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Sensitive content: body horror and suicide.
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Published during the classic writing blitz.
Description
An instance of Object 46 depicting Level 11.
No-clipping Snow Globes are a very rare yet quite useful object. Instances of Object 46 present themselves as glass spheres attached to a plinth either made of wood1, or plastic. Inside the object, recreations of various kinds of backgrounds and buildings are found, displaying Backrooms locations often surrounded by Christmas-themed decorations and conifers. If shaken, the globe will become filled with a fine, white dust that resembles real-world snow.
No-clipping Snow Globes can be very rarely found inside various backrooms levels. More often than not, it can appear inside crates, as those found in Level 1, and as decorative amenities inside house-like structures similar to Level 5 and Level 13. Surprisingly, reports claim that the object can be found even in outside areas, sometimes in places as high as the top of the trees of Level 204 or constricted in tight spaces like the small crevices of Level 8.1.
Properties
The primary property of Object 46 lies in its ability to generate no-clip zones. Activation is initiated by violently agitating the snow globe and subsequently shattering it against a hard surface. Upon destruction, the globe emits a localized, compact, predatory snowstorm.
For the process to go through, the snowstorm requires a soul to sacrifice. In cases where no prior bond exists, it begins a search for a victim. Selection seems to be influenced by the gap between the originating level and the destination inside the Blue Channel. Greater distances demand more complex biological structures, preferably humans or Facelings. If no alternate target is found, the storm inevitably turns on the individual who released it.
Once the target is located, the storm strikes by enveloping the subject in a vortex of frost and microcrystalline debris so small that manages to enter the body without slashing the skin. The mouth gets filled with compacted ice and lacerated tissue, while skeletal failure insues. Spinal columns contort violently, vertebrae rupturing through the back like broken hinges. Limbs are separated by torsion; sockets are ground to pulp as arms and legs are twisted until they break with a wet, strong snap.
The body’s internal structures are disintegrated layer by layer. Internal organs liquefy, capillaries rupture, coating the snow with a pink mist. Joints and tendons are stretched past snapping point before being shredded. Within seconds, what remains is a flaccid shell: skin intact, eyes vacant, all soft tissues liquefied or removed. Cartilage and bone segments may persist, though they are often twisted beyond recognition.
After the absorption, the snow converges around the area where it was released. It forms an outline matching the structure once housed within the globe, corresponding to the architecture of the destination level. This snowy silhouette slowly sinks into the ground, leaving behind a newly formed no-clip zone.
Crafting
Due to the extreme rarity of Object 46, several factions have attempted artificial replication. In 2021, the Scientific Division of the U.E.C. succeeded in manufacturing a stable variant. Unlike natural instances, the required soul is embedded during fabrication, eliminating the need for immediate external acquisition during activation.
Construction begins with the acquisition of a non-anomalous snowglobe. Any prefabricated miniature structure must be carefully removed and replaced with physical debris sourced from the intended destination level.
For the priming phase to begin, the interior of the globe must be injected with a freshly harvested section of cerebral tissue from any living being. The tissue must be soaked in a mixture of Liquid Pain and Cashew Water, which appears to sustain the fragment in a state of neurological torment. During soaking, the tissue often displays fasciculations even in the absence of muscle fibers.
Notably, the brain complexity of the donor organism correlates with the travel distance: human brains, due to their vast neural density and intricate memory imprints, permit traversal across an almost limitless spectrum of levels, while non-human tissue results in shorter jumps.
Once the brain-laced liquid is sealed within the snowglobe, the object must be forcibly introduced into an existing no-clip zone. Upon reemergence, the object will be functionally indistinguishable from a naturally occurring Object 46. Internally, however, distinctions persist.
While no-clip generation remains successful in most cases, recorded anomalies include mid-phase dismemberment and spontaneous duplication of internal organs. Victims report sensations of being "peeled into" the level rather than simply entering it, often accompanied by the impression that their consciousness was "shared" or partially overwritten by that of the original brain donor.
These instances are extremely perilous. Ones who have their personality overwritten usually find themselves experiencing violent psychotic attacks, as their brain tries to stabilize in a body that is not its own. This usually ends in accidental death, due to complications during the psychotic episode, or suicide. So, while these complications are rare, their severity underscores the inherent instability of synthetic soulbinding.