ARC CORP FILES
Anomaly 035
NAME: The Grimm Mask
CLASSIFICATION: A
DESCRIPTION: One pure white mask with red markings. Mask covers upper part of face.
LEVEL: Urban Legend
INFORMATION: Anomaly 035, while considered Threat Level Urban Legend the second lowest of Risk of Exposure, it is still classified as an A Level threat to the Kingdom and its people. Anomaly 035 was to be contained in a six-foot-by-six-foot-by-six-foot room. In the center of the room, it is to be place on a four-foot pedestal in a sound-proof glass box. This was before individuals hired by the SDC obtained it and placed it in one of their company warehouses where they store Anomalies prior to auction which led to it currently be out in the wild.
Anomaly 035 is a sentient parasite in the form of a Grimm Mask which seeks out hosts to latch onto and feed on. It willingly seeks out those which feel pain, hatred, bitterness and anger. Highly intelligent to the point it can communicate telepathically with a potential host, targeting one specifically in a crowd of people. Once attached to their face, it enters a parasitic symbiosis. There are two types of methods for which it feeds. The first being that it feeds off of the hosts own feelings of pain, hatred, anger, etc…
The second is that it coerces its host to create more of that which it feeds on. The more the host provides in its surroundings, the better the parasite feeds so that it won't need to feed on the host itself.
It is willing to befriend its host if it proves to be beneficial for both itself and its host, going as far as giving advice to topics and situations that are not relevant to its own survival.
To defend itself and its host from threats, it can convert that negativity it has accumulated thus far into a form of regeneration and boost in strength and abilities that Light of the Soul (Anomaly 006) provides.
However, that is not the worst that Anomaly 035 does. The worst is its secondary function. Once it has accumulated enough energy from feeding, usually several months to years depending on the host, it uses it to transform its host into a human hybrid of the very embodiment of negativity; A Creature of Grimm. This entity is completely different to the Grimm created by Brothers Grimm (See Anomaly 003). Once transformed fully, the hosts mind will be silenced and the intelligence of Anomaly 035 will be in full control of the body. In the event that the host dies during or after its transformation, its body will decay similar to a Grimm but will leave a charred body behind. Anomaly 035 will then fall off to await another host to stumble upon it.
HISTORY: The following audio recording was recovered from ARC CORP after raiding said SDC Warehouse used to house Anomalies prior to auction.
Footsteps echo through the large room.
Unknown individual: Brothers damn the SDC and damn the Schnees! I'll make them pay for what they did.
Anomaly 035: …
Unknown Individual: Who said that!? Come out! I have a weapon!
Anomaly 035: …
Unknown Individual: This? Is this a joke?! I won't play any of your games, human!
Anomaly 035: …
Unknown Individual: Not human? Alright, I'll play along, what are you?
Anomaly 035: …
Unknown Individual: Magical objects? Creatures that defy the very rules of existence! I'm not some stupid child believing in monsters or magic! I came here to find a weapon to free all like me! To make the SDC pay for what they did to my face!
Anomaly 035: …
Unknown Individual: You're a weapon? But…I can't believe I'm saying this to a mask…you're a mask! How can you be a weapon?
Anomaly 035: ….
Sound of glass shattering and then gasps.
Unknown Individual: I can feel it…you weren't lying. You can help me…you can help the White Fang…
END OF AUDIO FILE