Jade "parAnnoie" Zarate

Madness helps me save myself. Compiled records of Jade Zarate, operative known as "parAnnoie".

=Early Years= Confidential

=First Contact= The following was recovered from a hidden blog entry, deleted soon after for unclear reasons. The agent left no trace of their access.

Recovered Blog Entry
''The hive hum came for us at the worst time, perhaps. We had just finished college and moved in together. We planned out what we were going to do. Of course, strange things happened in this world. And we would occasionally notice strange happenings over in Downtown Brooklyn, south of the Navy Yard. But we ignored them, all in the name of continuing our lives in peace, and the desire of being left alone with each other. ''So much we could have done in our ignorance. ''Then that night that hit us a year and a half ago. We could have easily brushed it off... if only. We tried to rationalize it the next morning, summing up the identical, shared dream to our strange connection we attributed to the love we shared. It was all so strange and unwanted for us. ''We continued our lives normally. He applied to become an EMS for the Fire Department of New York, and I continued in my position as a receptionist for a travel agency--my degree hadn't started working for me just yet. And we felt perfect together--we just knew we wanted to commit to each other, no question about it. ''Until it all manifested. We seized at the same time, I at home in our bed, he while driving to an emergency call. I was the lucky one, I suppose. So often we grow comfortable and accustomed to the silence in our "personal spaces" and we think we're safe. And it is so easy to remind you that the safety you feel is only an illusion. The space you "claim" isn't yours, the rooms you sleep in can easily be invaded and your life is so, so very fragile. We had no feeling of safety left when the episodes came and passed. ''He... so harrowed when he finally made it home the next day. He never told me what happened when he seized. I had not had anyone around me. We had been so affected by this that we did not attempt to try and control whatever ability had been granted to us. We did not want any more of this, we wanted nothing more to do with the hive and the bees and those blasted voices. We only wanted each other, nothing more, and to live a life in mediocrity. Nothing. More. ''The hive did not agree with that idea and would not let us rest. ''We had not had visitors in such a long time. And suddenly, a week or so after the seizures, after we had spent nights without sleep and pulled the phones from the walls to silence them search for him, we had a knock at the door. He was so tired... I let him nod off as I tentatively went to the door. I looked through the peep hole and saw a curious looking monk. I didn't look close enough. As I opened the door, I only managed to cry out his name as a hand swiftly rose to my forehead and I blacked out. ''Our sudden knowledge and exposure to the secrets of our world felt like going from zero to one hundred in three seconds flat. And we were not allowed to see each other when we were initiated... only after. After we had emerged wild-eyed and bewildered from a hotel in Seoul, South Korea. After it had become incredibly clear to us that there was no turning back to our old lives. There was no way we could now. We would have to embrace the Dragon if we wanted to continue any kind of life. ''And perhaps we can still find a positive in this mess. We are still alive, after all. No other first-person recordings have been recovered since.

=Analysis=

Physical
Displays moderate symptoms of Waardenburg Syndrome--deaf in her left ear, and obvious discoloration in her hair. No other known disabilities or disorders.

Psychological
Diagnosis for any kind of mental instability is inapplicable despite observed irregular and inconsistent behaviors threatening to elude the calculating eyes of the Dragon.

=Known Hobbies=
 * Tarot reading
 * Spirit walking (spends more time dead than alive, from observations)
 * Miniature wood carvings
 * Target practice with her shotgun/blood spikes
 * Playing on the 3DS she was able to recover from Brooklyn
 * Surfing Tumblr