Post-Mortem: Echo #112 — The Long Walk
Subject #112 was observed moving with a "mechanical, jerky gait" through 1865 Washington D.C. Despite three attempts by Authority agents to intercept, the Subject could not be deterred. Subject reached the balcony of Ford's Theatre exactly 4.2 seconds before the historic assassination attempt.
Upon recovery of the remains, it was discovered that the Subject's brain had been entirely replaced by a Fibrous CTH-Mycelium. This fungus, likely a derivative of the First Scar's background propagation, had hijacked the Subject's motor cortex.
- Phase-Lock: The Subject had "clamped" onto the structural timber of the theatre, anchoring their biological mass to the exact "Peak" of the Era's historical momentum.
- Spore Event: At the moment of the historical climax, a Chronos-Loom erupted from the Subject's prefrontal cortex, infecting 50 witnesses.
The Ophiocordyceps Drive is the universe's way of "planting" new anomalies. It uses a dying Echo as the soil. The Echo is forced to climb to the "Highest Height" — the most important historical moment — to ensure maximum spore dispersal across the timeline.
[POST-MORTEM ANALYSIS // ECHO #112 // DR. CHEN'S PRIVATE ARCHIVE // If this file has been accessed by the Authority, note that the mycelium sample mentioned in Finding 2 no longer exists and never did. — E.C.]