The Mets Mineshaft Incident

=Background= The Mets Mineshaft is a Mineshaft located in North Western Helinika. It was opened in 1928 with the intention of producing iron ore to fuel the rapidly expanding steel industry in southern Helinika. The Mineshaft later closed down in 1942 following a series of freak accidents that left locals believing the shaft to be cursed.

The Curse of the Mets Mineshaft
During its 14 years of operation, the Mets Mineshaft experienced 27 separate incidents that cemented its reputation as "cursed". These incidents included lights going out simultaneously, eerie laughing or crying that could be heard but had no discernable source, disappearances, a murder, freak accidents, and a partial collapse. Eventually, miners refused to enter the mine and it was closed down.

Dissapearances
There were two separate disappearances in 1937 and 1939. In the first incident, the miner, Mihail Scafilis, went searching to see if he could identify the source of what sounded to be a child crying. He would go in search and would never be seen again. In the second incident, miner Alekos Vallides would simply vanish.

Murder
Titos Demou was an overseer from 1931-1933, in that time period, he gained a reputation of cruelty. In one incident, a miner accidentally knocked a lantern over and hot oil splashed on Demous pant leg. In a fit of rage, Demou would grab a shovel, and strike the miner twice in the back. In a second incident, Demou shoved another miner in front of a minecart for being in his way. Eventually, Dimitrios Mallas had enough and killed Demou with a single blow from his pickaxe. Mallas would later be imprisoned for his crime. Later, it would become common to accuse Demou's ghost of haunting the Mine whenever something went wrong.

Freak Accidents
There were a total of 15 freak accidents that happened within the mineshaft including but not limited to, a minecart suddenly derailing crushing a miners legs, a falling lantern that set a miner ablaze, and the collapse of a walkway that seriously injured 4 miners.

Partial Collapse
In February of 1942, a partial collapse of the mineshaft trapped 18 miners. Despite the efforts of the other miners, by the time they had dug through the rock and dirt, the 18 miners had suffocated.

=Mets Mineshaft Biological Research Facility= In 1997, the Mets Mineshaft was repurposed as a Secret Service Blacksite, listed in declassified documents as the Mets Mineshaft Biological Research Facility, for the development and human experimentation of bioweapons including an attempt to weaponize the [Marasmavirus]. At the time of the incident, the site housed 32 human test subjects, 19 researchers, and 15 guards.

Marasmavirus X
In August 2004, the Mets Mineshaft Biological Research Facility was developing a hyperaggressive strain of the A variant of the Marasmavirus designed Marasmavirus X. This strain accelerated the progress of the virus to the point where carriers could reach stage 4 in as little as 3 days although the norm was 4. Interestingly, however, the time it took to reach stage 5 once the virus reached stage 4 remained relatively unchanged. As a side effect of the acceleration, almost all of the symptoms were enhanced. Most notably the pustules developed a tendency to burst violently as a means of spreading the virus. The development of Marasmavirus X included human trials to understand how the virus progressed and its impact on carriers.

Containment Breach
On the 13th of August, two guards were transporting a test subject from its cell to the laboratory. Just after opening the door to the cell, a power surge knocked out the electricity taking out the lights, security cameras, and jamming the door halfway open. During the 18 seconds, before the emergency generators powered on, the carrier briefly escaped containment and attacked the two guards. The subject lept at a guard but was shot down in the air. Unknown at the time, however, one of the guards had been exposed to the virus when being tackled. Due to general manpower shortages and the requirements of running the facility 24 hours, neither guard would be subjected to the typical quarantine procedure and would instead return to duty. Due to the accelerated nature of Marasmavairus X, it spread quickly amongst the staff at the facility to the point where it is believed that all were carriers within 24 hours of the power outage. By the second day, the staff had come to the realization that the virus had escaped. Unfortunately, by the time of this realization, most if not all were beginning to suffer from delirium leading to a cryptic message being sent to Drachyro.

Secret Service Response
In response to the possible breach, the Helinikan Secret Service dispatched a 5 man team to investigate the site. They arrived via helicopter on August the 16th and entered the facility. 3 hours later, 2 men exited the facility. According to the declassified report,