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LOCATION: Undisclosed Containment Interview Room – Facility G-11, Sub-Level 3 SUBJECT: Agent [REDACTED] INTERVIEWER: Internal Affairs, Delta Green Division (VELUM) DATE: October 17th TIME: 04:38 AM
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Agent sits slouched. Shadows under his eyes. He stares at the flickering light in the ceiling like it’s blinking in Morse code. Then he speaks.
AGENT: Forget the Monocle Man. That was the opening act. That was the warm-up.
You want to know how deep it goes?
Let me ask you something simple. What color is Chartreuse?
Because I swear—when I was a kid, it was red. Like crimson. I remember my aunt’s dress. She called it her “Chartreuse silk.” But now? Chartreuse is neon green. Always was.
Except… not for me. And not for a lot of people.
And it’s not just color.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall”? Never existed. It’s “Magic mirror.” Check the film.
“Luke, I am your father”? Wrong. It’s “No, I am your father.”
Pikachu never had a black-tipped tail.
C-3PO had a silver leg.
Curious George? Never had a tail.
People laugh it off. Mandela Effect. Shared memory glitch. But what if I told you… it’s not a glitch? What if it’s the point?
In 2018, we found a basement in Chicago. Old VHS rental shop. Sign still read “Be Kind, Rewind.”
In the back, behind a false wall, were shelves of alternate edits. Movies just slightly… off. E.T. never says “Phone home.” The Flintstones had two Ts. Then one. Then two again. A journal on the desk labeled: “Test Patterns. Cultural Anchors. Control Points.”
And scribbled in the margins — a glyph. The same one as before. A spiral. Three cuts.
We found it again last week — etched in the condensation of a grocery store freezer. Barely there. Like it was sweating through time.
But here’s the thing:
Every time we find one of these anomalies... they vanish the moment we try to document them.
The records blur. The videos glitch. And people start arguing online: "It was always that way." "You just remember wrong." "Stop being weird."
They weaponize consensus. And once everyone agrees… the past is gone.
INTERVIEWER (VELUM): You're claiming memory has been deliberately altered?
AGENT: No. I’m saying memory is the battleground.
You shift enough small things—logos, quotes, children’s books— you soften the edges of what people know.
And then?
Then you change the big stuff.
INTERVIEWER: Such as?
AGENT: History. Maps. Entire wars.
And someday... maybe even you.
Because here’s the question I want you to ask:
If I said, “Febreze always had two Es,” would you check the bottle?
Or would you just believe me?
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