To Whom It May Concern: Please accept this document as a formal, if deeply inadequate, apology. The matter of 'Anxiety'—its accidental synthesis and subsequent release into the public sphere—is, quite frankly, my doing. I understand the gravity of this admission. In 1912, I was merely attempting to model the optimal frequency of sustained, low-level apprehension. What I achieved, however, was far more robust and considerably less controllable. The apparatus itself—the primary unit, designated 'The Chronos-Resonator'—was designed to measure the ambient decay of calm. It involved three main components: a crystal array (Item 4b, now redacted) which fed into the central Induction Coil; and the secondary regulator, a pressurized bath of ionized mercury, which I mistakenly believed was necessary to stabilize the emotional output. The resulting cascade was immediate and irreversible. I assure you, the glowing, erratic nature of the machinery was not a feature, but a symptom of the sheer, uncontrolled psychic energy we were generating. I take full responsibility for the resulting... vibration. I deeply regret the inconvenience.
static · calm