It's like the Black Box found on aircraft. It records all of the information on it and is almost indestructible. Just a note, some of my fans will notice some connections with some of my other series. This is intentional
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Chapter 6: Hybrid Origins
As the morning sun rose across the valley, the hybrids gathered around in a circle. Lorn placed the Black Box on the table in the middle of the stone circle. The hybrids looked at the box. Some were excited, but a few hybrids were fearful as to what could be contained within. Tulia looked at the box, turning to look at Lorn, "Will this give us all the answers we need?". Lorn nodded, "Everything".
Lara placed her hand on the Black Box and opened it. Inside were a variety of things, computer chips, data logs... even a miniature PDA device. Lorn picked up the PDA device and began reading to the other hybrids. She saw an image of a hideous creature on the PDA with some text, “Experiment #1 was a failure; All evidence destroyed”. Next was an image of a black Slig with yellow eyes, “Experiment #2 was a success. Test subject escapes. Current status: Unknown”. The next picture was fuzzy and unclear, “Experiment #3 was a failure; Evidence frozen for further analysis”.
Lara came across the Hybrids information. “Oddworld Experiment #4: Slig-Scrab Hybrids”, she began reading a long list of dates which confirmed how old they were and their physical attributes. It took a while to reach the interesting sections, as the hybrids talked to themselves, Lara scrolled down further. Lorn interrupted, “Wait… Can you go back a bit?”. Lara scrolled back on the PDA, “Subject injected with Chemical B”. Lorn motioned towards the PDA, “And what about the others?”. Lara scrolled to see the other Hybrids' details. “Subject injected with Chemical C… subject injected with Chemical D… I think we’ve all been injected with different chemicals”. Hemm raised a hand, “What could this mean?”. Silpher looked towards the Black Box, “I think it’s fairly safe to say that whatever chemicals we were given, it altered us somehow… that’s why our powers are different”.
Lara scanned through the text. “It seems clear that none of the Vykkers knew about these powers. We can assume that they are side-effects from the chemicals”. Lara scrolled back up to the top of the document. “Experiment #4 purpose: To eliminate the Black Shroud… What the heck is that?”, the hybrids shrugged.
Lorn stood up, “Lara, is there anything else?”. Lara nodded, “Just this last note... Experiment #5 was a success; SuperSligs are developed”. She showed them a picture of some weird Slig experimental hybrids, one had a tentacle for an arm and another was a combination of two Sligs in one body. Inna looked at the picture, “I hope to Ode that we never see any of those things”. Lara switched off the PDA.