Info
Article written by MC_Crafter_24_7
Critiqued by Robert Goerman,
LaundryFan_04, and
DivineAtlas
To: Travis Barlow, + 126
From: Teddy <ten.llun|dneirFruoY#ten.llun|dneirFruoY>
Subject: Don't open if you're easily scared
Warning: Opening this attachment establishes an unbreakable psychic bond with the entity. Once someone lets "Teddy" in, many negative things start happening.
Description:
Teddy is described as a ghostly-white teddy bear with empty eyes and messy, human-like hair. Oftentimes, the bear carries a tiny pair of scissors and a gift. Aside from physical appearances, notable manifestations include reflections, inside dreams, and within various recorded media.
I blacked out and woke up with a bloody knife in my hands. How can I blame anything else? Should've deleted that damn email before curiosity took hold.
Travis Barlow
Behaviors:
Teddy mercilessly haunts and torments the afflicted. Following opening the attachment, he will usually begin with minor hallucinations, showing up out of the corner of the eye, as well as within reflections and dreams. Victims even report seeing him in the background of photographs, videos, video games, and movies. Once Teddy is satisfied with the psychological torture, he will emerge from the nearest glass surface, often computer monitors, television screens, or mirrors, becoming physically present. Note: Seeing Teddy in his physical form induces paralysis.
I thought Travis was just seeing things until I saw that teddy bear crawl out of the computer screen. Neither of us could move as it proceeded to make its way slowly toward Travis. Once it reached him, it climbed and walked into his chest, like a ghost.
Chelsea Wells
During this paralytic phase, Teddy will either move to enter the affected victim's chest through an unknown means, or he will approach and begin butchering them, with any bystanders unable to intervene. If the target is asleep at Teddy's chosen time, this episode will resemble sleep paralysis.
Possession
Should Teddy enter a wanderer's chest, they are considered possessed, and they are completely under Teddy's influence. Immediately after this occurs, they become able to hear the thoughts of others around them.
Teddy has shown he is capable of doing the following things to the possessed whenever he wants, and likely far more:
- Cause intense hallucinations
- Change their perception, including what they hear from thoughts
- Alter their height and weight
- Grant superhuman strength
- Allow them to phase through objects
- Induce intense paranoia
- Trigger a rage state, causing them to go on killing sprees
- Impart impossible knowledge they should not know
- Bestow speech and comprehension of any language, verbal or written
- Produce seizures, heart attacks, and spontaneous pain
- Reduce or increase their body temperature
- Rouse various emotions
- Manipulate memories
It is believed that they are still aware and conscious, able to dictate their own actions. The only exception is when Teddy induces a behavioral shift or chooses to seize control. When these things occur, the victim usually experiences blackouts and gaps in memory.
John kept screaming, "Get out now! Get out of my body!" I tried to calm him down, but he started convulsing and spitting blood. Was this a seizure? His chest ruptured, and there was this teddy bear cutting his way out with tiny scissors.
Jill Mckinney
Discovery:
Entity 47 came to the attention of the M.E.G. following numerous unexplained deaths and disappearances on levels 1, 4, and 11. The only factor connecting every case was found to be an identical email sent from ten.llun|dneirFruoY#ten.llun|dneirFruoY under the alias of "Teddy."
Countermeasures?
Only one defense has been proven to be effective against Teddy. Proximity to reality fresheners suppresses the psychic link, preventing Teddy from affecting wanderers in any way. The moment they leave the effective radius, the anomalies continue.
Teddy can affect multiple people at a given time with no known limit, and it is unknown if Teddy is a singular entity or many. Removing the "curse" is seemingly impossible, leaving the only effective method of combating it to be preventing the spread of the email that incites it.
Do's and Don'ts:
Do:
- Report the email
- Delete the email
- Seek help if afflicted
Don't:
- Open the attachment
- Forward the email
- Contact ten.llun|dneirFruoY#ten.llun|dneirFruoY
- Provoke Teddy