The Queen & The Egg Sac
Appearance:
A soft saddle stitched pamphlet bound in worn leather. The cover is green and speckled with light and dark stains from an unknown source. It is 54 pages in length with every page contaminates by the same fluid staining the covers. The book appears to have been hand written.
Content:
The book is announced as “The methodology of attaining pure nigredo under the Great Putrefaction”. The initial section has the author explaining how they have found the magnum opus through nigredo alone by constructing something called the resurrection mound.
Following this they leave some notes about the physical appearance of the mound and its inhabitants. Apparently a Queen nurtures an egg sac that holds great power inside while workers assimilate flesh in to the mound and puppeteer the dead as guards.
Most of the book is alchemical equations of the methodology for constructing the mound, creating the Queen and safely extracting the Egg Sac. Most of these alchemical equations are nonsensical with unclear instructions speaking more conceptually than scientifically.
The final few pages suggest that the author gave themselves to the mound entirely.
Abnormality:
Two separate powers have been recorded from this book. The first can occur in any reader, shortly after exposure the victim will feel as though they are being stung by insects over the following few days with this escalating to actual physical injuries if exposure continues. This has yet to be found to be fatal.
The second power has only been confirmed based off the investigation associated with its acquisition. Certain people who resonate with the book are capable of following the book’s methodology to create the resurrection mound. All attempts to perform this during testing has failed.
Acquisition:
The Queen & The Egg Sac was found in the back offices of ███████ ████ pest control in ████. The search was performed as a part of an ongoing investigation where it was discovered the pest control building was being used as a make shift laboratory for experimentation on vermin and insects.
The investigation started after child protective services were called to ███████ where they found a large pile of rotten meat and bones in the back garden surrounded by a vast number of dead hornets. When questioned the Mother blamed the exterminators for it.
Neither of the exterminators have been able to be located and have been listed as missing person cases.
Classification:
“The Great Putrefaction” just another name for the crawling rot to add to the list. Another soul who stumbled on something they could not understand and tried to make it conform to their pre-existing beliefs.
It will be stored in the appropriate wing. Testing will not be performed for this book as it describes in great detail what the mound is and it does not sound beneficial in the slightest.