged the
subject in a physical altercation. It took six shots to the head and chest and
a garrote to finish the job. However, you remember the boring Reagent. Well, Avellanos has requested them to be retrieved
and transported to our office in Los Alamos for futher study. Baranczyk will be there to retrieve and process
the patient. Afterwards, Barancyzk sends a message to Easterman
regarding 0877. Mentioning that the reagent has proven a remarkable
inspiration to our PAPERCLIP guests. Avellanos told Barancyzk that it's rare for
one of your test subjects to survive as long as 0877 and hopes for more to achieve similar
ascendance. And will increase funding per Los Alamos contributions. Reagent 0877 is also the subject that Wernick
compared to being like the modern-day discovery of penicillin. There are quite a few theories online that
suggest that Reagent 0877 might actually be Sullivan Knoth from Outlast 2. Due to some interesting connections between
the two and also a notable thing in regards to the final objective of Outlast Trials which
we will get to at the end. That could be a whole video of its own, and
I won't go too much into detail here as this video will already be a long one but worth
checking out if you have the time. Not much longer to go, let's finish up these
documents. Another reagent 1616 was fired from the shoe
department over misconduct with a customer. They were later observed in an emotional state
and all trigger tests were successful. They had lapses in memory and sporadic bouts
of near-catatonic behaviour. The subject wandered the town, continued to
use metal objects to press around their eye and mouth and continues looking in different
directions which the survallience team noted as strange. The same subject sells all their possessions
and boards a bus to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Once there, they apply for multiple jobs and
are noted as having an abiding interest in the ladies. They speak to a woman, described as a loose
character. Bit of a rough observation, but they display
good charisma and manage to take the woman back to the hotel room. They use the test trigger while they were
inside and apparently, the subject showed exceptional and immediate results. Lethal outcome before neutralization was possible
and clean-up is now required. The subject continues on Day 15 of surveillance
to show odd behaviour with metal objects. Even pretending to be a human compass. He then holds the metal to his eye or mouth
and turns in circles, and ends up heading west/northwest. The observation team used a map and traced
the headings from the human compass, with starting points in Fort Worth and Albuquerque. Lines connect within forty miles of the Sinyala
Facility. They note the subject could be picking up
some kind of signal. And that is every single document you can
find in Outlast Trials, 53 if you want the exact number. However, that is not the end, once the subject
has completed the three trials and completed program X, which is just redoing the previous
trials under harder conditions. The Reagant will receive tokens that can be
spent to allow them to be Reborn. Once paid to the security officer you will
once again be greeted by Easterman. He explains that the trials are now inside
them and they only need to survive one final test to escape this place. Calling them the most perfect weapon, the
most innocent child ever born. The future. We once again see the hostess Mannaquien as
she mentions that the boxes on the table are tokens from your new life. Public records and private files. Your task is to take them to the appropriate
authorities, placing them back in the locations that you took the previous files from at the
beginning of your journey. You will be tasked with deciphering the final
tests, which will put everything you have learnt throughout the previous three trials
to the test. Once you exit the door, the reagent will appear
in the water. With a large white glow on the horizon which
you can run towards. The sound is very similar to a light that
can be seen and heard in Outlast 2. You awake inside your home with blood on your
hands and feet. Having no memory of how you got to your current
location as the phone begins to ring. On the phone, you hear Easterman tell you
three worlds. Spider, Eye, Lamb. The trigger words needed to turn you into
the special agent that they need you to be. And thus ends the story of Outlast Trials,
I found similarities to Outlast 2 at the end to be fascinating as the verses mentioned
from Martas were spider-eyed lamb. A futher connection to Knoth's gospel is possibly
influenced completely by Murkoff. And also one of the devs mentioned that the
facility is located near Temple Gate in Outlast 2 which helps with the theory. But regardless, I really hope you enjoyed
the video. Remember to put Reborn in the comments below
to let me know you got this far. This was a lot of work to get done so I hope
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in the future, also if you are interested in what actually transpires when you are running
through the trials within the facility, be sure to check out this video to get all the
details. Until next time, peace!
