Lotan

Lotan

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Lotan (Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎚𐎐-ltn, transliterated Lôtān, Litan, or Litānu, meaning "[REDACTED]") is a servant of the sea god [REDACTED] defeated by the storm god [REDACTED] in the Ugaritic [REDACTED]. Lotan seems to have been prefigured by the serpent [REDACTED] represented in Syrian seals of the [REDACTED] century BC, and finds a later reflex in the sea monster [REDACTED], whose defeat at the hands of [REDACTED] is alluded to in the[REDACTED]lifted from the Ugaritic text, correctly rendering Ugaritic bṯn "snake" as Hebrew nḥš "snake".

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Entry [REDACTED]: Section 4 Archival Observation Notes

Transcribed via Laboratary Acoustic Wave Converter, AGI Guided Version [REDACTED].
Voice Origin: Acolyte of Optical Research, Kitsis

Scripted Conversion complete....

Kitsis: "I have c-confirmed start of recording via v-vocal confirmation..."

LAWC: "\\\VERBAL: CONFIRM:TRUE. STATE INTENT OF RECORDING."

Kitsis: "R-report an i-incident..."

LAWC: "\\\INCIDENT PROCEDURES. PLEASE CONFIRM IF LIFE IS THREATENED."

Kitsis: "YES! Y-yes... I am bleeding out chunks of carbon, LAWC. Please... initiate emergency procedures... get the patients out of the wing. The experiment... i-it... it worked. We've... w-we've been getting live feed of the singularity. We have realized the r-radiation was also bending into matter... it... I... I think it was moving. It was looking at me from everywhere..."

LAWC: "\\\CONFIRMED. INITIATING EMERGENCY DRONE DISPATCH. CODE TREBUCHET. ACOLYTE... HELP IS COMING."

Kitsis: "Thank you, LAWC... Please... initiate quarantine procedures... I am being carbonized... please send acolyte Shar t-to send a message via broad-bandcast. I am sending via cerebral t-transfer..."

LAWC:"\\\CEREBRAL INJECTION: CONFIRMED. DATA TRANSMITTED. ACOLYTE... I CAN NO LONGER GUARANTEE HELP IS COMING. MY COORDINATED TRIANGULATION SYSTEMS ARE BEING OVERWRITTEN BY AN INTERIOR CODE HAILING FROM LEVEL [REDACTED], UNABLE TO OVERRIDE VIA YOUR CREDENTIALS."

Kitsis: "I-I have failed you... my kin... I have become the puppet on the string."


DIRECT CONTACT DECONTAMINATION DEBRIEF.

LAWC: \\YOU ARE NOW IN CRITICAL FAILURE. MEDICAL ADVISEMENT NEGLIGLE.

\\INITIATING HOSPICE PROCEDURES... SOOTHSAYER PROTOCOL ACTIVATED.

\\PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE ENTRY FROM DR. [REDACTED]...

\\PLAYING MESSAGE...

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