“We serve the Fire. We guard the cache. We trust no raccoon.”
Mission Status Update: Phase 1 - Activation | Field Agents: Cache Fragment Sigma is unstable. Reroute via Lava Creek Trailhead. | Clearance Level: Marmot Required | Transmission #00-001: “The Fire is never without witness.”
ACCESSING LOST AGENT LOGS...
Warning: Clearance Level Raven or higher required for full visibility.
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During a foggy patrol, Pines vanished near the obsidian cliffs—last seen following a trail of strangely warm stones. Search parties found only their jacket, steaming on cold ground. Three nights later, they reappeared at base, carrying an obsidian shard that glowed faintly and claiming they “just circled back.”
Status: Found
Left behind three pinecones arranged in a triangle. Note says: Gone to ground. Ember resurfaced at breakfast, pinecones accounted for.
Status: Found
Assigned to monitor geyser activity, Drift disappeared mid-report—radio transmission cut out with the words, “don’t look back.” His footprints led in spirals around a dormant geyser, then stopped. He returned one dawn, clothes damp and smelling of sulfur, unable to account for lost time but carrying a pocketful of unfamiliar stones.
Status: Found
Wren was last seen following the call of a hidden bird before dawn, leaving behind only a plate of unfinished pancakes and a riddle written on the griddle. At the next full moon, Wren was found perched atop the lookout tower, humming a tune that attracted every bird in camp. Wren refuses to explain where she went, insisting the answer is in the riddle, not the journey."
Status: Found
Vanished after reporting ghost elk. Footprints led to fire ring, then stopped. Ghost elk never seen again. Cinder reappeared 2 months later, not remembering anything.
Status: Found
Slept through winter in tree hammock. Left note: Awake in spring. Hollow rejoined the crew, still sleepy.
Status: Found
After filing a complaint about suspicious shadows at the lake, Tern vanished during routine rounds—their flashlight left flickering on the dock, feathers scattered nearby. Reappeared at morning roll call, clothes damp, clutching a single black feather, and unable to speak above a whisper for a week. The shadows in camp have since kept their distance.
Status: Found
Soot disappeared while tracing charcoal marks through an abandoned fire ring—only a spiral of ashy footprints left behind. The next storm washed the spiral away, and Soot walked into camp that evening, shoes perfectly clean, carrying a stick of charcoal with half a map drawn on it. Soot claims to have followed “the smoke that walks".
Status: Found
Went undercover as a chipmunk. Last radio: “I forgot how to walk upright.” Fawn eventually returned, with suspiciously full cheeks.
Status: Found
Wears mirrored sunglasses at night. Disappeared for 1 moon cycle after moonwalking across meadow. Glint is now back on night watch—eyes still unconfirmed.
Status: Found
Responded to all radios with poetry. Last poem ended: I’m still here. Echo still broadcasts at midnight, but has not yet been found.
Status: No Physical Sighting
Flint was cataloguing fallen logs when they vanished without a trace—except for a pine needle bookmark stabbed into the ground. When the log they were last seen at was split for firewood weeks later, Flint emerged from inside, unaged, clutching a stack of new bookmarks and refusing to say what he saw “Under the log".
Status: Found
Always in the shadows. Only appears in group photos upon reflection.
Status: Missing
Investigated strange bone piles. Sent final message: Take the bone path. Message deleted by unknown user.
Status: Possibly Bear Food
Known for sewing secret pockets. Last seen patching a raccoon’s jacket. Raccoon ran off.
Status: Unknown
Sang at every campfire. Last heard whistling Psalm 27. Disappeared at sunrise.
Status: Missing
Bad luck for every team. Last log entry: Try the other door. All doors jammed shut for a week.
Status: Let Go for Safety
Hid in the rocks. Tunnel never found again.
Status: Unknown
Obsessed with lanterns. Last message: Follow the light slip.
Status: In a Brighter Job
Built hundreds of arrow signs. Never pointed the same way twice.
Status: Undoubtedly Lost
Wove warnings into hammock strings. Last one reads: Beware the wind.
Status: Blown Away
Wrote only in invisible ink. All field notes revealed at midnight on June 23rd. Notes now missing.
Status: Inivsible?
Rowed canoe out at dusk. Canoe returned at dawn—empty except for pine needles and Lantern fragment.
Status: Missing
Spoke only in riddles about corn. Final riddle unsolved.
Status: Unsolved
Drew a new map each day. None matched the real terrain. Last map leads to: No return.
Status: Lost
Camped in same clearing every night. Glade vanished from satellite imagery last week.
Status: Missing
Filed 73 separate reports on suspicious trees. All redacted by Director.
Status: Fired
Collected candle ends. Gone after “flame anomaly” during power outage.
Status: Unknown
Could open any lock. Accidentally locked self in evidence locker. Last entry: Find the spare key.
Status: At Locksmith's Shop
Never seen without a hat. Disappeared hat-first. Hat found on a raccoon.
Status: Possibly Abducted by Raccon Syndicate
Reported fairy sightings nightly. Last tale redacted: The truth is hidden.
Status: Chasing Fairies Elsewhere
Barked at every log he found. Logs barked back twice.
Status: Working Canine Detail
Catalogued all birds by song. Last entry: “Heard one singing backward.” Recording erased.
Status: Unknown
Lost boot in swamp. Two boots returned the next day, neither a match.
Status: Still Searching for Shoe
Grew moss in office. Moss grew in logbook. Logbook now missing.
Status: Consumed by Moss
Only visible on foggy nights. Last seen walking out of camp and into mist. Never seen again.
Status: Possible Ghost
Shuffled feet everywhere. Pathways now lined with cryptic stone messages.
Status: Team Still Following Pathways
Sneezed every time lantern was lit. Disappeared after pollen burst during storm.
Status: On IV Antihistamines
Memorized entire manual. Last log entry simply reads: Burn this page.
Status: Unknown
Predicted every meal 24 hours in advance. Vanished before last meal. Meal untouched.
Status: Missing
Carved cryptic symbols into fire rings. No one has translated them. Fire rings now off-limits.
Status: Working for Forest Service Campgrounds.
Could disappear into any patch of brush. Once vanished for a whole winter. Returned wearing foxglove crown.
Status: Currently a Lodgepole Pine at Canyon
Played odd tunes at midnight. Listeners report “dreams of rivers.”
Status: Only Present in Dreams
Insisted on eating only blue food. Last seen chasing a blue jay into the trees.
Status: Presumably Now A Smurf
Kept index of every log. All indexes vanished at 2:17 am. Last index listed: You are next.
Status: Missing
Could always hear bells. Last heard: “The flame rings true.” Chime never found again.
Status: Unknown
Dug escape tunnels. None ever mapped. Field manual now full of dirt.
Status: Lost in Tunnels
Recorded over 100 flame anomalies. Last tape is blank except for the phrase: See you soon.
Status: On Sabbatical???
Practiced reed calls nightly. Last call answered. No further logs.
Status: Quit for Sanity
Insisted the moss moved at night. Left mossy footprint behind.
Status: Possibly with Agent Moss
Claimed to have found the snipe. No evidence provided. Snipe still at large.
Status: Snipe Still Hunting Snipe. Missing for 2 years.
Only agent who could fish without bait. Last cast: rod and hat missing, line pulled taut into the mist.
Status: Unknown
Filed 11 requests for a new tent. All requests denied. Last tent now missing.
Status: Fired for Resource Mismanagemnt
Carried a secret jam stash. Last found note: It isn’t grape.
Status: Poisoned by Self
Dispersed sunlight with a pocket prism. Last seen at the rainbow cache. Cache now emits static at sunrise.
Status: Guarding Pots of Gold at Rainbows
Reported every vine tangle. Once tangled self for three hours.
Status: Still Tangled
Did everything backwards for a week. No one noticed until Quirk walked out frontwards.
Status: gnissiM
Had a pet squirrel named “Shadow”. Shadow now on payroll as Junior Agent.
Status: Presumed to be Living With Squirrels
Piped all transmissions through harmonica. Last message: a single long note at dusk.
Status: Auditory Phenomena Induced Disappearance
Brewed “field tea” from pine needles. Tea set missing. Pine needles replaced by sage.
Status: Unkown
Different Echo. Only replied with “Echo”. Archive note: May be an echo of the original Echo.
Status: Possibly Testing Cave Echoes with Tunnel
Counted every fork in the EDR. Numbers never matched anyone else’s tally.
Status: Taking A Remediatory Math Class
Claimed to dream in gray. Last dream log redacted: The answer is north.
Status: Possibly Living With Santa
Rolled down every hill. Last seen rolling into the woods. No further logs.
Status: Still Rolling
Kept logbook stitched into jacket lining. Jacket now at Lost & Found, pockets full of sunflower seeds.
Status: Raccoon Abduction
Tasted every herb in the meadow. Disappeared after “spicy incident”.
Status: Poisoned by Self
Specialty: knot-tying. Last known location: rope ladder to nowhere. Rope now missing.
Status: Good Knot; Bad Rope; Hard Fall
Molded figurines out of fire ring ash. Figurines moved overnight. Clay not seen since.
Status: Searching for Kiln
Wove patches for every jacket. Wove self into hammock, couldn’t get out.
Status: Seeking Seamstress for Assistance
Felt every tremor before it happened. Final log: It wasn’t the ground.
Status: REDACTED
Camped atop every hill. Last seen on the highest point, waving. No further contact.
Status: Struck by Lightning
Loved the trees. Disappeared into the woods after sunset. Found again at breakfast. Disappeared again at lunch.
Status: Living Among the Trees
Stuck in bramble for six hours. Sent seven rescue requests. Rescued by raccoon at hour six.
Status: In Infirmary
Moved in groups of at least three. Left trail of feathers behind.
Status: Fired For Lack of Independence
Brought sand to every fire ring. Last sand pile formed a cryptic message: Look to the east.
Status: Blind
Shined lantern light on all surfaces. Camp noted as “too bright” for weeks after disappearance.
Status: Unknown
Filed report on bison using crosswalk. Bison ignored report, crossed anyway. Agent now posts from the other side.
Status: Trampled