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Angela's Diary is a novella which serves as a prequel to Resident Evil: Degeneration. Appearing in the form of a journal written by Angela Miller, it describes a number of plot points in the film as well as serving as world-building.
Angela's Dairy was only published in two sources: the Japanese DVD box set as a featurette, and the biohazard DEGENERATION Visual & Scenario Archive guide. Much of the diary is written in the style of letters addressed to her deceased niece.
Plot[]
The story begins in July. The anti-bioweapon NGO, TerraSave, has published photographs from India, alleged to be of people showing symptoms of zombification following an unethical clinical trial of the T-Virus conducted by WP. With this evidence, the group intends to force the United States government to begin an immediate investigation of the corporation, or they will take the matter into their own hands via the International Criminal Court. As Angela Miller reads the bulletin, she begins to second-guess her brother, Curtis, who had himself become obsessed with the company to the point of being arrested for his activities.
Over time, Angela becomes increasingly obsessed with the news article, and begins research of her own. After a week of research, Angela has concluded that it would normally take $10 billion over a decade for a newly developed medicine to actually be sold over-the-counter. Learning it's common for companies to complete the process cheaper and faster by running controversial human trials in third-world Asia. WP has so far failed to comment on the allegations made by TerraSave, which could either be an indictment of their practices they don't want talked about—or the trial could simply be such a common occurrence in the pharmaceutical industry as to not be worth commenting and risking up the companies' standing.
The next week, Angela heads over to Washington, D.C. and, through a friend, arranges a meeting with a scientist employed by a pharmaceutical company's R&D team. The man has concerns over the leaks, as it is something that usually should not happen in a clinical trial, and Angela wonders if it could represent a serious financial risk. The day after her meeting, she stops by a café in D.C. and meets a Mexican man who reclaims rental cars. Not knowing why, she feels the urge to ask him if he has seen her brother.
In mid-August, Angela gets a call from the Chief of the Harvardville Police Department. The WP Corporation is aware of her obsession with them and believes she is harassing the company. This puts Angela in a difficult spot, as if she continues her investigation she may find her law enforcement career in ruins, and while she disagrees with Curtis' methods, she respects her brother for demanding the WP Corporation reveal more information about their new laboratory complex in the city.
In late August, the WP Corporation controversy has built up more and more, and finally HPD has had to arrest six university students after they started a drunken brawl while accusing the WP Corporation of criminal behavior. The small rural town was hurt bad during the early 1990s recession, and WP's investment in 1995 saved it but ended up owning much of its businesses and developing the town into a metropolis. Anything damaging to the corporation's reputation would, therefore, be severely damaging to the town's economy.
In early September, Angela learns the annual memorial service in memory of Raccoon City, which was destroyed following a t-Virus outbreak in 1998, is set to take place in the winter. Due to a quarantine, the memorial does not take place in the city, but a neighboring town a hundred miles away. The inquiry into the city's destruction is still ongoing, but the bereaved are unsure if the published findings will even be publicly released should the investigation ever conclude. Later that month, Angela finally gets a meeting with a member of TerraSave, who was formerly the organization's director, hoping to get information on WP's activities. He refuses to give her information, however, believing her to be a spy for Harvardville Police. Putting the investigation behind her, she gets back with her job, and attends a welcome party for new Special Response Team members. While there, her co-worker Greg Glenn expresses respect for Curtis; having lost his family in Raccoon City, it is perfectly understood he would try to seek answers and prevent a repeat of that disaster.
In October, Angela gets a call from the former TerraSave director, who believes he saw Curtis at the Savoy Hotel in Chicago. When she arrives two days later, she finds he was indeed at the hotel but under an assumed name, and having signed in with a fake address in St. Louis.
At the start of November, Senator Ron Davis pays a visit to the Chief of Police to discuss a planned TerraSave demonstration which has peaked the interest of major television networks. Every day following this there are more meetings as information develops. The TerraSave demonstration is to take place the next week, ahead of the National Pharmaceutical Congress.
Transcript[]
- Note
- It should be noted the first four entries are incorrectly dated as August instead of July. The entries also continue into early November, despite the film placing it's events in late October.
I saw the photo today.
It was a picture published on TerraSave's website, showing victims of a clinical trial conducted by the WP Corporation in India.
How could something so terrible happen? Why didn't anyone attempt to stop it before so much damage was done?
Clearly, this is beyond the scope of a clinical trial. If all of this is true, then WP's actions should never be tolerated. Even if it were a legally permissible clinical trial.
TerraSave warns on its website that it is prepared to take the case to the International Criminal Court if the United States government does not directly investigate or legally sanction WP.
My Dear.
I wonder if I should have listened to your father's words more....
When your father took issue with WP, I should've......
I must know.
Why did WP need to conduct clinical trials in India?
Why are they still silent?
11/8/2005
The development of medicine costs a lot of money. It also takes a long time.
After researchers have dealt with chemicals from scratch and repeated animal experiments, only those that have been confirmed to be safe are sent to clinical trials on humans.
Nearly ten billion dollars and nearly 10 years...
It's an investment made only with the expectation of payback. However, there are risks involved.
The less risk, the better.
Therefore, everyone is trying to cut down on the nearly 10 billion dollars and nearly 10 years.
It seems that clinical tests conducted overseas are one way to do this.
Clinical trials conducted outside of Japan are said to be one of the measures.
Especially in Asia. One company's website says that labor costs are low and there is an abundance of human resources.
However, this is not limited to WP. Other pharmaceutical companies are doing the same.
If there's damage in the shadow of each of these clinical tests, WP's bullish silence is not surprising.
If this is the norm in the pharmaceutical industry, we cannot blame WP alone.
Or was Curtis certain about what was going on?
WP is stubbornly keeping its mouth shut. It isn't even talked about it in this town.
19/8/2005
I took advantage of my off-duty time to come to Washington, D.C.
Through an old colleague, I was able to meet with the person in charge of development at the pharmaceutical company.
He told me that it is extremely rare for a group of people to experience serious side effects like WP's in the human clinical trial stage.
However, this does not mean that it is completely impossible.
In fact, there has been only one unexplained death in a clinical trial he was involved in when he was still a rookie.
When I asked him, in jest, if the drug was on the market, he laughed and said he could not give me any details.
After such a serious accident came to light, it is obvious that it is fatal to the survival of the company, but there may be other reasons for their silence. I've heard for a while, that WP has signed a top secret deal with the Pentagon.
However, this was only a rumor, and nothing has been heard of it since then.
26/8/2005
It had been the the first time I'd been in D.C. for some time, so I stopped by Kato's shop.
As usual, he kept saying "The management of the store is going down the drain" in poor English.
I met an interesting man at the store. Born in Mexico, his family seemed to be very rich, and he boasted that he had visited 132 countries.
Currently, he's working on driving an abandoned rental cars back to it's designated sales office and returning it.
He said it's like getting paid to travel all over the United States.
Just to be sure, I asked him if he had ever seen your father, but he simply said "No."
Obviously.
27/8/2005
I received a call from the Chief.
Apparently, someone tipped him off that WP was sniffing around. I have a pretty good idea what to expect.
They haven't taken kindly to me since your father was arrested for breaking into WP's laboratories.
Rather, they don't like the fact that "that criminal's sister" is employed within their own police force.
I have no intention of dealing with their childish harassment anymore.
However, if it is directed beyond me personally to my subordinates, that is a different matter. That should never be the case.
My team laughed at me and said that they gave up on their careers long ago when they joined my unit. They say they are happy to stay where they are right now. But if they rise in rank, they will be paid more. They have families, too. How could I not be happy about that?
I cannot take advantage of their goodwill. Never.
Back then, Curtis pressed WP to clarify what the confidential areas of the research facility were.
As far as that is concerned, I still don't think there was anything wrong with his demands. But it's also true that Curtis went too far.
Unfortunately, at that point, he was arrested and got what he deserved.
If I deny that, I'm not qualified to stay in my current position.
15/8/2005
Today, the first arrests were made.
Six university students from the east had gathered to protest WP, and a staff member at a nearby wood processing shop got into an argument over drinks. It escalated into a fistfight. This town is different from the city.
It may be a little unfair to the students, but when they tried to condemn WP in this town, they had the wrong department.
This rural town, which was on the decline, had been revived and brought prosperity incomparable to what it was a decade ago, For the residents here, WP is something to be praised, not something to be criticized.
The economy of this city can no longer be talked about without mentioning WP now. No matter how much of an obnoxious snooty prick Davis is, he will be sent to Washington to represent the people again in the next election.
The town has changed. Everything is different from when your father and I were growing up.
Where is your father now?
23/8/2005
It's been a long time since there's been news about that town.
It seems the memorial service will be held again this year before winter. 100 miles away from that city, in another city whose name I don't even know.
People are still not even allowed to enter the surrounding area.
I heard that the council is still conducting its own investigation into that town, but we, the bereaved families, have not even been informed of whether the results of that investigation will even be made public.
It's already been almost seven years since then. In the ever-changing midst of time, the days I spent with you are still fresh in my mind as if they were yesterday.
I received a call from a dear friend today.
It seems that he found out through a mutual friend that I went to D.C. last week. I had heard rumors that he had settled and was already a dad of three daughters, all settled in.
I was told that I should accept the past as 'the past' and live my life in search of happiness for myself.
In that sense, I may not be able to accept the past as just being 'the past' yet.
But how are we supposed to accept the past when nothing of the truth has ever been brought to light?
I cannot. There is no way I can accept it.
5/9/2005
Today, I went to your old house with a real estate agent in order to get them to do an appraisal.
But in the end, I decided not to go through with it.
Tonight, for the first time in a long time, I will fall asleep in your bed like I used to.
13/9/2005
I was finally able to meet with someone from TerraSave.
This man was the executive director of the organization when Curtis was still with them.
He's always been a timid but intelligent guy, I figured he would've heard more information about the clinical trials that WP did in India.
But he seems to have mistaken me for a spy for the Harvardville Police Department or something.
He knows that the city of Harvardville is a difficult place to live for people who oppose the WP corporation.
He knows that Harvardville is such a close-knit town.
That's why he seemed to misunderstand that I, who had lost my place due to my brother's deeds, was trying to get information about TerraSave, WP's biggest enemy at the moment, in order to redeem my honor.
In the end, I left without being able to ask him about anything I really wanted to know.
What in the world am I doing...?
17/9/2005
Today, I went drinking with the SRT members as a welcome party for new members.
Drunk Greg always says "Curtis was a little radical, but right to do what he did. If I lost someone important and knew that the same mistake may be repeated in front of me, I would do everything I could to help, whether I got arrested or not.
Depending on the situation, he would go to the person he wanted to talk to directly, as he did.
Even though Curtis is remembered by the people of this city as a helpless man who drowned in alcohol and started fights everywhere, Greg still remembers him well: Curtis Miller, who was a magnificent doctor.
I interrupted him in the middle, because it wasn't something I wanted to talk about in front of newcomers, but I'm glad there are still people who believe in me after all.
29/9/2005
This morning, I received a call from the same man at TerraSave.
He said he saw Curtis. It was just a coincidence that they passed each other, but he was certain it was him.
It seems he checked into the Savoy Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.
Without thinking, I yelled at him that there was no other place for Curtis to come back to.
7/10/2005
Curtis' name was not on the guest list at the Savoy Hotel.
When I showed a picture to one of the housekeepers, she testified that she saw someone who looked like him.
He was staying in room 1438.
Based on her information, I visited the front desk again.
The address given by the man in room 1438 was in St. Louis.
But when I checked with St. Louis, I found out that no such address existed.
I'm chasing an illusion.
9/10/2005
This morning, I received a letter from someone who claims to be a friend of yours.
A young man named Forest, do you remember him?
It seems he heard the name "Harvardville" for the first time in a long time after the WP incident and sent a letter.
He moved to Chicago -- a year after you left town -- because of his father's work.
Unfortunately, I don't know him. He says that his dream is to become a doctor in the future. He wrote that his goal was to be like your father.
At the end of the year, he's going to visit the city with his friends.
For now, I will forget everything, reread his letter, imagine your face and think of the woman I never knew you to be, and enjoy a fleeting moment of happiness.
Good night.
23/10/2005
Davis paid a visit to the Chief.
I don't know what it was about, but since he was very aggressive and rushed in, he must have been demanding us to strengthen the patrols around WP and his mansion.
The other day, one of the three major networks reported on the clinical trials, so the city has somewhat lost it's composure.
Rumor has it that TerraSave is planning a large-scale demonstration.
1/11/2005
Meetings continue day after day.
TerraSave's demonstration is scheduled before the National Pharmaceutical Congress next week. The chief is very nervous about this.
But the city is as silent as ever, as are most of the residents. It's as if they don't care...
No matter how noisy the internet or the media is, it doesn't seem to affect the residents of this town.
If you block it out, that's all.
Thanks to this, I've done my job as a police officer today.
Thank you.
The city is peaceful today.
7/11/2005
今日、例の写真を観た。
テラセイブのホームページ上に公開された写真で、 ウィルファーマがインドで行った臨床試験の被害者を写したものだ。
どうしてあんなひどいことが行われたのか？あれだけの被害が生じる前にどうして誰も止めなかったのか？
明らかに臨床試験という範疇を超えている。もしこれらがすべて事実なのだとしたら、 ウィルファーマの行いは絶対に許されるべきではない。仮に法的に許された治験であったとしてもだ。
テラセイブは合衆国政府が直接調査に乗り出さなかった場合、 またはウィルファーマに対して法的に制裁を加えなかった場合は、 国際刑事裁判所に訴え出る用意があるとHP上で警告している。
My Dear.
私はもっとあなたのお父さんの言葉に耳を傾けるべきだったのだろうか...。
あなたのお父さんがウィルファーマを問題視したときに、もっと......。
私は知らなければいけない。
ウィルファーマがなぜインドで臨床試験を行う必要があったのか？
彼らはなぜ今も尚、沈黙を続けるのか？
11/8/2005
医薬品の開発には莫大な金がかかる。時間も長くかかる。
研究者たちがいちから化学物質と向き合い、動物実験を繰り返したはてに、 安全性が確認されたものだけが人を使った臨床試験にまわされる。
100億近い金と10年近い歳月---
回収を見越すからこその投資。ただしそこには当然リスクがある。
リスクは少なければ少ないほうが良い。
故にみな、この100億近い金と10年近い年月を削りにかかる。
国外で行う臨床試験は、その方策のひとつであるらしい。
特にアジア。人件費が安く、人材も豊富と、ある企業のHPには記してあった。
ただこれはウィルファーマに限った話ではない。他の製薬企業も行っていることだ。
それらひとつひとつの臨床試験の影に今度のような被害が少なからず起こっているのだとしたら、 ウィルファーマの強気ともいえる沈黙にも納得がいく。
これが製薬業界の常識なのだとしたら、ウィルファーマだけを責め立てるわけにはいかないだろう。
それともカーティスには何か確信があったのだろうか？
ウィルファーマは頑なに口をつぐんでいる。この街ではそのことが話題にすら上がらない。
19/8/2005
非番を利用して、ワシントンDCに来た。
昔の仲間のつてを使って、 製薬会社で開発を担当する部署の人間に会うことができた。
彼曰く、人への臨床試験の段階で、 今回のウィルファーマのような重い副作用が集団で
発生する可能性は極めて稀なことらしい。
ただしまったくないとは言い切れないとのこと。
実際、彼がまだ新人の頃に携わった治験でも、 いまだ原因不明の死亡事例が、一件だけあるらしい。
詳しいことは話せないと急に口をつぐんだので、 冗談のつもりで、その薬はもしや店頭に並んでいるのではと問うたところ、苦笑を浮かべていた。
業界の中でもウィルファーマのことは話題に上るらしい。
あれだけ重大な事故が明るみに出た以上、会社の存続という意味で、致命的であることは明白だが、 沈黙を守る理由は他にもあるかもしれないとのこと。
というのも一時期、ウィルファーマがペンタゴンと極秘の契約を結んだと耳にしたことがあるというのだ。
ただしこれはあくまでも噂を超えないレベルの話で、それ以後はまったく聞かれないという。
26/8/2005
久しぶりにDCに来たのでカトーの店に寄ってみた。
相変わらず、"店の経営は風前の灯"とヘタな英語で連発していた。
店で面白い男に会った。メキシコ出身で、家が大金持ちらしく、廻った国の数は132カ国になると自慢していた。
現在は、乗り捨てられたレンタカーを所定の営業所にまで運転して返す仕事についているという。
金をもらって全米中をめぐるようなものだと彼。
念のため、あなたのお父さんを見かけたことがあるかと聞いたけど、あっさり「ない」と言われた。
当たり前か。
27/8/2005
署長から呼び出しを食らった。
ウィルファーマのことを嗅ぎまわっていると、誰かが密告したらしい。大体予想はついてる。
彼らは、あなたのお父さんがウィルファーマに乗り込んで逮捕された時から、私のことを快く思っていない。
むしろ犯罪者の妹が自分たち警察組織の身内にいることが気に入らない。
今さら、連中の子供じみた嫌がらせを相手にする気もない。
ただしそれが私個人を超えて、部下たちに向けられた場合は別だ。それだけは絶対にあってはならない。
彼らは私のチームに属した時点で、出世はとうの昔に諦めたと笑ってくれる。今のままでよいと。
だが階級が上がれば報酬も上がる。彼らにだって家族がある。それを喜ばぬはずがない。
私は彼らの好意に甘えるわけにはいかない。絶対に。
カーティスはあの時、ウィルファーマに対して、研究施設の不明な点を明らかにしろと迫った。
その一点に限れば、彼に否があるとは、今も思わない。だが、カーティスが度を越していたことも事実なのだ。
残念ながら、あの時点で、彼は逮捕されてしかるべき行動をとった。
そのことを否定するのであれば、私に今の職に留まる資格はない。
15/8/2005
今日、初めて逮捕者がでた。
ウィルファーマを告発しようと集まった東部から来た大学生6名と、 木材加工店のスタッフが酒の席で口論となり
殴り合いの喧嘩にまで発展した。この街は都会と違う。
東部の学生たちにとってはいささかフェアでないかもしれないが、 この街でウィルファーマを告発しようとした時点で、彼らには部が悪い。
衰退の一途をたどっていたこの田舎街で、10年前とは比べ物にならないほどの活気と豊かさをもたらした
ウィルファーマは、ここの住人にとって、褒めたたえることはあってもけなすべき対象ではない。
この街の経済はいまやウィルファーマなくしては語れない。デイビスがどれだけ鼻もちならない奴であったとしても、 彼は次の選挙でもまた住人の代表としてワシントンへ送られるだろう。
この街は変わった。あなたのお父さんや私が幼少を過ごした頃とは何もかも。
あなたの父さんは今どこにいるのでしょうか？
23/8/2005
久しぶりにあの街のことが報道されていた。
今年も慰霊祭は執り行われるようです。冬に入る前に細々と。
いまだ付近一帯には立ち入ることすら許されていないあの街から100mileも離れた名前すら知らない別の街で。
あの街に関しては、今もなお、議会が独自に調査を進めているらしいけど、 その結果が公表されるかどうかすら、私たち遺族には知らされていません。
あれからもう7年になろうとしています。うつろい行く時の中で、あなたと過ごした日々は、 今も色あせることなく、まるで昨日のことのように、私の脳裏に蘇ります。
今日は懐かしい友人から連絡がありました。
先日、DCに行ったことを、共通の友人を通じて知ったらしい。噂では聞いていたけれど、 彼はもう三人の娘さんのパパで、すっかり落ち着いていました。
過去は過去として受け止め、私自身、幸福になることを求めて生きるべきだと言われました。
そういう意味では、私はまだ過去を過去として受け止めきれていないのかもしれません。
でも何一つ真実が明るみにされていない過去をどうやって受け止めろというのでしょう？
私には無理です。納得なんてできるはずがない。
5/9/2005
今日、不動産会社を連れて、あなたの家に行きました。査定をしてもらうためです。
でも結局、やめました。
今夜は、久しぶりに、昔よくもぐりこんだあなたのベッドで眠ります。
13/9/2005
ようやくテラセイブの人間と会うことができた。
カーティスがまだ彼らの組織に籍を置いていた時に事務局長をしていた男だ。
昔からインテリ風をふかしたいけすかない奴ではあったが、 彼ならウィルファーマがインドで行った臨床試験に関して、詳しく話が聞けると考えた。
だが彼は私がハーバードヴィル警察から使わされたスパイか何かだと勘違いしたようだ。
彼はハーバードヴィルという街がウィルファーマに敵対する人間にとって生き難いことを知っている。
それだけ閉鎖的な街だということを知っている。
だからこそ、兄の行いにより居場所を失くした私が名誉挽回するため、 目下ウィルファーマの一番の敵であるテラセイブの情報を聞き出そうとしていると勘違いしたらしい。
結局、私は、本当に聞きたいことは何も聞けないまま、席を立ってしまった。
私はいったい何をやっているのだろうか...。
17/9/2005
今日は、新しく入ったメンバーの歓迎会もかねて、SRTのメンバーと飲みに行った。
酒に酔ったグレッグは決まってこう言う。
カーティスの行いは少々過激ではあったが正しい。
大切な人を失い、また目の前で同じ過ちが繰り返されるかもしれないと知ったなら、 逮捕されるとかされないとか以前に、自分もできる限りのことはするだろう。
場合によっては、彼のように直接話し合いたい相手の元へ乗り込むだろう。
街の人間にとってカーティスは、酒におぼれ、 どこでも喧嘩をふっかけるどうしようもない男として記憶されていたとしても、 自分はしっかりと覚えている。医師として立派だったカーティス・ミラーって男を。
新人を前にして話す話でもなかったので、途中で遮ったけど、 やはり信じてくれている人がいるのは嬉しい。
29/9/2005
今朝、テラセイブの例の男から連絡があった。
カーティスを見かけたというのだ。偶然、すれ違っただけだが間違いないという。
シカゴにあるサボイホテルに入っていったらしい。
思わず、彼の帰ってくる場所はここ以外にないと怒鳴りつけてしまった。
7/10/2005
サボイホテルの宿泊名簿にカーティスの名前はなかった。
写真を見せたら、ハウスキーパーの一人が
彼に似た人を見たと証言してくれた。
1438号室に宿泊していたという。
彼女の情報を元に、もう一度フロントを訪ねた。
1438号室の男が記した住所はセントルイスにあった。
しかしセントルイスに確認したら、 そんな住所は存在しないことが分かった。
私は幻を追っている。
9/10/2005
今朝、あなたの友人だという人から手紙が届きました。
ホレストという名の青年です。おぼえていますか？
ウィルファーマの事件で、久しぶりに"ハーバードヴィル"の名を聞き、 手紙を送ってくれたんだそうです。
彼はあなたが街を去った翌年、お父さんの仕事の都合で、 シカゴへ引っ越したそうです。
残念ながら、私は彼のことを知りませんでした。
将来は医者になるのが夢だそうです。
あなたのお父さんのようになるのが目標だと書いていました。
今年の終わりに、友人とこの街を訪ねてくれるそうです。
今は何もかも忘れて、彼の手紙を読み返しながら、 私の知らなかったあなたの姿を思い浮かべ、 つかの間の幸福を味わうことにします。
おやすみ。
23/10/2005
デイビスが署長のもとを訪れた。
なんの案件だか知らないが、えらい剣幕で駆け込んでいったので、 どうせウィルファーマや自分の屋敷周辺のパトロールを強化しろとかうるさく行ってきたに違いない。
先日、3大ネットワークの一つに、臨床試験の件が取り上げられてから、街はどことなく落ち着きを失っている。
噂ではテラセイブが大規模なデモを計画しているとか。
1/11/2005
連日、会議が続く。
一週間後に控えた全米医薬品会議を前にテラセイブのデモが予定されている。
そのことで、署長はいたく神経質になっている。
しかし街は相変わらず、 住人の多くは沈黙を守っている。
まるでわれ関せずとでもいうように...。
ネットやメディアがどれだけ騒ごうとも、 この街の住人には影響を及ぼさないようだ。
遮断してしまえばそれですむ。
おかげで警官としての自分の仕事は
今日も無事に終わった。
ありがとう。
今日も街は平和だ。
7/11/2005
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