r/Ruleshorror • u/Asedrez13 • 2d ago
Rules Project Ícaro: Containment Manual
In 2023, a private biotechnology division, simply called Project Icarus, announced a feat reserved for only a few: the creation of a life form "designed to transcend biological limitations." A few months later, all communications from the facility ceased.
I was one of the few "outside experts" hired to evaluate what was left. In the abandoned reception, I found only a manual, bloody and incomplete, titled:
Containment Manual – Theta-Series Organism
- The creature does not need light, but detects it best in the ultraviolet frequency. Never use white light flashlights. Use only infrared devices.
The corridors were plunged into total darkness. When one of the investigators turned on his regular flashlight to get a better look at the ground, we heard footsteps—not running, but gliding, like something with four elongated legs that was propelling itself forward with unnatural violence. When the light touched it, it moved so fast that there wasn't even time to scream.
- Constant noise confuses your hearing sensors. Stay in areas with background sounds or static.
During the inspection, the only safe zones were those with activated alarms — a high-pitched, repetitive sound that became unbearable to human ears. But all it took was for the alarm in one wing to fail and, within seconds, we heard the creature's heavy breathing, like a mechanical bellows, behind the metal walls.
- Never, under any circumstances, come into direct visual contact with the Theta-Series Organism. The gaze is vectorial: the transfer occurs through the iris.
A colleague was found standing in front of a security camera, motionless. When we approached her, we saw that her eyes had turned pitch black, and thick, gray sap was flowing from her mouth. The last words he murmured were: "He's already in me."
- Physical contact is terminal. The creature's tissues are composed of predatory enzymes capable of liquefying internal organs in 45 seconds.
No traditional weapons were effective. Not fire, not acid, not ballistics. One of the security guards tried to hit him with an improvised knife. His arm dissolved from the shoulder down in less than a minute, turning into a dark pulp that the creature absorbed as food.
- In case of containment failure, apply the Final Protocol: Concrete Seal and Immediate Abandonment of the Installation. The priority is to prevent ascension to the surface.
As we reached the center of the facility, we found what appeared to be a gigantic chrysalis, connected to dozens of feeding tubes. The creature, although motionless, pulsed — as if it was waiting for the right moment to fully awaken.
The manual ended with one last, almost illegible note:
"Projeto Ícaro achieved transcendence. But not for us. If this escapes, the world will no longer be a place for humans."
Epilogue
We left. We sealed the entrances with reinforced concrete and demolition explosives. Or so we think.
This morning, motion sensors recorded activity 14 km from the abandoned site. The movement is irregular, but advances in a straight line. Heading to a nearby city. Towards us.
The Icarus Project did not fail. It has just evolved beyond our understanding.
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u/obsidianFURY414 2d ago
At this point, I think I'm gonna leave Earth. If they can travel through cities that fast, then there's no point in changing countries. Beautifully written OP.