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20 - Pretzel God
Item 245667896612
Object is an entity capable of communicating through pretzels and manipulate them through extranormal means.
Object appeared, apparently spontaneously, on Macapá, Amapá, on September 2017. At that moment, all pretzels within 132km of the entity's emergence became controlled by a single intelligence. Fortunately, pretzels are not common in the area due to numerous cultural and economic reasons, so relatively few instances of the object had to be neutralized. A wide-ranging but efficient DPA task force was able to locate the center of the phenomenom and capture the entity.
Once the entity's range was determined, it was brought to Special Military Area 17, specially placed so no mass populations exist within the object's sphere of influence. Low-key DPA monitoring assures no unregistered pretzels enter this zone. As the effect range does extend upward, a no-fly zone also exists around the area.
A batch of pretzels is to be prepared every day to allow communication with the creature. Preferrably, only two pretzels are to be created, after which the previous day's pretzels are to be destroyed. It is known that the entity is centered on a specific pretzel (as this is how it was brought to the site) and will center on a new one if its current center is destroyed, but the specific mechanics through which this happens is unknown.
The entity is talkative, congenial, capable of speaking all languages it is spoken to and understanding all written and sign languages. Its senses extend around each pretzel, but not exactly through them. It can move pretzels in any direction with slightly more force than a regular human being, but will not willingly damage pretzels. All pretzels share a single mind and information can be instantaneously relayed through them.
A short excerpt of an interview with the object follows. Key: (O) Object, (I) Interviewer.
I: We are interested in learning how you can manipulate the pretzels without exerting any apparent force on them.
O: This is very simple, although you may not be able to understand it. I can move them through the fourth dimension.
I: So you can see the entirety of my dimension?
O: In a way. However, unless part of me is physically near, my impressions are vague and indistinct.
I: When you say 'part of me', you mean a pretzel.
O: Correct. Pretzels are my nature.
I: If you are on a fourth dimension, why do you need the pretzels?
O: They are the only interface through which I can exist.
I: So if you could move fully into this dimension, you'd be like a giant pretzel?
O: That is incorrect in subtle ways that I do not believe I can correct. I would not be a giant pretzel. Pretzels are not giant. Pretzels do not appear abruptly out of the fourth dimension.
I: So you can only interfacte through things that possess a quality one might call pretzelness.
O: That is coarse but mostly correct.
I: Is there a reason for that?
O: It is part of my nature.
I: In your dimension, are you, like... pretzels?
O: Your statement is wrong from your perspective, but correct from mine.
I: So you are pretzels.
O: Yes. I am pretzels and all pretzels are me.
I: You are the concept of pretzels.
O: That is correct.
I: Why pretzels?
O: I cannot say. This is how I came to be. I cannot fathom not being pretzels.
I: Pretzels cannot speak, though. And do not... they are not appendages of transdimensional intelligences.
O: They are since I have awakened. I am the concept of pretzels, and therefore the concept of pretzels changes with me.
I: What happens if I destroy all pretzels?
O: You temporarily remove my ability to act within your dimension.
I: What if I destroy the concept of pretzels?
O: You cannot do that.
I: I mean, if I erased all knowledge of pretzels.
O: You'd remove my ability to act within your dimension for a longer time. But, as I know exist elsewhere, I can will myself back into your dimension eventually, if I so desire.
I: Okay, but what about pretzels outside of your range?
O: I do not understand.
I: You have a limited range through which you can access pretzels.
O: I do not. I am all pretzels in the universe.
I: You have a pretty limited range, actually.
O: Do not lie. I am infinite.
I: My cousin was eating a pretzel in Porto Alegre. I saw her eat it this morning when we video-chatted. That pretzel was not you.
O: I do not understand why you lie. I see all of your world. It is indistinct, but I know enough to know there is nothing named 'porto alegre' within it.
I: Can you describe my universe?
O: [Description ommitted. It is a faithful description of the area within the object's influence.]
I: Is there nothing beyond?
O: There is not.
I: Was it like that when you first appeared?
O: I do not understand the question.
I: When you first noticed yourself, before we brought you here. Wasn't the world different? There was a big city, wasn't it? And smaller ones. The trees were different. [DETAILS REDACTED]
O: That is correct.
I: What happened to that city? Or the people in it?
O: I do not fully understand your society or your technology.
I: So you believe we no longer have that city.
O: I cannot see it, therefore it does not exist.
I: How do you know that what you see is everything that exists?
O: If there was something I didn't see, and there was a pretzel in that place, I would not be that pretzel. That is anathema to me. Therefore, my senses are infinite.
I: What if you are wrong?
O: I do not understand this line of questioning. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But I will never not be pretzel.
Destroying the pretzels in any manner removes the anomalous properties. This includes natural spoilage and eating them. While no harm has come to those who ate the pretzels, it is recommend researchers do not do this until the object's abilities are fully understood.
Object is an entity capable of communicating through pretzels and manipulate them through extranormal means.
Object appeared, apparently spontaneously, on Macapá, Amapá, on September 2017. At that moment, all pretzels within 132km of the entity's emergence became controlled by a single intelligence. Fortunately, pretzels are not common in the area due to numerous cultural and economic reasons, so relatively few instances of the object had to be neutralized. A wide-ranging but efficient DPA task force was able to locate the center of the phenomenom and capture the entity.
Once the entity's range was determined, it was brought to Special Military Area 17, specially placed so no mass populations exist within the object's sphere of influence. Low-key DPA monitoring assures no unregistered pretzels enter this zone. As the effect range does extend upward, a no-fly zone also exists around the area.
A batch of pretzels is to be prepared every day to allow communication with the creature. Preferrably, only two pretzels are to be created, after which the previous day's pretzels are to be destroyed. It is known that the entity is centered on a specific pretzel (as this is how it was brought to the site) and will center on a new one if its current center is destroyed, but the specific mechanics through which this happens is unknown.
The entity is talkative, congenial, capable of speaking all languages it is spoken to and understanding all written and sign languages. Its senses extend around each pretzel, but not exactly through them. It can move pretzels in any direction with slightly more force than a regular human being, but will not willingly damage pretzels. All pretzels share a single mind and information can be instantaneously relayed through them.
A short excerpt of an interview with the object follows. Key: (O) Object, (I) Interviewer.
I: We are interested in learning how you can manipulate the pretzels without exerting any apparent force on them.
O: This is very simple, although you may not be able to understand it. I can move them through the fourth dimension.
I: So you can see the entirety of my dimension?
O: In a way. However, unless part of me is physically near, my impressions are vague and indistinct.
I: When you say 'part of me', you mean a pretzel.
O: Correct. Pretzels are my nature.
I: If you are on a fourth dimension, why do you need the pretzels?
O: They are the only interface through which I can exist.
I: So if you could move fully into this dimension, you'd be like a giant pretzel?
O: That is incorrect in subtle ways that I do not believe I can correct. I would not be a giant pretzel. Pretzels are not giant. Pretzels do not appear abruptly out of the fourth dimension.
I: So you can only interfacte through things that possess a quality one might call pretzelness.
O: That is coarse but mostly correct.
I: Is there a reason for that?
O: It is part of my nature.
I: In your dimension, are you, like... pretzels?
O: Your statement is wrong from your perspective, but correct from mine.
I: So you are pretzels.
O: Yes. I am pretzels and all pretzels are me.
I: You are the concept of pretzels.
O: That is correct.
I: Why pretzels?
O: I cannot say. This is how I came to be. I cannot fathom not being pretzels.
I: Pretzels cannot speak, though. And do not... they are not appendages of transdimensional intelligences.
O: They are since I have awakened. I am the concept of pretzels, and therefore the concept of pretzels changes with me.
I: What happens if I destroy all pretzels?
O: You temporarily remove my ability to act within your dimension.
I: What if I destroy the concept of pretzels?
O: You cannot do that.
I: I mean, if I erased all knowledge of pretzels.
O: You'd remove my ability to act within your dimension for a longer time. But, as I know exist elsewhere, I can will myself back into your dimension eventually, if I so desire.
I: Okay, but what about pretzels outside of your range?
O: I do not understand.
I: You have a limited range through which you can access pretzels.
O: I do not. I am all pretzels in the universe.
I: You have a pretty limited range, actually.
O: Do not lie. I am infinite.
I: My cousin was eating a pretzel in Porto Alegre. I saw her eat it this morning when we video-chatted. That pretzel was not you.
O: I do not understand why you lie. I see all of your world. It is indistinct, but I know enough to know there is nothing named 'porto alegre' within it.
I: Can you describe my universe?
O: [Description ommitted. It is a faithful description of the area within the object's influence.]
I: Is there nothing beyond?
O: There is not.
I: Was it like that when you first appeared?
O: I do not understand the question.
I: When you first noticed yourself, before we brought you here. Wasn't the world different? There was a big city, wasn't it? And smaller ones. The trees were different. [DETAILS REDACTED]
O: That is correct.
I: What happened to that city? Or the people in it?
O: I do not fully understand your society or your technology.
I: So you believe we no longer have that city.
O: I cannot see it, therefore it does not exist.
I: How do you know that what you see is everything that exists?
O: If there was something I didn't see, and there was a pretzel in that place, I would not be that pretzel. That is anathema to me. Therefore, my senses are infinite.
I: What if you are wrong?
O: I do not understand this line of questioning. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But I will never not be pretzel.
Destroying the pretzels in any manner removes the anomalous properties. This includes natural spoilage and eating them. While no harm has come to those who ate the pretzels, it is recommend researchers do not do this until the object's abilities are fully understood.