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THE BRAINJELLY [OSR1-CA1-D2]

Lovingly nicknamed 'Brainjelly John' by AIRlabs employ, is an abnormality hosted by AIRlabs, originally found in xxxxxxxx.

[Section 1] The Brainjelly is a semi-solid mass consisting of a bright pink Jello-like material, albeit slightly more resilient. It requires no support to stay upright and at first glace would give off the impression of being entirely solid. Typically, there is at least one human brain suspended inside of the Brainjelly. The jelly material itself feels cold to the touch and can easily give way when pressure is applied to it. While the Brainjelly is sentient, the amount it has resembles more that of a crow than of a human. Despite the human brain(s), it's intelligence is equally similar to a crow's. It's ability to "think" seems to come from the jelly itself more so than the brains themselves. Depending on the instance, the Brainjelly can be almost any size, as it can have pieces removed from it of any size, and can grow to a larger size naturally [See section 3] if left alone. [Section 2] Removing pieces of the Brainjelly causes one of two possibilities;     1. If you are to remove a piece of the Brainjelly with at least one brain present in the removed jelly, it will continue to act as if it was still a single entity.     2. Likewise, a piece of the Brainjelly with no brains present in the removed jelly ceases to function as a single entity. In case 1, the removed jelly continues functions as a single entity, continuing to be able to "communicate" with the original section it was removed from. This ability does not seem to be weakened by distance. In case 2, the removed jelly ceases to be able to "communicate" with the original section, and all existing thought processes are reduced to the most basic instincts. It continues it's other functions in an attempt to grow and gain a brain again, such as "trapping" prey. [see section 3] [Section 3] [OSR1] The Brainjelly has a consistent radial effect. If you are to visually perceive the Brainjelly you will be uncontrollably compelled to "enter" the jelly. We still are not exactly sure why or how this happens, as the Brainjelly does not exactly have any particularly... remarkable features to fixate onto. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RADIAL EFFECT;     1. If one sees the Brainjelly through a camera, image, window, or any other means of observing the Brainjelly without being in the same room, there will not be any effect whatsoever.     2. If the Brainjelly is smaller than a human, any compulsions in favour of the Brainjelly present cease to be present among humans. However, it does still effect small animals in equal size or smaller to itself. This suggests that the Brainjelly can selectively control it's own effect. To prevent danger of any Brainjelly compulsions, we heavily suggest wearing any type of eye covering that fully obscures your vision before entering any room with a large amount of jelly present. [CA1] Whenever a creature is consumed by the Brainjelly, it slowly gets corroded over time, with dissolved organic material being converted into more jelly to further expand it's size, even if by a small amount. It grows considerably slowly; as such, there is no worry of rapid growth-related safety concerns. Due to fact the jelly takes around 2-3 full days (48-72 hours) to completely digest a fully grown adult, victims can, in theory, be safely removed from the Brainjelly. [See Closing Notes] Creatures smaller than a human vary in how long they take to digest based off of their size; mice typically take around 5 hours and large rats around 7 hours. Whenever we tried to test the digestion rate of a cat, Dr. Pokelsky, the owner of said cat, vehemently refused to let us do so. Additionally, the jelly seems to be able to digest nearly any material put into it, organic or not - yet it will keep human brains intact. This leads us to believe that it somehow can selectively digest what gets trapped within the jelly. Further testing will be required to find out how this is possible, as selective corrosion may be helpful for many uses. The Brainjelly seems to refuses or is unable to consume anything smaller than a mouse, such as insects. Not only do insects seem to be utterly unaffected by the compelling pull of the jelly, they also simply seem to stick to the jelly for a while before easily leaving, potentially suggesting that they're too small to be able to apply enough pressure to break the surface of the jelly. While the Brainjelly can consume animals smaller than itself, it seems to prefer to only use human brains for energy. [Section 4] As of 02/07/XXXX, the Brainjelly has found a home and a purpose, still within the walls of AIRlabs. As previously stated, the Brainjelly can communicate with itself no matter the distance, and has the intelligence around the level comparable to a crow - an animal which has been observed to learn and have the ability to understand and solve puzzles. This results in being able to train and use the Brainjelly as a security mainframe throughout nearly every AIRlabs division. The main hub of AIRlabs has a room dedicated to the Brainjelly, hosting the most amount of mass and brains, routinely fed and harvested of jelly and extra brains to transport to and then use in other locations. The jelly itself is then hooked into a surveillance system, effectively rendering it in near-fully control of all surveillance systems. It is trained to recognize threats and escaped individuals, both Subjects and Abnormalities, along with taught how to manually close and open doors, turn alarms on and off, and to alert higher level security officers of where an issue is occurring. So far within the past decade, this system has proven to be entirely safe. The Brainjelly is not able to intentionally sabotage and is unable to be bribed. If the Brainjelly were to make a mistake, security personnel and higher level scientists are able to override all manual lockdowns. [CLOSING NOTES]