<div class="floatleft">(http://img5.visualizeus.com/thumbs/32/bc/beautiful,girl,dark,hair,green,eyes,beauty,eyes,girl-32bcb7c5a7bf1157b4822ad8d0ab30c9_h.jpg)</div>Coral McCalister (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=375255)<br/><br/>She says.  "I've taken some notes on what I've learned... I'll just read them too you."<br/><br/>Pulling a thick blue notebook out of her purse, she begins to dictate out of it.  "Paranormal Studies Institute is researching metahumans, officially they are not supposed to exist, not as an organisation listed on most common databases. They have funding from a few private sources, mostly wealthy men and women interested in questionable research.<br/>Its organisation is divided to 5 Tiers, with Tier I being the top of the group, and Tiers II and III the project leaders and managers. The last two tiers IV and V reserved for subordinates. The lowest tier not privy to insider information, and the Tier IV only aware of the project they are working with. Tier III having general knowledge of all events occuring within the same region, more or less, but each assigned to their own tasks for most part. Tier II being people high up enough to command a regional branch of the organisation. Tier I is something that most of the workers know little or nothing about. Supposedly there is a small set of superiors that control and guide the organisation as a whole. However, the information about them is limited to Tier II personnel.<br/><br/>The leader of the group is an enigma, but a high up figure was recently seen at this facility, a man called Thomas Blackthorn.<br/><br/>Thomas Blackthorn, a professor of biochemistry and a genius at the age of 28 had completed two different thesis on the subject of human advancement, and was heading for a placement at the top laboratories in the country each competing for his services when a freak incident robbed him of his fiancee and young son. Tragedy seemed to splinter the genius mind but he made a fortune with his patents and discoveries still along the year, but growing increasingly cold in personality, and more reluctant to face the public, Mr. Blackthorn's assets were combined to form the basis of what would be a private research company utilizing his talent as well as discoveries in pursuit of the lofty goal he set back in his earlier years. Human advancement project, with a dedication to his dead wife and son.<br/><br/>He's supposed to be on Tier II of the organisation, answering directly to the boss-(wo)men (Tier I) of the organisation. Ruthless, and he gets the job done. He is supposedly also an Augment.<br/><br/>PSI has been studying metahuman condition ever since the original awakening began, but there are files that indicate that the Tier I personnel might have been aware of the events before they occured, and that preliminary research was already done when things began. Supposedly, the PSI is capable of creating temporary, limited new metahumans of their own, but these talents are very short-lasting, unreliable, and apparently dangerous. Tier III and above is required to gain access to them.<br/><br/>Augments are people capable of using these temporary gifts to some extent. The PSI is trying to learn how to make them permanent, and reverse the neural damage they seem to inflict. Nasty side-effects abound, but the Augment abilities could theoretically be used to create specifically required power once the metahuman condition is better understood. However, given the instabilities, these abilities are not to be used in public if its avoidable to not draw attention.<br/><br/><br/>The nearby facility has an electrified fence, set so that it gives a very painful shock on touch, not deadly but enough to cause severe damage on continued contact. The facility's woods have small monitoring devices, mainly thermal sensors installed. The area past the shield-area of the woods leads to a field with firearms range. There have been supposedly various weapons tests in the past there, but they are mainly trying to keep people away. To the point of actually leaking a few false rumors of actual injuries and brutality at the facility, making even those who would dig deep to find something stop at finding some dirt.<br/><br/>The facility's outer perimeter has a few token guards, but they are Tier V personnel. Including people that believe in the whispers of brutality before their time.<br/><br/>The actual facility is supposedly protected by a biometric scanner on high-security doors, and housing a practically medical ward for the prisoners within it. The metahumans undergroing examination and study. The place also contains a basement laboratory area with machinery necessary for the Augments.<br/><br/>The security on lower levels relies on Augments and apparently some metahumans have even been tagged for conversion of some sort.<br/><br/>The whole facility's weak point would have to be its old service road built at the back of the place. It leads to a secondary gate with a tree-mounted thermal sensors as well as an old camera, but that said camera being off-line most of the time, only activating if a sensor is triggered. Past them, the service road leads to the back of the facility, unmonitored."<br/><br/>Pausing, she adds.  "My throat's a bit dry, I think I could use a glass of water."