2022-03-15 — Neurolinguistic Observations — Dr. ████████, OPM-Neurocognitive Anomalies Research Sector

A subset of confirmed subjects exhibit transient presentations resembling Broca's or Wernicke's aphasia following prolonged exposure windows. Reports of communicative isolation and dissociation are common among this subset. Correlation with the primary effect is under review; the question of whether the aphasic episodes represent retroactive erasure of the subject's own previously-known idiomatic inventory remains open.

2022-06-09 — Legacy Synchronization Advisory — OPM Monitoring Desk

Devices previously impacted by the anomaly have been observed broadcasting corrupted time data to open networks when permitted to synchronize, even after extended periods of removal from the anomalous radius. All Bureau time infrastructure within designated containment perimeters must remain closed-loop. Unauthorized synchronization requests originating from intake-flagged hardware trigger mandatory physical replacement of the affected unit, without exception.

2023-01-20 — On the MBP Scaffold Catalogue — Documentation Specialist, OPM-Aberrant Linguistics Sector

MBP scaffold outputs are not equivalent to the erased idioms they reconstruct. Personnel reviewing scaffold entries are reminded that the reconstructed conceptual anchor is a flat prose paraphrase, deliberately stripped of metaphorical structure, and is not to be treated as a recovered form of the original expression. Any attempt to colloquialize a scaffold entry back toward its original metaphorical register is itself a containment breach.

2021-03-04 – Incident CASE-0032-5: Disappearance of Supervisory Blame Idiom

Subject CASE-0032-1, during a supervised conversation test conducted at the containment unit, employed an idiomatic construction approximated by post-event reconstruction as "throwing them under the vehicle to protect themselves." Researchers present expressed confusion and disputed the phrase's validity in real time. Within thirty minutes, internal Bureau documentation referencing the original expression had been altered such that the alteration could not be detected by routine audit; cross-referenced public corpora returned total absence of the expression and its cognate variants. Recovery of an unaltered reference copy from a sealed archive failed: the sealed copy was found to be conformant with the altered version upon inspection, despite no physical access having occurred.

Of the three researchers present, two experienced no lasting effects beyond the documented confusion. The third, Researcher ████████ (OPM-NCAR), reported the next morning that a colloquial phrase she had used habitually for years had "stopped feeling like a real thing" and that she could no longer produce it on request. Subsequent interview confirmed she could not state which phrase she meant. MBP scaffold reconstruction yields conceptual anchor: "To damage another's reputation for short-term benefit in hierarchical structures."

No response team was deployed; the incident was resolved within the containment unit. Conversation test protocols were subsequently revised to prohibit subject vocalization in the presence of more than two personnel. Researcher ████████ remains on active duty under standard post-exposure monitoring.

2021-07-19 – Incident CASE-0032-11: Somatic and Group-Dynamic Destabilization

During a debrief held in OPM-NCAR Conference Room ██, a staff member — not a confirmed subject of CASE-0032 — referenced an idiom approximated by post-event reconstruction as "two avian subjects resolved with a single projectile." The staff member had no documented prior contact with any confirmed subject, and the mechanism of activation is undetermined. Initial response was levity, which gave way to discomfort within approximately twenty seconds. Attempts to repeat the phrase produced nonsensical syntax; the speaker, evidently aware that something had gone wrong, reiterated the phrase four times in increasingly fragmented form. Group dynamics in the room collapsed within ninety seconds.

One staff member vomited and was removed from the room. A second entered a fugue state lasting approximately four hours, during which she attempted to file a misconduct report against the original speaker. The report was titled "Aggressive Metaphor Use" and consisted of seventeen pages of text that, upon later review, contained no coherent grammatical structure. The speaker himself reported a persistent sensation of "having forgotten an important word" lasting approximately six weeks; he remains under Class II memory suppression review pending decision on whether intervention would compound or mitigate the residual effect. Archival search located no antecedents for the expression in any corpus. MBP scaffold reconstruction yields conceptual anchor: "The accomplishment of two distinct objectives through a single action."

OPM monitoring desk was notified; no ARU deployment was authorized, and the incident was contained to OPM premises. The activation of the anomalous effect in a non-confirmed-subject staff member triggered a Level 4 review of the case's classification. The review concluded that the activation was unrepeatable under controlled conditions and that the existing classification remains appropriate, but recommended that the question of whether CASE-0032's effect is property-of-subject or property-of-utterance be kept open. The review's findings are documented in REP-600-???.

2021-10-30 – Incident CASE-0032-14: Balkan-Region Idiom Cascade Loss

During bilingual propagation testing conducted under formal OPM-Aberrant Linguistics Sector protocol, Subject CASE-0032-2 used a Serbian idiom approximated in English by post-event reconstruction as "that's not your animal, don't carry its saddle." Researchers present, including two native Serbian speakers, reported emotional aversion and contextual collapse despite the availability of direct translation references. Automated linguistic tracking confirmed simultaneous loss across regional corpora and diaspora usage; the loss propagated through both written records and, where measurable, oral tradition holdings maintained by partner institutions.

Both native-speaker researchers reported a "missing piece" sensation lasting approximately ten days, accompanied by mild dysphasia when attempting to construct sentences expressing the underlying concept. Both recovered without intervention. The Lead Investigator notes that the recovery may reflect MBP scaffold exposure rather than spontaneous resolution, as both researchers had been briefed on the scaffold output as part of post-incident debrief. MBP scaffold partial reconstruction yields conceptual anchor: "Do not burden yourself with problems you do not own." The partial designation reflects an unresolved disagreement within OPM-Aberrant Linguistics Sector regarding whether the reconstruction adequately captures the original's connotation of livestock-specific responsibility, a question that cannot be settled now that the original is unrecoverable.

No response team was deployed. Bilingual propagation testing was suspended pending review; the suspension remains in effect.