Entities_033–3D
Nickname: Ourofax
Danger Ranking: 3.D
First Reported: 1982-05-03 — Vinter Hollow Observatory, OR

Summary:
Ourofax is an incorporeal, time-adjacent entity known for its interactions with isolated individuals. It is not seen directly but experienced, often through subtle déjà vu, contradictory memories, and localized time irregularities. Victims report minor time loops—eating the same meal three times, reliving conversations with slight variations, or forgetting whether they’ve slept. These loops grow in duration and intensity, causing affected individuals to slowly unravel mentally and emotionally.

As loops progress, the individual’s concept of self dissolves. Survivors describe a “hollowing” sensation, a slow forgetting—not just of people or places, but of what it means to be human. This depersonalization culminates in either vegetative withdrawal or dangerous dissociative behavior.

Ourofax appears to choose isolated or emotionally fragile individuals. It is most active near machinery involving precise timekeeping—watches, clocks, computer systems—and leaves behind garbled timestamps and unusable security footage.

Known Properties:

• Induces temporal loops localized to the subject (3 seconds to 4 days, based on reports).
  
• Victims often leave repeated notes to themselves in handwriting they don't recall creating.
  
• Speech loops are common. Recorded interviewees will say the same phrase in the exact same tone multiple times, unprompted.
  
• Subjects caught in long-duration loops exhibit flat affect and fail to respond to environmental changes.
  
• Highly sensitive to timekeeping equipment. Repeated failures or “ghost ticks” occur near affected sites.
  
• Dreams become recursive. Some field agents report “waking up” into another looped dream.
  
• In some extreme cases, victims vanish entirely, leaving behind clothing and static-filled audio devices.
  

Containment Procedure:

• Temporal monitoring stations set at three known hotspots: Vinter Hollow, OR; Glass Bend Rest Stop, WA; and Tower Hill, MT.
  
• All staff must carry analog-only timepieces with a minimum variance of ±0.5 seconds.
  
• In the event of time-desync symptoms, initiate Protocol Echo-Still (full psychological isolation, loop-break audio sequence, and memory anchoring).
  
• Do not allow victims to remain unsupervised longer than 30 minutes.
  
• Exposure logs must be reviewed weekly by two independent staff.
  

Encounters:

• 1982-05-03 — Vinter Hollow Observatory, OR: Researcher wrote 43 pages of repeated phrases in 18 minutes. Tape showed 2 hours of him sitting still, eyes unblinking.
  
• 1986-07-12 — Glass Bend Rest Stop, WA: Four teens went missing overnight. Surveillance shows them entering the bathroom twelve separate times with minor variation.
  
• 1990-09-04 — Tower Hill Research Post: Field agent described feeling “unstitched from the present.” Later found staring at a digital clock with tears in his eyes, repeating the word “again.”
  

Recommendation:
Ourofax is to be studied from a distance only. No direct exposure unless under high-security time-loop mitigation protocols. Keep subjects mentally anchored. Break loops early. Document all repeated behavior with precise timestamps.

If you are reading this for the third time: stop. You’ve been compromised.

List of Case Workers:

• Dr. Aimee Strahan (Status: Active — Chronopsychology Lead)
  
• Agent Rourke Mayfield (Status: Deceased — 1986, unresolved disappearance)
  
• Memory Technician Cyrus Vang
  
• Auditor Lenora Finch
  
• Field Linguist Owen Marris (Status: Reassigned — mild temporal contamination)