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OPERATION SUMMARY

Operation Designation: LOST AND FOUND

Tasking Division: (REDACTED)

Field Operative: Operative Blackwood

Primary Location: [REDACTED] Urban Art District

Mission Type: Abduction recovery and GOI-related reconnaissance

1. Objective

A Foundation logistics coordinator reported the sudden disappearance of their daughter, age twelve. Surveillance data and anomalous artistic signatures at the abduction site pointed to involvement by Are We Cool Yet. Operative Blackwood was deployed to locate the child, identify the perpetrators, and extract the subject safely and without detection.

2. Background

The coordinator had recently been involved in artifact transport operations flagged for GOI interest. No prior contact between the family and anomalous entities had been recorded. A gallery exhibit titled “What Screams in Color” had appeared shortly before the girl’s disappearance and was removed within twenty-four hours.

3. Chronology of Events

12:14 hours – Blackwood entered the gallery using falsified credentials. The building had been abandoned and altered by anomaly-influenced installations. UV scans revealed a pigment trail leading through a sealed storm grate painted to resemble a keyhole. Entry was achieved using a collapsible pry tool.

12:42 hours – The path led into a former theater basement converted into a series of conceptual “chambers.” In the second room, Blackwood encountered a cognitohazard composed of audio distortion, mirrored surfaces, and reflective misalignment. Phrases whispered by a synthetic childlike voice repeated in loops:

“Will you leave me too?”

“They all leave.”

“I hear them forgetting me.”

Mirrors returned delayed reflections that did not match Blackwood’s movements. Breathing sounds behind the glass did not belong to him. Environmental temperature dropped significantly without atmospheric cause.

Blackwood – Encrypted Log Entry

"It hit like New Front. The same kind of hollow air. The same quiet hum. That old Mu-13 feeling of something awful being near, just waiting to be seen. I almost froze again. Almost. But there was a kid behind the next wall and I would be damned if she died in someone else’s metaphor. So I pushed forward."

13:14 hours – The final chamber resembled the missing girl’s bedroom. Lighting was warm and artificial. Chalk drawings covered the walls in childlike renderings of Foundation agents with blurred faces. Subject was found lying fully conscious on a small bed. She was unharmed, though visibly shaken.

The phrase “This is what loyalty costs” was written in reversed white crayon across the ceiling. Beneath the pillow was a folded paper crane with a Foundation insignia inked on the wings.

13:28 hours – Subject was retrieved. As Blackwood exited the chamber, the rooms behind him began dissolving into pigment and fog. No hostiles or further hazards encountered.

4. Results

Subject Status

Missing child Safely recovered, minor psychological distress

Responsible party Unconfirmed, but clear AWCY markers present

Hazard exposure Cognitohazard successfully endured and bypassed

Collateral None. Event location fully collapsed upon exit

5. Assessment

Blackwood demonstrated composure and determination despite being subjected to psychological conditions resembling those encountered during Operation New Front. Rather than retreat or report for backup, the operative advanced through the hazard zone to ensure the child’s safety. The deliberate mirroring of his trauma suggests AWCY either had prior intelligence on his history or sought to provoke a narrative reaction.

Captain Secretary – Post-Op Commentary

"There are moments when a Foundation operative becomes something more than their role. He walked into that quiet horror because a girl was waiting at the end of it. That says more about who he is than anything in his file."

Filed by: Captain Secretary

Clearance Level: 5

Addendum

Final phrase recovered under UV light, scrawled inside a melting art piece shaped like a crib:

“You cannot contain what we never wanted to keep.”

Operation concluded. Subject recovered. Hazard dispersed.

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