The Waist Mannequin is an Altered Item that was discovered by the Federal Bureau of Control on December 23, 1967 and now contain within the Oldest House's Panopticon.
Overview[]
Item to be stored in a Black Rock paneled cell.
A wire and fabric waist mannequin. The base and head are made of stained wood.
The item duplicates. The trigger for this behavior is unknown. No correlation can be found in either the number of duplications that manifest during an episode or the duration for which they last before disappearing.
The Waist Mannequin was once owned by an operatic performer from Berlin, but fled to the United States after an unspecified public scandal ended her career, Relocating to the state Maine, she brought along trappings of her old life, including this item.
Locals report that she rarely left her home in the short years she spent in [REDACTED]. After her death (caused by [REDACTED] [REDACTED]) the state held a public auction of her belongings, seeing as she had no known relatives.
Various conflicting firsthand reports exist, but testimonies provided by witnesses of the event do contain some common elements. Most every witness saw numerous mannequins break the house's windows, tumbling outside. Some witnesses report bright lights. Some report high-pitched singing. These are unverified. Numerous civilians inside the house at the time of the incident were hospitalized for various injuries. Two were crushed to death.
Agents were dispatched upon seeing an article regarding these events during the Bureau's daily scans of national periodicals. The item was quickly identified and brought to the Bureau.