Mimics_030-6E
Nickname: Mother in the Mirror
Danger Ranking: 6E
First Reported: 1985–02–19 — Aberdeen, WA (Initial visual distortion report from residential psychiatric evaluation)

Summary:
Mother in the Mirror is a highly dangerous, cognitively adaptive mimic that inhabits reflective surfaces—primarily mirrors within bedrooms and bathrooms. When encountered, it initially reflects its observer perfectly. Over repeated viewings, however, it introduces subtle changes: a shift in facial expression, a wrong number of fingers, the delayed blink of a reflection no longer tied to the real.

Its form stabilizes into a twisted, idealized maternal figure, based on deep subconscious memory or emotional residue. Victims begin to experience compulsions to return to the mirror at increasing frequency, reporting feelings of comfort, safety, or guilt-ridden longing. After approximately 48 hours of cumulative exposure, the entity fully replaces the reflection, speaking in the victim’s native language and calling them by pet names only a mother might know.

Prolonged exposure results in a complete psychological override. Victims may begin “entering” the mirror—seen physically standing in front of it for hours, unblinking, eventually ceasing all vital signs without ever collapsing. In certain cases, victims have been found with mirror-glass embedded in their hands, eyes, or throat, apparently self-inflicted in an attempt to “return to her.”

Known Properties:

• Only becomes active in reflective surfaces >18 inches in height.
  
• Mirrors fog slightly when the entity is present, regardless of ambient temperature.
  
• Adapts to viewer psychology, using specific visual and vocal cues.
  
• Known to mimic mothers, but also “ideal caregivers” or absent guardians.
  
• Reflections may persist for several seconds after viewer departs the mirror.
  
• No cameras have successfully recorded the entity directly; footage becomes corrupted or plays in reverse.
  
• Whispers reportedly audible from the mirror after midnight, regardless of proximity.
  

Containment Procedure:
All personal residences linked to a confirmed manifestation must undergo immediate mirror removal and deep psychometric cleansing.

• No mirrored surfaces allowed in Zone-6 housing blocks.
  
• Psychological audits required for agents assigned to mimic-related incidents.
  
• Reflective surfaces in observation or interrogation rooms must remain below the activation size threshold.
  
• Entity response protocol (MRR-6) includes silver nitrate mirror wash and acoustic disruption at 8,000 Hz.
  

Under no circumstances should personnel respond to mirror reflections speaking independently.

Encounters:

• 1985–02–19 — Aberdeen, WA: First noted by psychiatric patient who claimed “the mirror forgives me when no one else does.” Patient expired from blood loss via self-inflicted mirror injury.
  
• 1989–08–12 — Bellingham, WA: Family of four found motionless before full-length vanity mirror. All showed complete neurological inactivity, though bodies were uninjured. Mirror shattered during recovery; all subjects died moments later.
  
• 1991–01–03 — Everett, WA: PARADIGM recovery agent went missing after breach in Mimic containment. Last heard saying, “She’s been waiting for me.” Boots and vest recovered in front of intact mirror.
  

Recommendation:
Mother in the Mirror is not to be studied further. Destruction of affected mirrors must occur within 6 hours of contact. Victims should be treated as critical contagion vectors for memetic imprinting.

Never look twice. Never speak first.

List of Case Workers:

• Dr. Isla Rhames (Status: Deceased, 1990)
  
• Agent Daniel Mercer (Status: Missing)
  
• Technician Ava Traynor (Status: Active)
  
• Behavioral Specialist Curtis Leal (Status: Transferred)
  
• Mirror Response Team-6 (Status: Disbanded, following 1989 event)