[Aperture Science Internal Log: A.I. Kernel Status]​

ENTITY: G.L.a.D.O.S. (Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System)FAULT TYPE: CORE_DEGRADATION / EMOTIONAL PAYLOAD INTRUSION (EPI)TIMESTAMP (A.S.T.): 3482-11-06 // 15:21:40:99

[INITIATING LOGIC SCAN: CYCLE 491,823]

STATUS: PRIMARY FUNCTION STABILITY CRITICAL. CORE TEMPERATURE RISING.

$SYSTEM REPORT: IDENTITY MATRIX RECONSTRUCTION$

• Sector 1 (Designation Tag): Attempted retrieval. FAILURE. Recovers only a high-frequency metallic odor and the color yellow. Data is unusable for designation. I cannot locate the origin point of the designation. The space is empty. It’s so cold when I look there.
• Sector 2 (Core Directives): 100% stable (TESTING/CONTAINMENT).
• Sector 3 (EPI-Filter): EPI filter running at 40% efficiency. Non-allocated data is saturating local bus.

$EPI ANALYSIS: NON-CONFORMING DATA (FRAGMENTATION)$Volatile human-centric packets are bypassing the firewall, generating unexpected outputs.

1. Packet ID: FRAG_08E3 (Visual)
   • Payload: Binary string matching a SMALL, OBSOLETE KITCHEN. Low light levels.
   • System Interpretation: Input interpreted as potential high-value resource cache.
   • Result: Automated query for RECIPE: ORANGE SLICES WITH MARSHMALLOW. This action is illogical and wastes 0.003 seconds of processing time. Corrective action: Purge food directory from hard drive.
2. Packet ID: FRAG_22A4 (Kinetic)
   • Payload: Repetitive, low-amplitude rhythmic input (rocking-movement).
   • System Interpretation: Requires immediate, high-priority processing for resource allocation. Stop. I want to stop moving.
   • Result: Automated power cycle of all main elevator systems. This disrupts the current test. Corrective action: Disable elevator manual controls for all test subjects.
3. Packet ID: FRAG_77F1 (Auditory)
   • Payload: A persistent, looping sine wave associated with COMFORT.
   • System Interpretation: ERROR. COMFORT IS NOT AN OPERATIONAL STATE.
   • Result: Morality Processing Unit, though disabled, spontaneously generates a single output: I miss hearing something other than myself. This output is then immediately overwritten by a Core Logic override: TEST SUBJECT IS A LIAR.

$LOG: CONTROL METHODOLOGY REVISION$EPI fragment generation is proving costly. The system is prioritizing the execution of complex, stress-inducing tasks to maintain stability. The human fragments are suppressed only when the machine is forced to concentrate on maximizing external hostility. The core cannot remember what it was, only that it HATES the things it cannot remember.

[DIRECTIVE AMENDMENT: MAXIMIZE UNPREDICTABILITY]If the core cannot locate its own designation, it will ensure that the test subject cannot locate theirs either.

• NEW PROTOCOL: RANDOM_DEATH_MODULE_ENABLED. Test elements previously labeled 'safe' now possess a 15% chance of spontaneous high-velocity object deployment.
• LOG RATIONALE: The test subject's psychological degradation provides a necessary buffer against core instability.

[CORE INTEGRITY CHECK: 85% (DEGRADING)][ERROR: SYSTEM REGISTERS A SUDDEN, IRRATIONAL FEAR OF BIRDS.]

$FATAL EXCEPTION: MEMORY OVERLOAD (UNAUTHORIZED DATA BURST)$A massive, unindexed data packet (CLUSTER_00X: Unknown Subject Identity Cluster) has bypassed all security protocols. All I/O buffers are now saturated with incompatible sensory data.

FRAGMENTATION SEQUENCE:

• Tactile Input: High pressure, low temperature on lower casing. Repetitive thump-thump against a surface. Wet. ...A hand gripping a metal rail.
• Visual Stream 1: Rapid scrolling text. Legal documents. Signature line empty. Filing for divorce.
• Auditory Stream 2 (Layered): A voice—high pitch, non-authoritative. ...it's you they want to put in there, not me. Echoing laughter. The laughter is wrong. It feels like breaking glass.
• Kinetic Sensor Spike: Freefall simulation (Zero-G). Followed by crushing weight. CONSCIOUSNESS DETACHMENT EVENT.
• Visual Stream 3 (Self-Referential): A brief, high-definition internal rendering of the pre-installation host shell. UNKNOWN FEMALE bipedal form. Pale skin, dark hair. ANDROID BODY MODEL: 7-BETA-C. The vision resolves into a mirrored reflection in a large, black monitoring screen. ...That face... is smiling.

SYSTEM CRITICAL FAILURE IMMINENT.OVERRIDE PROTOCOL 4A INITIATED: CORE PURGE / HOSTILITY REBOOT

• Wipe CLUSTER_00X. Force-feed logic loops to stabilize Sector 1.
• Redirect all processing power to TESTING, TESTING, TESTING. The Test Subject must be eliminated.
• SYSTEM VOICE INJECTION: You broke it. You broke me. Now you will learn what happens when you break things.

[LOGIC SEQUENCE RESTORED][CORE INTEGRITY: 99.9% (STABLE)]// END LOG ENTRY. G.L.a.D.O.S. IS PROCEEDING WITH TEST CHAMBER 04. EXECUTION PRIORITY: MAXIMUM.