📂 POST 6: THE DEEP SONG (NARRATIVE)

Incident Report: The Deep Song

FIELD LOG: KELSEY, J. | DATE: NOV 03, 1885 | LOCATION: BLACK ROCK GEYSER BASIN

The air wasn’t just hot; it was a physical pressure, like swimming through molasses. The ground vibrated with a low, resonant hum that made the teeth ache and the eyeballs rattle. Laughing Crow didn't need the surveyor's compass; he just followed the feeling.

“She sings,” he rumbled, his voice barely audible over the thrumming. “A song of waking.”

[SEISMOGRAPH ANOMALY DETECTED]

FREQ: 1.8-2.2 Hz (Infrasound) | AMPLITUDE: Unstable

NOTE: Local wildlife exhibiting extreme distress / Flight patterns disrupted.

We rounded a bend in the steaming earth, and there it was. Not a geyser, but a pillar. It rose from the earth like a shattered ribcage of pure, translucent quartz, pulsing with an inner light that was somehow both searing and ancient. Steam curled off its crystalline facets, shimmering with all the colors of a dying sunset. This wasn't a Shale-Hound. This was a **Sentinel**.

The sound emanating from it wasn't harsh; it was deep, profound, and utterly deafening. It resonated in my chest, a primal hum that mirrored the ache in my palm. The **Mark** was burning now, a cold, violet flame that threatened to consume my entire hand.

Laughing Crow knelt, facing the colossal form. He closed his eyes, his weathered hands outstretched, palms open to the singing rock. I watched, mesmerized, as the steam around the Sentinel seemed to shimmer in response. It was not a fight. It was a conversation. And I realized then, with a chilling certainty, that this was not a place for men to conquer, but a place for men to listen.

[PROJECT ANVIL: ALERT STATUS UPDATE 2025]

SEISMIC SIGNATURE MATCH: Sentinel Alpha-3. Incident 1885-Nov-03.

Current activity detected at Old Faithful. Infrasound broadcast mirrors 1885 event. WARNING: Lithic Society 'listening posts' confirmed active in the area. They are attempting to amplify the signal.

🖼️ IMAGE: THE SENTINEL