***** LANDTREE'S FILE *****

Academic career: A glittering career in history, first degree age 19, in archaeology, second degree age 21, modern history. Doctorate in folklore age 23. Joined Application 933 as member of teaching staff and research team age 24, in 849 SD. Transferred to Application 563 to run History Faculty in 861 SD age 36. Retired from teaching in 896 SD to undertake full time research.

Details of her publications: numerous articles in the Mort Historical Journal, Application Review and Orange Crush Quarterly. Her book on the impact of the fall of 300 SD on Downtown culture today, "The Inherited Soul", was a best seller in 879 SD, where it topped the non-fiction chart for 4 months.

Details of the two graduate students that comprise her research team full time:
Ward Boehmer, graduate in Folklore, age 28.
Mary Sinai, graduate in Sociology, age 32.

Her latest research has been cleared with the University Administration as preparation for a follow up to "The Inherited Soul". Landtree is taking a smaller scale approach to this book, concentrating on the mythologies of specific Sectors rather than Mort as a whole. Application Press has already secured the publishing rights to the as yet untitled sequel on the basis of the three chapters completed so far.

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***** LANDTREE'S OFFICE AT APPLICATION 563 *****

Numerous copies of the following nursery rhyme. Some are on video footage, some audio recording, and many transcriptions. Although there are small variations, the basic structure is the same:

The Devil owns a sawmill,
And we're all the trees.
A terrifying tale,
That Mother told to me,
It's definitely true,
'Cause Mothers never lie,
She swore she saw the Chainsaw man
Come climbing down the lightning,
From a hole that he'd ripped open in the sky.

Landtree has annotated many of the rhymes, with comments such as "How has a sawmill come to be mentioned in a rhyme popular to a culture who haven't seen a real tree in over 50 generations?" and "Cross reference with the storm songs of Sector DT109."

A note by Landtree reading "Is/was there any factual basis for the tale of the Chainsaw man? Content mentioning trees would suggest a factual origin..."

An archive file from the Dept. of Enquiries concerning a Dr. Daniel Myers, who in 623 SD drugged an entire waiting room of patients, along with all his staff, before dismembering them and coating the walls of his office in their skin. When arrested he claimed he was made to perform these acts by "The Vortex", an entity that lived inside thunder storms. His surgery was located near the hub of Sector DT465.

Address of Joachim Stone in Upper DT465, along with phone number.

A printout from the Dept. of Architecture Construction & Planning stating that the Malthus Industrial Comb, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day Sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

A photocopy of a fragment of an invoice dated 291 SD, for 1 (one) AA003 unit, costing 200 000C. The delivery address seems to be missing from the original invoice. Landtree has written "FF?" where the address would have been.

Address of Faroul ibn Farouk in mid Sector DT465, with phone number.

An archive file from the Dept. of Enquiries on the serial killer "Cogent", who amassed 428 confirmed kills in Sector DT465 between the years 490 - 503 SD. Cogent's MO was to use an industrial drill on the skull or spine of her victims. Landtree has written "Powertool connection" at the head of the paper.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the present day location of the Saleem Industrial Comb, circa 290 SD, is unknown.

Address of Allen Johnson, in upper DT465, along with a phone number.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the Zametov Industrial Comb, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

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***** APARTMENT OF ALLEN JOHNSON *****

Address of "Gervase's Diner" in upper DT465, along with phone number.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the Cherry Orchard Industrial Comb, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day Sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

Address of "The Good Mattress", a tube hotel in DT465, along with a phone number.

A report compiled by a research team from Application 214 monitoring radioactivity in Sector DT465. The report is thirty years old, and suggests that the radioactivity fluctuates in a three monthly cycle. They attribute this cycle to the industry in the area.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the Fairfax Retail Hub, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day Sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

Address of "The Rack", a tube hotel in DT465, along with a phone number.

Transcription of following nursery rhyme, along with video footage of street children singing it while dancing in a circle:

Mammy hid me from the thunder,
Which had split the sky asunder.
"Always shelter from the storm,
Cause evil comes in many forms.
Lightning jump-starts deadened hearts,
That seek to saw the world apart.
Hide yourself when there's a storm,
To keep your skin from being torn."

Landtree has made several notes: "Too many similarities to be coincidence. Not enough to be variation. It *has* to be that there's a common root here." "Not so much Chainsaw man as Chainsaw essence, but still..."

A report from the Dept. of Environment detailing a chemical spill of industrial coolant into the water table of DT465 on 17/03/895. According to the report the impact on life and health in the Sector is expected to be "minimal."

A graph from the Dept. of Meteorology showing frequency of electrical storms over Sector DT465 in 895 SD. Notable features include peaks of activity in January, followed by almost no storms for six months.

Address of "The Little Hilton", a tube hotel in DT465, with a phone number.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the Gikonyo Retail Hub, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day Sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

***** END OF JOHNSON'S APARTMENT *****

***** LANDTREE'S STORES AT THE RACK *****

An archive file from the Dept. of Enquiries detailing an investigation performed by squad "Mexican Standoff" in 752 SD after a Lower Downtown family in DT465 was found with a partially consumed 200 litre drum of liqiufied human remains. The family claimed to have found the drum washed up outside their apartment after a particularly violent storm. After an inconclusive 5 week search Mexican Standoff abandoned their investigation. No arrests have been made over the incident.

Transcription of following nursery rhyme, along with video fotage of a very old, very dirty woman singing it in a high cracked voice:

Flannery had a Demon,
Or so my Mother said.
The Demon kept on working
After Flannery was dead.
Instead of using timber,
To build the rich folks homes,
The Demon went out hunting
For wicked children's bones!

Landtree has written "Mothers *again*! This wouldn't be anything to do with Mother Pitt would it?" "First trace of Chainsaw Man's origins, or a false start?"

A table of statistics collated by the Shiver station in Sector DT465, charting reported but unsolved disappearances from the lower levels of that sector:

07/894 - 49001/895 - 60707/895 - 330
08/894 - 50302/895 - 43308/895 - 498
09/894 - 54103/895 - 30609/895 - 530
10/894 - 48504/895 - 36910/895 - 535
11/894 - 51205/895 - 35511/895 - 479
12/894 - 46606/895 - 31712/895 - 553

A record of admissions into the Bethlehem Asylum of residents of Sector DT465 for the past 200 years. Landtree has written "5% higher than neighbouring sectors!?" in one of the margins.

A photocopy of an advert from the Mort Times, dated 297 SD, for "Flacherty's Furnishings". The advert details the high quality of the furnishings, and stresses that they are crafted from *real* imported wood.

A summary of a sociological study performed by Application 15 in 750 SD on the inhabitants of Sector DT465. Landtree has underlined the "Olive-Para Index" and written "23% higher during stormy weather!" in margin.

A printout from the Dept. of Enquiries reading "Professor Landtree, regarding your enquiry concerning Mother Pitt, please read the Data Protection Act, Section D." Landtree has written "Now *this* is a suprise." in the margin.

A printout from the Dept. of AC&P stating that the Meadowrun Industrial Comb, circa 290 SD, corresponds to present day Sector DT465, and gives a grid reference.

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***** LANDTREE'S OYSTER *****

Scanned copy of following memo:

<Killa Chassis>
Date:21/03/273
To:Jennifer Denueve
CC:Edward Blake
Tkt'drrk
Pippa Tristram
From:Mike Fielding
About:Artificial Artisans Ltd

Guys, I've been doing some homework on these fellas and I can tell you they are *hot*! I say we put whatever pressure we can on the old man to put in an offer. Hell, once he sees the specs on some of their top of the range hardware, he'll be talking hostile takeover! Potential for pilot/wearer incorporation into their designs should be investigated carefully.Suggest we meet up thursday morning to discuss preli

The rest of the memo is missing.

A note reading "FF showroom + factory was in the Gikonyo Retail Hub. This is it! We can prove the existance of the Chainsaw man!"

A note reading "Bathsheba in Technical History *still* hasn't got back to me about the lightning dynamo rod company that apparently started in this sector just before The Fall. She said something about the Dept. of Energy. Now her number's disconnected. Hope she's OK."

***** END OF LANDTREE'S OYSTER *****