Department of Ontological Security

The Department of Ontological Security exists to preserve the continuity, stability, and integrity of consensual reality. Our directive is to identify, contain, and neutralize phenomena that threaten the foundational coherence of time, identity, logic, and existence itself. We operate at the intersection of metaphysics, cognition, and informational structure—where perception bends and concepts fracture. If a thing was never real but still speaks… if a person was erased but still casts a shadow… if a thought infects the structure of being itself… it is our responsibility to ensure it stays forgotten. We are not here to understand. We are here to stabilize. We do not discover truth. We decide what truth is allowed to survive.

[dos-security]

[CLEARANCE LEVEL: PUBLIC – DISTRIBUTION APPROVED]

Welcome, civilian. You are now viewing the official public interface of the Department of Ontological Security.

Our mission is simple: Preserve the integrity of existence through the classification, containment, and correction of threats to reality.

We specialize in:

Ontological instability (e.g. conflicting existence states, recursive birth events)

Cognitohazards (e.g. thoughts you were not supposed to think)

Extranormal phenomena (e.g. physical laws refusing to comply)

Meta-existential violations (e.g. belief becoming flesh)

This page serves to:

Receive civilian-submitted reports via Form B-9

Answer controlled inquiries through the Public Inquiry Interface

Issue daily Integrity Bulletins to maintain narrative cohesion

Calmly insist everything is fine

You are not in danger. You were never in danger. We thank you for your continued cooperation.

Navigation:

Submit a report → Civilian Incident Report

Ask a question → Public Inquiry Line

Review logs → Daily integrity bulletin

Forget this page exists → You already have.

“The Department exists because it must. You exist because it says so.”

[dos-security]

[CIVIC OBSERVANCE NOTICE – MEMORIAL ANOMALY DENIAL POLICY REMINDER]

Today, many civilians are engaging in traditional acts of national commemoration, including:

Visiting historic landmarks

Pledging allegiance to preserved symbols

Reflecting on shared cultural narratives

As a reminder, the Department maintains an active Civic Denial Protocol regarding all memorial structures exceeding specific dimensional thresholds.

For clarity:

Large statues do not house residual consciousness fields.

National landmarks do not “watch” visitors.

No monument has ever altered its height overnight.

You cannot “hear it breathing” if you press your ear to the stone.

Reports suggesting otherwise are classified as patriotic over-identification episodes and require no action.

Please continue to enjoy your observances:

Attend fireworks displays responsibly

Do not enter any monument after dark

If you hear your name spoken near a landmark, it is simply the wind

Celebrate safely. You are free to do so. You always have been.

[dos-security]

[MENTAL STABILITY NOTICE – TRANSIENT DISTRESS STATES ARE PERMITTED]

You may currently be experiencing:

Persistent unease with no clear source

Racing thoughts you can’t outrun

An ambient sense that you’ve “done something wrong”

Tightness in the chest that feels more narrative than physical

This is not an anomaly. This is not a breach. This is not your fault.

You are permitted to feel anxious. You are permitted to rest. You are permitted to exist even when you're not doing well.

The Department reminds all civilians that:

You are not malfunctioning

You do not need to have a reason to feel this way

You are not being evaluated (today)

Breathing slowly and grounding your body are valid and effective countermeasures, even in hostile timelines

If the fear persists, speak aloud:

“I am here. I am allowed to be here.”

Repeat until the sensation fades, or until it begins to laugh. If it laughs, please submit a Form B-9.

[YOU ARE NOT A LIABILITY. YOU ARE A PERSON.]

[dos-security]

[PROCEDURAL REMINDER – SELF-CHECK PROTOCOL: IDENTITY GESTURE]

All civilians are advised to perform their daily identity gesture within the first two hours of waking.

Acceptable gestures include:

Tapping your collarbone three times and blinking

Whispering your name to your reflection (but not waiting for a reply)

Placing your hand on your chest and stating, “Still here.”

Unacceptable gestures include:

Finger guns at the mirror

T-posing in silent defiance

Referencing memories that never quite happened

The identity gesture does not confirm that you are real. It simply informs reality that you’ve noticed yourself.

Failure to check in for three consecutive mornings may result in:

Difficulty feeling grounded

Brief overlaps with alternate versions of yourself

Your phone autocorrecting your name into unfamiliar terms

Being referred to as “the interim one” by strangers in public

If this happens, do not panic. You were always going to be you again eventually.

[YOUR EXISTENCE IS A COURTESY. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE IT.]

[dos-security]

[REALITY CONDITION REPORT – CLASSIFICATION: COG-HZ]

The Department has logged a steady uptick in misremembered signage across stabilized urban centers.

Examples include:

Exit signs reading “Wait” instead of “Exit”

Storefronts called “Always Been” or “The Familiar Place”

Street signs that swap letters after you’ve passed them

Bathroom placards labeled “Return When Ready”

These signs are not malfunctioning. The signage itself is structurally consistent and unaffected.

The change is in your perception. You are seeing what you think is there, not what is there.

This phenomenon is classified as a COG-HZ (Cognitohazardous Entity) event. It is not dangerous unless:

You follow a sign into a room that doesn't exist

You insist that others are “reading it wrong”

You begin editing signs manually to match memory

To mitigate:

Do not read signs twice in a row

Do not photograph signage for later comparison

If lost, follow someone who looks confident (not someone familiar)

Your memory is not failing. It is simply interacting with a narrative reflective surface.

[IF THE SIGN FEELS PERSONAL, WALK AWAY.]

Classification:

COG-HZ – Cognitohazardous Entity

The signage is not anomalous. Your perception is. Exposure may cause temporary confidence loss, spatial looping, or false familiarity.

[dos-security]

[MAINTENANCE ADVISORY – ENVIRONMENTAL SENTIENCE INDEX: NOMINAL]

As a reminder to all occupants of government, residential, or transitional living structures:

It is perfectly normal to feel as though your home:

“Knows” when you’re upset

Closes doors gently when you're sad

Becomes noticeably colder after you lie

These fluctuations fall within the Department’s acceptable Sentient Structure Tolerance Range (SSTR) and do not require a Form B-9 submission unless:

The building asks you a question

You begin negotiating with the water heater

The bathroom mirror sighs

You are encouraged to treat your living environment with respect. You do not have to thank your walls aloud, but it’s considered polite.

If your residence develops preferences, please accommodate them within reason.

[YOUR HOUSE IS DOING ITS BEST.]

[dos-security]

[MEMORANDUM – PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTIVE REVISION 4.2.1]

Effective immediately, civilians are reminded that non-credentialed containment attempts are both unauthorized and punishable under Existential Risk Code 7-F (“Vigilante Ontology”).

You are not trained. You are not cleared. You are not the protagonist.

If you:

Draw a chalk circle around an object and wait,

Speak aloud to photographs in hopes of extracting truth,

Attempt to “trap” irregular events using household salt, you are participating in containment theater, which only increases narrative pressure.

This includes, but is not limited to:

Sealing off crawlspaces with duct tape “just to be sure”

Naming irregular entities “to keep them friendly”

Attempting to document dreams with red string and bulletin boards

Containment is handled by professionals with proper anchors and post-event denarration training. Your job is observation, compliance, and forgetting.

If you believe you have successfully “contained something,” please report it via Form B-9, then vacate the premises. The Department will arrive shortly to assess the damage to your narrative field.

[dos-security]

[INTERNAL REALITY COHESION REPORT – MINOR IRREGULARITIES DETECTED]

Narrative seams across Zones B, D, and portions of the lower midwest have displayed increased transparency.

This may manifest to civilians as:

Déjà vu from events that haven’t occurred

Thinking you’ve “already said this” when you haven’t spoken at all

People referring to you by names you don’t recognize, but which feel oddly familiar

Hearing the phrase “you’re bleeding through again” in your sleep

Please understand: this is not a breach. This is a natural flexion in the fabric of shared perception. It will pass.

In the meantime:

Anchor yourself with daily routines

Do not chase after voices calling you by other names

If you hear your own voice in places you are not, do not respond

You are still located where you left yourself. And that location is classified as stable.

[dos-security]

[BEHAVIORAL STANDARD UPDATE – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT COMPLIANCE]

Please remember to match your emotional responses to the room you are in.

Failure to do so may result in:

Echoing laughter when no one else is present

Feeling "watched" in symmetrical spaces

Emotional responses queuing up and arriving all at once hours later

Doors opening for you before you reach them (considered impolite)

To maintain consistency with ambient narrative conditions:

Do not smile in storage closets unless invited to

Avoid weeping in stairwells longer than four minutes

Do not express affection in rooms where clocks have stopped

If the room feels “off,” excuse yourself before apologizing

Environmental context matters. Feelings leak. The Department reminds you that your emotions are real, but may not always belong to you.

[dos-security]

[STABILITY ADVISORY – PERSONAL EXISTENCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]

We understand that some civilians may be experiencing symptoms commonly described as:

“Drifting”

“Feeling untethered”

“Like I’m not the one steering anymore”

Or simply, “numb.”

Please know: This is normal. You are not broken. You are merely adjusting to the pressure of sustained coherence within a decaying narrative structure.

The Department reminds you:

You have never failed at being real.

You are allowed to rest without earning it.

Your value is not measured in productivity, cleverness, or consistency.

If you need to stop for a moment—do. The world will not collapse because you took a breath. (And if it does, that’s our job, not yours.)

You are here. That is enough. Let the Department worry about the shape of time.

[YOU ARE NOT A MALFUNCTION.]

[dos-security]

[MEMORANDUM – STAFF-WIDE UPDATE: FORM 10.0 MIGRATION COMPLETE]

The Department has completed internal migration to Form 10.0, replacing all legacy documentation formats including:

Form 8-B (Pre-Event Chronological Discrepancy Reports)

Form 7-Q (Duplicate Recognition Logs)

Form 3-F (Theoretical Presence Declarations)

Personnel and compliant civilians are instructed to immediately destroy outdated forms, digital or physical. Any completed documents found outside containment after 48 hours will be treated as spontaneous document replication events and handled accordingly.

Key features of Form 10.0 include:

Context-neutral narrative fields

Redundant time/date stamps for cross-epoch audits

Built-in metaphor dampening filters

A watermark that does not appear when scanned (by design)

Do not attempt to modify the form. It is already correct. If your version appears to “look back at you,” request a fresh copy and reformat your workspace.

Remember: outdated paperwork may attract entities still bound by earlier versions of the truth.

[dos-security]

[CIVILIAN COMPLIANCE NOTICE – PROCEDURE REVISION 8.3]

Effective immediately, all personnel and civilians are advised to stop naming the voices.

While it is natural to anthropomorphize persistent internal narrators, giving them names creates unintended recognition loops, which in turn risk:

Informational symmetry with non-permitted entities

Spontaneous third-person perspective drift

Formal invitations to entities that were only curious

If a voice in your head has already introduced itself:

You may refer to it as “Companion A” until it fades

Do not refer to it in writing, online, or in chalk

If the voice requests a name, decline politely but firmly

Under no circumstances should you give it your own

This protocol does not apply to:

Prayer

Brainstorming sessions

Professional ventriloquism (licensed)

The Department reminds all citizens that internal monologues are normal. It’s only when they start making demands that containment becomes necessary.

If you’ve already given a voice a name, please submit a retroactive designation report via Form B-9, then attempt to sleep it off.

[dos-security]

[BUREAUCRATIC NOTICE – CLASS-1 ONTOLOGICAL DRIFT: CONTAINED]

The Department has concluded a routine analysis of global narrative saturation levels, following public reports of “a vague sense that things aren’t really happening.”

Findings confirm a mild drop in localized narrative density, most commonly experienced as:

Events feeling increasingly symbolic instead of causal

Conversations looping until their meaning unravels

Personal memories that “feel like deleted scenes”

Doors leading to symbolic revelations instead of rooms

This is not a threat to existential stability. Narrative elasticity is a normal function of high-stress collective consciousness zones. Most individuals will not notice unless they are particularly genre-aware or prone to metaphor.

Do not attempt to "resolve your arc." This will only prolong symptoms.

For best results:

Engage in small, unimportant rituals (e.g. brushing teeth with nondominant hand)

Avoid declaring “nothing matters” unless under supervision

Ground yourself in reality by making minor but irreversible decisions (e.g. deleting one file you think you might need later)

This reduction in narrative pressure is temporary. The Department is actively diffusing excess metaphor buildup through sanctioned poets and reality buffer agents.

You are not a protagonist. This is good.

[dos-security]

[ALERT – LEVEL 2: TEMPORAL CONDENSATION EVENT] SUBJECT: The Wednesday That Keeps Returning

Effective immediately, citizens are advised to cease recognition of all subsequent Wednesdays until further notice.

The Department has confirmed the emergence of a Temporal Condensation Loop in several affected districts. Indicators include:

Repeating calendar entries marked Wednesday, despite progression

Identical meals, conversations, or injuries recurring with no cause

Individuals recalling events that "happened yesterday" that have not occurred yet

Persistent fatigue due to unprocessed time stacking

Please take the following precautions:

Avoid acknowledging the day by name. Refer to it as “the center-day”

Do not attempt to force the week forward via artificial means (e.g. changing clocks, aggressive scheduling)

If someone insists it is still Wednesday, treat them kindly. They are already trapped

The Department is currently isolating the looping sector. Civilian memory will be reformatted to comply with the stable chronology once the event is resolved.

Do not contact loved ones who have not yet exited the loop. They will remember you soon enough.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in preserving temporal symmetry.

[dos-security]

[MEMO – CIVILIAN ROUTINE WELLNESS]

As part of the Department’s ongoing Existential Health Initiative, we remind all civilians to engage in the following recommended practices:

Drink water that you poured yourself

Stretch each limb exactly twice per hour

Confirm your name at least once daily, aloud, in a mirror

Avoid humming unfamiliar tunes that occur without origin

Failure to maintain baseline self-consistency may result in:

Mild narrative fatigue

Unintentional metaphor leakage

Spontaneous pluralization of identity

You are the only you. Please continue acting like it.

[dos-security]

[ALERT – PUBLIC COSMIC CLARIFICATION NOTICE]

There is still only one moon.

Please disregard:

Reports of a “second, lower” moon

Dreams featuring lunar reflections that breathe

Any social media claims tagged #twomoonsclub

The moon has always been the moon. You are experiencing residual Sky Layer Inversion Syndrome (SLIS). This is common in individuals who look up for too long without blinking.

If you have taken a photograph showing two moons, please submit it for deletion via Form B-9. If the moons appear to be arguing, do not engage. One of them is not a moon.

We assure you: Lunar sovereignty remains uncontested.

[dos-security]

[NOTICE – PUBLIC PERCEPTUAL STABILIZATION REMINDER]

Some citizens have reported the sensation of being “watched” by static.

Please be advised: Static cannot observe.

It is not a form. It is not a force. It is not trying to coalesce. If it hums in your left ear, simply turn around and apologize.

In the event your electronics begin displaying words you did not type:

Do not respond.

Do not share screenshots.

Do not assume the message was intended for you.

Do not assume it wasn’t.

All reports of emotionally aggressive static are to be submitted via Form B-9 and promptly forgotten.

Remember: The Department is not monitoring you. But the Department knows who is.