Alex Kister
The Mandela Catalogue vol. 1
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[Music]
We are currently receiving countless reports of unidentified hostile organisms that we'll refer to as Alternates. Until we have a complete understanding of the threat, it is important to stay home, lock all doors and windows, and have access to a loaded firearm or any ranged weapon at all times. You will know if an Alternate exists solely based on their physical characteristics. If you see another person that looks identical to you, run away and hide. If you see a person that has a biologically impossiblе characteristic, run away and hide. If one managеs to break into your home, refrain from any kind of communication or contact with the threat. These intelligent lifeforms utilize elements of psychological warfare to take advantage of their victims. While we heavily discourage any kind of contact or communication with an Alternate, we make exceptions for attempts at executing them yourself.
[Cut to static. It cuts to text that describes how to survive an Alternate using the "THINK" principle. The T means Tell. The H means Hinder. The I means identify. The N means Neutralize. The K means Kill yourself. It then cuts to "know your place", which is actually what K means. It then cuts to "know your enemy" which describes the three types of Alternates. The first type is "Doppelganger." Show two sets of pictures depicting a feminine character with a picture of her Doppelganger, and a masculine character with a picture of his. Cut to the third type of Alternates. The third type is a redacted type. Cut to a feminine character, with her redacted Alternate. The same occurs with the male character, in which the man's redacted Alternate is much more demonic, having a tall black face with photorealistic eyes, whilst the woman's is faceless.]
[You eject the tape and insert a new one. Two pictures of victims labeled "victim one" and "victim two" before their names change to "Mark Heathcliff" and "Cesar Torres".]

{Cesar}
Hey, it's Cesar. I hope it's not too late.

{Mark}
No it's fine...don't worry. What's up, are you alright?

{Cesar}
Yeah...it's not me, it's my mom. She's knocked out cold, and I have no idea why. I'm on my way to the ER, but, could you do me a favor?

{Mark}
Yeah, of course, what is it?

{Cesar}
Uh, I just need you to come over and turn on the cameras we have set up. You know the ones that we installed after we were robbed?

{Mark}
Oh, yeah. Would you mind if I asked why?

{Cesar}
Well, she screamed really loud right before I found her on the ground. I...I just--
{Mark}
Well, do you have your doors and windows locked? Like what the broadcast told us to do?

{Cesar}
Yeah, that's the weird part. Maybe she saw something...? I don't...I don't know.

{Mark}
Alright, I mean, it shouldn't be too bad. I'm just gonna switch them on and get out of there though. You know how I feel about your house.

{Cesar}
Yeah...that's fine. One last thing: try to get a good view of the b-

[The tape glitches, and Cesar's face distorts.]

{Mark}
O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜O̶̡̨̖͍̠͈̻̳̖̫̩̦͎͊̅̆̾̇́͌͂̉̄͛͋̈̋͜͜Okay...

{Cesar}
Thanks, I gotta go, I'm almost at the hospital. Thank you.

[The tape's view is now through Mark's dashcam, as he drives to Cesar's house to turn on the security cameras.]

[Mark constantly swaps through cameras to check if anything suspicious or paranormal goes on.]

MOTION DETECTED AT
03:31 AM
RECORDING START
[Cut to the back hallway. Mark checks other cameras for the same reason. Mark swaps through cameras, until he sees that the back hallway door is now wide open.]

SOUND INCREASE
DETECTED AT
05:34 AM
RECORDING START

{Unknown, most likely Cesar's mother}
Who are you?! Get away from me!! Ṉ̶̨̞͈͈͉̟̝͕̣͎̿͌̈͒̃́̎͂̑͒͗̀̃̎̂̀͘̕͘O̴̢̨̗̠̞̪̬̙̭̩̠̟͗̍̉̀͂̄̓̕͜ͅO̵͈̘̮̪͒͐̌̚O̶̧̡̢̳̜̼̩̼͖͙͖̰͕̤̬͍̙̥̰͛͒̈̾̀ͅO̸̧͓̻̜͓͊̒͊̈́͗́̈́̍͋͊̅͑́͑͆̈́̄͝Ȯ̴̘͒̀̊̆̌̀͋̀̏̑O̷͎̽̍̑̏̏̇̎̈́̑̀̎̑̐͛̀̆̚͘͠Ơ̴͕̭͎͚͉̖̟͖̳̘̥̍̀͑͑̃̔̉͑͘̕̕͘͠͠Ǫ̵̡̢̛̫̬̤̼̺͓̮̞̗͌͌̀̚O̶̡̺̲͑̈̀͐̋̅̄̄̓Ơ̶̛͕͖͇̥̩̠̯͉̣̳͇̣͔̱̓͌́̏̉̈́͌̔͐́̍̃̆̈́̕͘O̵̢̞̹͖͆͋O̷̡̢̝͓̠̰̫̰̠͕̬͖̙̅͆͛̐͛̽͑̅̀̾̒̓͑́̓͐̋́͠͝ͅȌ̵̳͈̯͖͚͙͖̲͖̩̥͈͉̳̰͍̣͉͔̏̎́̏̎̊͂̒̆̒͐̓̒͊̈́̈͗͘͜O̶̧̠̞̙̘̤̊͗͐̒̆̃̄͛̓̽͘ͅƠ̸̢̗̙͙̥̣̝͎̠͈͉̌̿͑͘͝Ő̶̧̢̭̙̼̻͚̝̣̙͖̟̬̤͗́̆̈͠ͅͅǪ̷̰̖̥̗̮̫͓̮͖̎̆̃O̸̧͕̫̮̦̖͙̩͍͕͓͓͉̩̒́͆͂͂̚͠ͅȌ̴̹̬͋̋̅̉̈́̐͑̓̊̕͝Ǒ̶̡̭̣̪̤̦̲͉̮̥͂̃̋̀̆̚O̶̡͍͍̼̱̣̹̹̘̭̫͍̩̠̓̈́͂͋̍͑͐̏͛͑̽̾͘͜͝͝ͅͅǪ̶̢̛͕̠͙͔͗́̏̂̀̈́͂̊́͘̚̚͘O̶̡͖͕̞͙̹͈̱͉͖͑̍̎͛͐̋̐̀O̵̧̢͖̭̻̝͉͆̽̃͗
[Cesar's face distorts until it goes into two standalone eyes.]
IT FOLLOWED ME HOME, CESAR

{Cesar?}
Let me in, Mark!
I have a gift for you!
I have a present!
I have a surprise!
[unintelligible]

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE
BUT IT HAS BEEN DAYS
AND NO ONE HAS CAME TO HELP ME

[Creaking]

{???}
hahahaha...Hahahaha...HAHAHAHAHA...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
{Mark}
YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!
[Gunfire]

uh oh!
bad decision, mark!

[Footsteps are heard. A face is shown.]

{911 dial tone}
If you would like to make a call, please hang up and try again.
If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator.

[Mark's semi-censored body is shown on his bed, with a gun in his hand. It is implied he has commit suicide due to the psychological warfare an Alternate has caused him.]

NO ONE CAME FOR ME

[You eject and insert another tape in.]

ATTENTION

Viewing of the following footage is illegal and punishable by law if not previously cleared with your assistant.
If you have access to this recording and are not part of your local authority, please stop the video and discard of the tape immediately.

MANDELA COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
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POSITION: EMERGENCY CALL OPERATOR

While at the station, a situation may occur where the local 911 dispatchers run out of operators to handle calls, so they are given to us instead.
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There are three (and only three) scenarios that you will handle with a caller.

POLICE

When a caller needs a police, send available personnel to the address.

FIRE

When the caller has a fire-related emergency, contact our neighboring fire department with the address and a brief description of the event.

MEDICAL

When the caller has a medical emergency, immediately contact the Mandela Community Hospitaá̶̧̧̲̰̻̮̯̖͚̼̠͙͗̄͌͊̐͆͐̌̑͗́͐͐͐ä̷̹́̃̑͑̐͆͝a̷̡̨̡̛̮͇͙̫̳̭̬͔̜͙̅͐̎̈̃͋͐̒͐̄̈́́́̋̕̕͜͜͝ä̴̛̱͉͖̺́̀̈̍͗̀̌͑̽̂̊̈̐̚͠a̶͖̜̮̮͎̓͒͌͆̇̈́́͌̾͂̚á̵͇͕̈́ã̵̛̛͔̤̱́̅̂́̍̀͌́̿̄͝a̴̩̰̳̼̬̓́̀̋̆̆̑̿̽͑̀̍̃͝a̵̢̖̩̘̻̯̞̞̤̩͔̓͒̓̒̈́͌͆̃̾͘͝a̶̙͆̒͆͆͗̄͐̿̑̽͐̌͗͊a̶̛̛͔̯̦͔͖͂̇̏͂͐͛̽͒͑a̷̧̡̧̨̳͔͉͕̰̳͒͋̓̓̓͌̈́͐͂̀̀͌̃̿̑͛́͒̈́̚a̷̢̨̗̖̤̼̰͚̋̇̄̄̋̌͂͝͝ā̵̢̡̧͉͓̪̣͖̥̮̞͉̳̐̀å̷͚̐̍̿͑̉͒̒͛̈̊̅̋̔̃͑̿͘͝l̸̡̧̹̬͍͉͖͈̥̭͕͚͌l̷̛͈̞̺̲͉͇̹͈̈͂̑̎̅̋͌͛̍͠ĺ̶̛̹͕͕͛̅̃̂̊́̑͋͛̏̎̀͠l̵̢͍̹̖̤̳̞͉̖̱̗͚̘̬̹̞̟̋͂̎̋̈́̎̃́͒͆͘̚͠͠͝ļ̶̡̡̧̨̛̻͉̼̱̟͚̖̩̺̺̀͜
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Here at the Mandela County Police Department, we thank you for viewing this instructi-

encounter

Do not help a caller reporting an Alternate encounter. No matter how frantic their screams are.
Calmly reassure the caller that help is on the way. The call can be ended when they stop responding to your questions.
Do not speak too much. You might accidentally reveal your fear.

n̶̮̪̼͛̉͒͒͐̆̆̓̀̑̚͜ͅo̴̡̗͚̺̪̻̎̐̌̆̆͒̈͝͠t̸̯̲̱̽̒̽̑͒̽͋̓͜͝ͅͅh̶̛̳̓͋̀͆̂̾͘͝i̶͕͚̿̅̅̈́͗̌̈́̊͊̚n̴̨̖̼̲͍̪̼̜̱͕̈́̃̾̉̾̈́̉͗̓̏̚͜g̶̠̅ ̵͓̲͈͍̠̌́͂͂̉͂͒͘͜͝i̵̪̟̠̟͍͖͖̺͛̉͆̈́̊́͛͋̈̕s̵̡̛̪̮͚̰͕̮͔̻̫̺̣͕͍͈͙͇̥̮̜̄̀̄̅̔̈́̿̄͛͆̎͐̿̍͝͝͠͝ ̵̢̛̺̼͍͉̳̬̪͚̺̻̟̥̺̠͚̝̬͔̂̓̌̈́̿́́͒̀̓̐͆̕̕͝͝͝ͅw̸̼̯͖͒̐̋̊̿̌͗ổ̵͍̯̗̯̹̺̺̞̻̺͋͑͊͌͐̀͐̍́͋͑̈̈́̔ͅr̶̛̫̤̱̙̜̯͕͈̪̭͂͛̈́̑̒̎͑͌̿͌̄̑͐̌͘͠t̵̥̫̭͊̀̿͂̀̕ḩ̸̧̝̮̟͖̈́ ̸̧̨̜̰̱͓̭̳̪̪̝̱̩̝̖͙̭̿̏̍͗́̂̉̔ṱ̵̨͚͇̻̙̲̣̟͈͓̦͇̜̂̇̔̎͐̊́͛̒̈͒̃́̆̌͜͜͝͝ͅḣ̷̥͎͚̗̎́̏̂͊͗͑͛̿ë̵̢̨̜̬̭͓̯͈̝̱̜̦̞͇̖̯͔̞̈́́̂͒͂͛̐̈́̑͊̃͂͌͐͘͜͝ ̵͉̆͋͒͐͝r̸̩̮͓̮̈́̇͑̆̎̓̀̀̈̋̆̓̎̕͘̕í̸̡̯̠͈͓͍̟͛̄̋̍̓ͅs̶̢̭͈͉͚̓͌̍́͂̐̐͆̔̿́͊̇̉̈́̕͝k̶̺͊͌͆͛ n̶̮̪̼͛̉͒͒͐̆̆̓̀̑̚͜ͅo̴̡̗͚̺̪̻̎̐̌̆̆͒̈͝͠t̸̯̲̱̽̒̽̑͒̽͋̓͜͝ͅͅh̶̛̳̓͋̀͆̂̾͘͝i̶͕͚̿̅̅̈́͗̌̈́̊͊̚n̴̨̖̼̲͍̪̼̜̱͕̈́̃̾̉̾̈́̉͗̓̏̚͜g̶̠̅ ̵͓̲͈͍̠̌́͂͂̉͂͒͘͜͝i̵̪̟̠̟͍͖͖̺͛̉͆̈́̊́͛͋̈̕s̵̡̛̪̮͚̰͕̮͔̻̫̺̣͕͍͈͙͇̥̮̜̄̀̄̅̔̈́̿̄͛͆̎͐̿̍͝͝͠͝ ̵̢̛̺̼͍͉̳̬̪͚̺̻̟̥̺̠͚̝̬͔̂̓̌̈́̿́́͒̀̓̐͆̕̕͝͝͝ͅw̸̼̯͖͒̐̋̊̿̌͗ổ̵͍̯̗̯̹̺̺̞̻̺͋͑͊͌͐̀͐̍́͋͑̈̈́̔ͅr̶̛̫̤̱̙̜̯͕͈̪̭͂͛̈́̑̒̎͑͌̿͌̄̑͐̌͘͠t̵̥̫̭͊̀̿͂̀̕ḩ̸̧̝̮̟͖̈́ ̸̧̨̜̰̱͓̭̳̪̪̝̱̩̝̖͙̭̿̏̍͗́̂̉̔ṱ̵̨͚͇̻̙̲̣̟͈͓̦͇̜̂̇̔̎͐̊́͛̒̈͒̃́̆̌͜͜͝͝ͅḣ̷̥͎͚̗̎́̏̂͊͗͑͛̿ë̵̢̨̜̬̭͓̯͈̝̱̜̦̞͇̖̯͔̞̈́́̂͒͂͛̐̈́̑͊̃͂͌͐͘͜͝ ̵͉̆͋͒͐͝r̸̩̮͓̮̈́̇͑̆̎̓̀̀̈̋̆̓̎̕͘̕í̸̡̯̠͈͓͍̟͛̄̋̍̓ͅs̶̢̭͈͉͚̓͌̍́͂̐̐͆̔̿́͊̇̉̈́̕͝k̶̺͊͌͆͛ n̶̮̪̼͛̉͒͒͐̆̆̓̀̑̚͜ͅo̴̡̗͚̺̪̻̎̐̌̆̆͒̈͝͠t̸̯̲̱̽̒̽̑͒̽͋̓͜͝ͅͅh̶̛̳̓͋̀͆̂̾͘͝i̶͕͚̿̅̅̈́͗̌̈́̊͊̚n̴̨̖̼̲͍̪̼̜̱͕̈́̃̾̉̾̈́̉͗̓̏̚͜g̶̠̅ ̵͓̲͈͍̠̌́͂͂̉͂͒͘͜͝i̵̪̟̠̟͍͖͖̺͛̉͆̈́̊́͛͋̈̕s̵̡̛̪̮͚̰͕̮͔̻̫̺̣͕͍͈͙͇̥̮̜̄̀̄̅̔̈́̿̄͛͆̎͐̿̍͝͝͠͝ ̵̢̛̺̼͍͉̳̬̪͚̺̻̟̥̺̠͚̝̬͔̂̓̌̈́̿́́͒̀̓̐͆̕̕͝͝͝ͅw̸̼̯͖͒̐̋̊̿̌͗ổ̵͍̯̗̯̹̺̺̞̻̺͋͑͊͌͐̀͐̍́͋͑̈̈́̔ͅr̶̛̫̤̱̙̜̯͕͈̪̭͂͛̈́̑̒̎͑͌̿͌̄̑͐̌͘͠t̵̥̫̭͊̀̿͂̀̕ḩ̸̧̝̮̟͖̈́ ̸̧̨̜̰̱͓̭̳̪̪̝̱̩̝̖͙̭̿̏̍͗́̂̉̔ṱ̵̨͚͇̻̙̲̣̟͈͓̦͇̜̂̇̔̎͐̊́͛̒̈͒̃́̆̌͜͜͝͝ͅḣ̷̥͎͚̗̎́̏̂͊͗͑͛̿ë̵̢̨̜̬̭͓̯͈̝̱̜̦̞͇̖̯͔̞̈́́̂͒͂͛̐̈́̑͊̃͂͌͐͘͜͝ ̵͉̆͋͒͐͝r̸̩̮͓̮̈́̇͑̆̎̓̀̀̈̋̆̓̎̕͘̕í̸̡̯̠͈͓͍̟͛̄̋̍̓ͅs̶̢̭͈͉͚̓͌̍́͂̐̐͆̔̿́͊̇̉̈́̕͝k̶̺͊͌͆͛

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TODDLER STRESS ASSESSMENT VIDEO
Record your child's responses to the following media.

SECTION ONE

[Audio play. The following audio is that of birds chirping.]
Record response.
[Audio play. An infant can be heard laughing, seeming that the child is calm.]
Record response.
[Audio play. The following audio is sheep bleating.]

daddy didn't tuck me in
and there is a man in the closet

[Television error screen]

The Scary Night
by: Mark
age: 4
school: Mandela Elementary School
grade: 4K

daddy didn't check under my bed last night.
so i went to mommy's room.
i was scared. there was scary nocking on the door.
and the scariest part was walking by the dark room by the stares.
[Show a diagram drawn by the child referring to the dark room by the stairs.]
almost at mommy's room. then i saw the man in the corner.
[Show a diagram depicting the "man" in the corner.]
and then i fell asleep. the end!!!!!

SECTION TWO

[An image of a cat show.]
[An image of a man, his daughter, and his wife show.]
[An image of a blue balloon show.]
[An image of the room the toddler Mark referred to, not drawn by the child and taken by camera. Knocking is heard a few seconds in.]
[The image of "the man in the corner" that toddler Mark was referring to, this time as a realistic picture along with a caption that cuts in a few seconds later depicting that this man is "an intruder".]
MODULE COMPLETE
If anything unexpected occurred during the test, let your advisor know.
[Credits roll. Damn, this took a while to transcribe.]