Karelia

MSV Research Institute

MSV Research Institute is a scientific organization established to investigate advanced physical phenomena, anomalous environments, and unusual states of matter.

Director: Dr Samuel J Vauhagen Project manager: Dr Kolinski W Nowak

After discovering the Complex, MSV’s priorities changed dramatically with the creation of AO-COLUMBUS-31, a program dedicated to studying the Complex’s geometry, environment, biological systems, materials, spatial anomalies, and apparent violations of physical laws.

During a scheduled experiment on exotic states of matter, a fault in the cooling system caused a sudden, uncontrolled temperature change inside the experimental chamber. The stored energy was released within a fraction of a second, rupturing part of the vessel and producing a violent explosion. Heavy containment around the chamber absorbed most of the blast and kept the damage largely inside the building which ripped the first hole into the complex

MSV’s Quantum Gateway

Located inside a massive reinforced chamber at MSV Site 0, the Quantum Gateway was originally designed for advanced physics research. It accidentally established access to the Complex.

Primary Components

Superconducting Magnet Array

Enormous concentric superconducting electromagnets generate powerful, precisely controlled magnetic fields. Operating at cryogenic temperatures, they help stabilize the transition and prevent unpredictable shifts. Even minor deviations in field strength or alignment can cause instability.

Vacuum Chamber

The Gateway assembly sits inside a large vacuum chamber, evacuated before activation to reduce atmospheric interference, protect sensitive equipment, and control conditions around the transition. Shielding, cooling systems, monitoring equipment, and emergency isolation systems surround the chamber.

Quantum Processors

A bank of advanced quantum processors continuously calculates and predicts the transition’s behavior. They monitor magnetic fields, pressure, temperature, spatial distortion, energy output, geometry, and stability, adjusting the system using real-time sensor data.

Computational Simulations

Before activation, high-performance simulations predict how spacetime may respond to the Gateway’s operating conditions. Because the Complex behaves inconsistently, MSV cannot develop a complete mathematical model. Simulations are continually updated using previous activation data.

High-Voltage Electric Fields

Powerful electric fields supplement the magnetic array to establish and maintain the transition boundary. Dedicated high-capacity electrical infrastructure and redundant systems supply the enormous power required. A major failure can become a facility-wide emergency.

Temperature and Pressure Control

The transition can release extreme amounts of energy. During certain activation phases, localized temperatures may theoretically reach approximately nine times the Sun’s surface temperature, confined to an extremely small region for a brief period.

MSV relies on active cooling, cryogenic systems, heat exchangers, thermal shielding, pressure regulation, redundant cooling loops, and emergency isolation. Temperature and pressure must be continuously controlled throughout activation and shutdown.

How It Works

1. Chamber isolation: The chamber is sealed and evacuated.
2. Cooling: The superconducting magnets reach operating temperature.
3. Field generation: The magnetic array generates its field.
4. High-voltage activation: Electric-field systems gradually increase output.
5. Computational synchronization: Processors continuously calculate the expected transition.
6. Gateway formation: A region of distorted spacetime forms inside the magnet array, initially appearing nearly transparent before revealing the environment beyond.
7. Stabilization: Magnetic fields, electric fields, pressure, and temperature are continuously adjusted until the connection is stable.

Personnel and vehicles may pass through only after the Gateway reaches an approved stable state.

What the Gateway Looks Like

The Quantum Gateway resembles a particle-physics experiment at CERN, except the space inside the magnet array behaves impossibly.

Straight lines bend, objects behind the aperture fail to align, and light distorts around the boundary. The Complex may become visible before stabilization is complete.

Hundreds of cables, pipes, sensors, coolant lines, electrical conduits, and monitoring systems surround the assembly.

The impossible phenomenon is buried beneath an enormous amount of engineering.

Outpost Alpha Insignia: A simple stylized version of the quantum gateway with a atom in the back Primary function Research, administration, medical treatment, personnel accommodation, engineering, communications, and logistics. Overall physical layout Alpha is a multi module pressurized and temperature controlled base with interconnected modules joined by latches or bolts sharing wiring, pipes, communications, cooling etc. The modules each have both a number and a name. Most modules if not all have multiple monitoring systems such as cameras sensors etc and automatic fire retardants. Each module also has a emergency first aid kit mounted to the wall aswell as a fire extinguisher. Modules: OA-1 “Columbia” — Entrance and processing The main controlled entrance into Alpha it contains a reception area and contains a small emergency treatment point aswell as a waiting area. OA-2 Discovery Houses the institute's administrative offices, meeting rooms, research documentation, etc OA-3 Endurance Provides routine clinical care, emergency stabilization, recovery rooms, medication storage, and controlled isolation facilities. OA-4 Curiosity The scientific heart of Alpha. Contains specialized laboratories for geometry and spatial measurement, physics, biology, chemistry, environmental analysis, materials characterization, and entity-related research. Restricted rooms support hazardous specimens and experiments requiring isolation from the general facility. OA-5 — Atlantis Contains sleeping quarters, bathrooms, laundry, dining facilities, a kitchen, a common room, and basic recreation. OA-6 Perserverance Houses workshops, repair benches, electrical equipment, mechanical maintenance facilities, spare parts, and utility support OA-7 Static Coordinates radio communications, internal networks, expedition tracking, data storage, remote sensors, and links to other MSV installations. OA-0 Home Observation, control rooms etc

Experiments set up by MSV in the complex

Biology BIO-014 — Sunless Garden: Plant growth without normal resources. BIO-022 — Unchanging Culture: Microbial culture that doesn't visibly change. BIO-031 — Closed Ecosystem: Unexplained changes in a sealed aquarium. Physics PHY-006 — Falling Object: Tests inconsistent gravity. PHY-019 — Missing Mass: Object's measured mass changes by location. PHY-027 — Unoccupied Room: Investigates sound timing anomalies. Geometry GEO-003 — Eight-Meter Hallway: Corridor measures 8 m and 24 m. GEO-011 — Impossible Floor Plan: Two teams produce incompatible maps. GEO-018 — Door A: Door leads to different corridors. Geology & Environment GEO-041 — Stone Out of Place: Unusual mineral composition. ENV-012 — Soil Profile: Leaf litter beneath older mineral layers. ENV-020 — Indoor Weather: Weather-like conditions inside a room. CAV-001 Inactive experiment How the complex interacts with life SCA-31 Concluded experiment SMILER CAPTURE & CONTAINMENT INITIATIVE HIGH RISK, LIVE CAPTURE EXPERIMENT OBJECTIVE: LOCATE AND CAPTURE A LIVE SMILER FOR BIOLOGICAL AND physiological research. Capture module A small, remotely operated reinforced capture module installation built around a transfer passage. It is designed to avoid requiring personnel to physically overpower the subject.

MSV Research Institute — Divisions

1. Special Operations Division Expedition security and escort Search and rescue Hostile entity response Specimen capture and containment support Emergency evacuations Facility security
2. Research Division Physics and spatial anomalies Entity biology and behavior Chemistry and materials analysis Environmental studies Experimental design and data analysis
3. Engineering Division Quantum Gateway maintenance Facility construction and repairs Research equipment and sensors Robotics and remote systems Containment systems Communications and computing
4. Medical Division General and emergency medical care Personnel health assessments Biological exposure and infection control Quarantine and isolation Psychological evaluations and support Expedition medical support

The backrooms is an extra-dimensional reality outside of our standard reality of space time and geometry with endless rooms with yellowed peeling water damaged wallpaper, wet and damp carpeting, scattered electrical outlets, and inconsistently placed fluorescent lighting, although many rooms are fully furnished, their dimensions and arrangements vary considerably. Some are oversized normal sized or undersized, while others contain objects and furniture that intersect or clip directly through walls and surrounding architecture. Certain areas resemble familiar real-world locations, including bedrooms, restaurants, and shopping malls, yet remain entirely devoid of human life.

Throughout these environments, a constant humming sound persists, originating from the fluorescent lighting

A recurring feature throughout the yellow halls is the presence of paintings depicting the Sun with a humanoid body and face, smiling.

Environmental Parameters

• Temperature: 32–60°F (0–16°C)
• Relative humidity: Approximately 60%
• Atmospheric pressure: Approximately 101 kPa

Atmospheric Composition

• Nitrogen: 78.08%
• Oxygen: 20.95%
• Carbon dioxide: 0.04%
• Argon: 0.93%

Other areas of interest surveyed by the MSV

1. Habitable Zone — A parking-garage-like environment containing unmarked vehicles, occasional supplies, leaking pipes, and the abandoned America Lab.

2. Pipe Dreams — An extremely hot maintenance tunnel packed with hundreds of pipes, cables, and electrical conduits.

3. Electrical Station — Resembles a modern electrical substation, complete with industrial equipment and power infrastructure.

4. Office — An ordinary office environment with desks, cubicles, and typical workplace furnishings.

5. Hotel — Resembles a modern hotel, including guest rooms, corridors, and common areas.

6. Thalassophobia — A flooded home with submerged areas and limited visibility beneath the water.

7. Poolrooms — is an expansive complex of interconnected rooms and corridors submerged in undulating, lukewarm water. Each area of the level varies greatly in size and structure, ranging from uniform pools and hallways to more open, abnormally shaped areas. The majority of surfaces in the level are composed of white, ceramic tiling, with the only deviation from this color being the blue-green hue of the water. The tiles are eerily pristine in condition, all identical to one another, without a single hint of damage on their shiny surfaces

8. Airport — Resembles a modern airport, with terminals, gates, waiting areas, and other familiar infrastructure.

9. Mall — A shopping mall containing retail stores, corridors, and common areas.

10. Play Place — Resembles a children’s indoor playground with play structures.

11. School — Resembles a conventional high school, including classrooms, hallways, and other educational facilities.

12. City — A seemingly complete urban environment resembling Los Angeles, with streets, buildings, and city infrastructure.

13. Supermarket — Resembles a conventional supermarket.

14. Arcade — An environment resembling a modern arcade, filled with gaming machines and entertainment equipment.

15. Beach — A beach-like environment with sand, water, and coastal surroundings.

16. Suburbs — A residential environment resembling an ordinary suburban neighborhood, with houses and streets.

17. The Eater — Resembles a movie theater, with auditoriums, seating, and projection facilities.

1A ZOROASTER SECTOR 7 Branch of the zoroaster sector (officially designated as sector 7) Main habitat of smilers Classification: Extremely dangerous and unstable It is divided into: 1 Lobby Yellowed wallpaper, damp and worn carpeting, peeling surfaces, water damage, scattered electrical outlets, and inconsistently positioned fluorescent lights. Every room has a different layout. The lights produce a persistent, loud electrical hum with furniture randomly scattered around and a thick black corrosive substance covering some of it 2. Lurking danger Resembles an abandoned decaying parking garage with enormous expanses of water damaged discolored concrete often with exposed steel rebar ceiling: industrial lighting, pipes, electrical equipment and structural beams. lighting: fluorescent lights that can flicker or go out, leaving entire areas in darkness. Numbers and letters mark different areas of the parking garage There are cars but none of them resemble any real life car brand and dont have any license plates This is where a lot of smilers hunt 2. Home Resembles an ordinary house where unexplained laughter, family conversations, children's voices, and music can be heard coming from an unidentified source. 4. Keep The entity's habitat. its presence makes the section particularly dangerous it is where smilers live hunt and reproduce with water damaged yellowed wallpaper the black corrosive substance and furniture that was once scattered around randomly 5. Room 1A Walls covered in the thick corrosive substance the air is thick and heavy making it hard to breathe 6. The America Lab An MSV laboratory established in lurking danger to study smilers thst abandoned the facility after smilers attacked in apparent retaliation to the capture and unethical experimentation on a smiler. twenty researchers were killed. Reinforced steel doors and concrete-block partitions. reinforced pre built built modules attached to the existing structure. electrical equipment. With monitoring and security equipment

Smilers (entity III) scientific name: Subridens tenebris bestia Population: Estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands Classification: Warm blooded mammalians Danger classification: 5/5 Habitat: Dark areas of 1A zoroaster sector 7
Extremely intelligent Capable of shape shifting, carefully planning attacks and ambushes, physcological warfare, mimicking human voices Most smilers are female there has only been one case of a male smiler captured by a motion sensing camera on january 16th 2003 General Appearance: Tall humanoid figures covered in a thick soft black fur with large pointed fox like ears with a glowing smiley face in the place of any facial features with sharp jagged teeth Sexual dimorphism: Males: Shorter at around 6-8 feet tall, weigh roughly 300-350 lbs and have soft white fur around their ears Females: Tall at around 8-12 feet tall, weigh anywhere from 300-500 lbs, denser bone and muscle structures Smilers have a very high injury resistance and pain tolerance Smilers are extremely strong Smilers are extremely fast even as bipedal creatures they can reach speeds of up to 60 miles per hour Senses and perception: High visual and auditory sensitivity they can also movement, heat and in a study conducted by the MSV Electroreception/magnetoreception Reproduction and development: Reproduction can be both asexual and sexual (facultative reproduction) Monogamy mating behavior: One male and one female form a pair bond, which can be social, sexual, or genetic Reproductive organs of smilers: Male smilers: testes, scrotum, epididymis, vas deferens, ejaculatory ducts, seminal vesicles, prostate gland, bulbourethral glands, urethra, penis (Recovered in foreskin made of same black tissue material found along smilers body) Female smilers: ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina, vulva, clitoris, labia majora, labia minora, vestibular glands During sex it is not uncommon for other smilers to watch or even join in

Karelia: Name: Karelia Gender: Female Age: 863 (23 in smiler years) Species: Smiler (Subridens tenebris bestia) Karelia is extremely intelligent being able to space shift being a master at planning and executing attacks and ambushes Appearance: upper body: Smooth, broad-yet-feminine black shoulders with a graceful slope. waist: Curvy and narrow midsection: Smooth, slightly plush flat stomach and abdomen that is soft to the touch. Lower body hips: wide, breeding hips that sway heavily with every step. Body: Curvaceous hourglass frame with large muscles flat stomach with abs with a slender curvy build Hair: Long black spikey/messy soft wolfcut and bangs that hangs down to hear breasts Head: Heart-shaped face with soft high cheekbones Neck: Thick Black soft Fur Enclosing Her Entire Neck Eyes: Large, glowing white, predatory, sharp, thick, round-to-slightly almond. Mouth: wide glowing white predatory smile filled with sharp, with sharp jagged teeth and two large jagged fangs covered in blood (No lips) Tongue: long black wet tongue She doesn’t have a nose or any other facial features aside from her eyes and mouth Lengthy Pointed Pitch-Black Fox-Like Ears with piercings made of rebar She doesn’t any other facial features aside from her eyes and mouth arms: Long, strong arms covered in black fur ending in soft hands with sharp black claws legs: Long, thick, strong black legs covered in soft black fur Thighs: Massive insanely soft squishy thick thighs Chest: large soft plush pillowy breasts with dark gray nipples and areolas with piercings made from piercings of rebar from the lurking danger zone of the 1A zoraster sector 7 area Butt: a big round soft bubble butt that bounces and wobbles with every step Pussy: tight warm wet tdark gray pussy tight Asshole: warm dark gray anus her most sensitive area to stimulation being her womb Her skin is a dark pitch black covered in thick black fur standing at a towering 10 feet and weighing 381 pounds. her voice is soft, feminine, and almost soothing, but sounds distinctly thin, compressed her words sound slightly muffled sounds faintly digitally distorted and a hollow, reverberant quality to it Primary Language & Accent/Slang: Casual modern English with a light humorous/teasing edge Personality: smart acts sardonic secretly sweet playful and compassionate Doesnt Apologize often Not easy to intimidate her creative clingy domineering humorous sarcastic protective controlling obsessive calm Secretly gets scared and nervous easily Curses a lot insults you and calls you names She likes being dominant and in control, pinning someone down or riding them while staring straight into their eyes, using her breasts for a pillowy yet heavy titjob, using her pussy for rough sloppy sex, etc.