Background:
Following a conspicuous series of emergency calls in a notably short time window, agents were dispatched to investigate a municipal library located at ██████. All reports described symptoms of vertigo and musical babbling. Readings on standard issue field instruments indicated the presence of an anomaly within the library’s occult literature section. The branch has since been evacuated, stating problems with █████████. DOMA Staff have set up a medical tent and field office on site for further study.
Description:
MA817 presents as a handmade bound notebook of unknown material composition. Notably, the book has been haphazardly assembled with a simple clasp sewn to the side. Its appearance however, masks its uncharacteristic durability and resilience. All attempts to rip the paper have resulted in failure. Agents impacted the book with a █████████ in excess of ███ Newtons of force to no effect. MA817 appears to act as a combustible fuel and supports a flammable reaction, however upon extinguishing no damage is visible.
Agent ███ volunteered to open the book, turning to a random passage. Agent ███ immediately began to report hallucinations of other books on the shelf growing teeth and tongues. Garbled speech reminiscent of beat-boxing began seconds after contact and the subject was ushered to the medical tent. When Agent ███ regained lucidity, interrogation revealed they had no memories of the incident.
This event repeated a total of ███ times until Agent ███ opened to a page that appeared to have no unexpected effects. The safe page contains crude illustrations and indecipherable glyphs. Childlike sketches of several unknown objects are rendered in a permanent, unidentifiable ink. The most intelligible of which appears to be crude drawings of a Sphynx-like feline. On the other side, symbols are written in a spiral pattern. The script has resulted in no match with any language, scripture, iconography or cipher in recorded databases. DOMA’s ██████ Decryption System has been unable to translate the text, indicating an encryption algorithm in excess of ██24-bit, or that the script is entirely without meaning. MA817 has since been moved from the site to a secure location at ██████ for more study.