FAILURE INCIDENT REPORT — MP-22

Facility: High-Pressure Petrology Lab — Cell 4
Experiment Lead:
Event Type: Catastrophic Structural Loss
Sample ID: MP-22
Secondary Classification: Cognitive–Affective Parallels (Unintended)


00:00 — System Baseline

  • Chamber sealed.
  • Pressure stable.
  • Internal sensors responsive.
  • Operator notes “no anomalies” (voice even, uncoloured).

(Parallel: Subject baseline—coherent self-report, intact routines, adequate function.)


04:52 — Early Deviation

  • Minor pressure fluctuations (+0.2 GPa drift).
  • Not yet outside operational tolerance.
  • Sample integrity intact.
  • Operator records “slight instability — continue.”

(Parallel: Early cognitive slip — small lapses, unnoticed by external observers.
Interpretation: “manageable.”)


10:31 — Escalating Stress Accumulation

  • Rapid garnet expansion in core.
  • Microfractures proliferating along former foliation.
  • Instrumentation lag due to signal noise.
  • Operator pauses, repeats note: “something’s shifting underneath everything.” EVERYTHING!

(Parallel: Internal strain compounding—structures “quietly giving way”. Losing losing
Subject reports nothing explicit; outward behaviour unchanged.)


14:44 — Containment Wall Resonance

  • Chamber emits low-frequency resonance (78 Hz) associated with impending shear failure.
  • Bolt strain gauges climbing sharply.
  • Alloy frame exhibiting plastic deformation.

(Parallel: Psychological resonance—persistent internal pressure, rising without trigger, overwhelming coping structures.)


17:02 — Systemic Rupture Initiated

  • Acoustic emission spike indicates brittle–ductile transition exceeded.
  • MP-22 transitions into chaotic multi-phase breakdown.
  • Melt fraction rises abruptly; uncontrolled exsolution.
  • Operator: “I can’t tell what part failed first.” YOURHEADITSINYOURHEAD

(Parallel: Psychological overload—identity boundaries blur; intrusive thoughts, dissociation, internal heat with no outlet.)


17:05 — Catastrophic Chamber Breach

  • Containment compromises along three axes.
  • Release of high-pressure assemblage.
  • Monitoring screens blank.
  • Lab alarms sound, then fail. Quiet now

(Parallel: Collapse of internal structure—no continuity of narrative, no coheSÌon, no interpretive fraMework.)


17:07 — Aftermath Assessment

  • Sample MP-22 unrecognisable.
  • All minerals recrystallised or obliterated.
  • No prior textures recoverable.
  • No pathway to reconstruct original state.
  • Operator sits, unresponsive, hands still on console.

(Parallel: Subject unable to articulate sequence—only the outcome: “I don’t recognise myself anymore.”)


Incident Summary

  • Catastrophe occurred through accumulated invisible pressures rather than any single breach.
  • Failure appears inevitable once threshold exceeded.
  • No mechanism detected for reversal or repair.
  • Records show the moment not when breaking occurred, but when resistance ceased.

Closing Remark (Automatic System Log)

Identity loss irreversible.
Cause: sustained internal pressure.
Recommendation: none.

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3 responses to “Metamorphic/Phase/Mind”

  1. simonashcroft - poet & photos Avatar

    The story of so many (query all) lives…

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    1. D. H. Jervis Avatar

      Run(if y=affirmative)then

      (agreement)

      (nohope)//>close=permanent/<

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  2. Flame's Crucible Avatar

    Very relatable. “Recommendation: none.” Striking in its honesty.

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