[ Database Entry ] - AMG-1875-C-R

Item #: AMG-1875
Object Class: Cascade
Subclass: Reflection
Simple Name: The Patchwork Vanity
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Description

AMG-1875 is a sentient anomalous entity manifesting as a fractured handheld mirror, approximately 60% of its original silvered surface intact, set within a brittle and decaying frame. The entity engages in a long-term parasitic relationship with a host, culminating in the creation of a new fragment of itself.

Stage 1: Slow Seduction (Duration: 2 to 5 years)
Upon initial use, the subject perceives an idealized reflection. Notably, this is not illusory: AMG-1875 induces temporary biophysical alterations, enhancing symmetry, refining features, and improving skin texture, visible both to the subject and others. These aesthetic improvements last no more than 24 hours before fading.
The host receives external validation (compliments, social success), reinforcing dependency.,The compulsion to "renew" the effect daily solidifies a ritualistic attachment.,The entity is typically kept secret, as the host fears exposing the source of their enhanced appearance.

Stage 2: Incubation and Emotional Decoupling
After years of use, the embedded sub-entity (designated AMG-1875-1) rewires the host's somatic nervous system.
The host displays affect incongruent with context, grinning at grief or scowling at joy, while remaining fully aware of the dissonance.,Social isolation follows, deepening the host's bond to the mirror as their sole "benefactor."

Stage 3: Assimilation
AMG-1875-1 achieves full motor control. The host's consciousness is trapped in a state of Cognitive Entrapment, aware but unable to act. The aesthetic enhancements become permanent, now paired with aberrant facial expressions controlled by the entity.

Stage 4: Metamorphosis and Integration
The entity's goal is to become a new shard of the original. Using the host's body, it procures a large pane of glass, then uses a shard to inflict fatal laceration. At the moment of death, AMG-1875-1 transfers into the glass, which shatters in a precise pattern.

The largest resulting shard gains anomalous properties and is physically fused to AMG-1875, increasing its reflective surface.

The entity progressively reconstructs itself fragment by fragment.

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Addendum 1875.1: Discovery Log,AMG-1875 was recovered from the penthouse of influencer █████ ██████. The alert stemmed from erratic livestreams showing the subject exhibiting a fixed, ecstatic grin while discussing a personal tragedy. Agents found the subject amid shards of a shattered floor mirror.
The primary AMG-1875 instance, an Art Deco hand mirror, was found nearby. A new fragment had already been fused to it. Private journals revealed a four-year dependence on a "secret ritual" involving the mirror, never disclosed publicly. Entries detailed the subject's terror and addiction, underscoring their refusal to reveal the source of their appearance.
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