🗂The Fracture Archive | Case File A-003
Case File A-003
Designation: COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE / MIRROR EVENT
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Status: Active (Public-Accessible)
Containment: Failed
Summary
A commercial office tower constructed in 1998 began exhibiting temporal interference anomalies in 2021 following interior renovations on the 27th floor.
Primary phenomenon: reflective surfaces throughout the building intermittently display an environment inconsistent with present-day architecture or occupants.
Observed environment corresponds to late-19th-century interior structures consistent with Burrington municipal designs (pre-1827 destruction records).
Mirrors do not reflect observers during active phases.
They reflect rooms that no longer exist.
Incident Background
Renovation crews reported unusual wall layering while removing interior paneling on Level 27.
Behind drywall:
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horsehair plaster
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lath strips
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soot staining
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embedded square nails
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char residue
Material dating suggests mid-1800s construction methods inconsistent with the building’s documented origin.
Contractors initially assumed concealed heritage materials from an earlier structure.
No such structure exists in municipal archives.
Demolition halted after workers reported:
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sounds of movement behind intact walls
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heat radiating from cold surfaces
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voices speaking in low, overlapping cadence
One worker resigned on site.
Two others refused to re-enter Level 27.
Renovation continued with replacement crew.
Mirrors were installed two weeks later.
Manifestations began within 72 hours.
Primary Manifestation Pattern
During active phases, mirrors display:
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gas-lit corridors
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dark wood wainscoting
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wallpaper patterns matching Burrington civic interiors
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doors arranged in non-Euclidean geometry
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soot streaking above lintels
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ceiling beams inconsistent with modern engineering
No electrical lighting visible.
Illumination source: flame-based.
Temperature drop in affected rooms: 6–11°C.
Observers report smell of:
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coal smoke
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damp timber
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burned fabric
No environmental source detected.
Witness Accounts
“It wasn’t me in the mirror. It was a hallway. But the hallway was breathing.”
“I saw someone pass across it, not in our office. In that office. They didn’t look at me. That was worse.”
“The reflection moved before I did.”
“There was a door behind me in the mirror. There isn’t a door behind me in real life.”
“The glass was warm. Everything else was cold.”
Multiple witnesses report identical detail:
A figure crossing the reflected space carrying a lantern.
Figure description consistent across 14 accounts:
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adult human silhouette
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long coat or dress
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head slightly bowed
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movement slow but continuous
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never facing observer
No face observed.
Lantern flame color: deep amber.
Witnesses describe light “too heavy” or “thick.”
Phase Escalation
After six months of mirror activity:
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reflections began persisting after observers left rooms
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mirrors activated without human presence
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reflections remained visible in photographs
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reflections occasionally appeared in inactive mirrors elsewhere in building
Security footage from Level 19 captured a reflection event in a bathroom mirror while room unoccupied.
The mirror displayed the 27th-floor corridor manifestation.
Spatial bleed confirmed.
Architectural Convergence Event
Date: October 14, 2023
Time: 19:42
Cleaning staff reported corridor distortion on Level 27:
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hallway length extended beyond structural blueprint
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walls narrowing toward vanishing point
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doorframes deepening
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lighting dimming to amber spectrum
Mirrors along corridor activated simultaneously.
All reflected the same Burrington corridor.
At corridor end, witnesses reported:
A door not present in base reality.
Wooden.
Blackened.
Partially open.
Lantern figure visible within doorway threshold.
Movement stopped for first recorded time.
Witness reports agree:
The figure turned.
Face not visible.
Interior darkness.
Lantern raised.
At that moment, all mirrors cracked outward simultaneously.
Sound recorded across three floors.
Temperature dropped 14°C.
Witnesses fled.
Post-Event Conditions
Since convergence:
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mirrors crack spontaneously within building
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new mirrors develop Burrington reflections within days
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reflective surfaces outside Level 27 now affected
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polished metal occasionally displays corridor imagery
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elevator doors exhibit brief amber glow
One employee reported seeing Burrington corridor in laptop screen reflection while powered off.
Digital bleed suspected.
Comparative Analysis
Architectural motifs in mirror reflections match:
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Burrington Town Hall interior sketches
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civic registry building descriptions
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municipal meeting chamber accounts
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fire damage patterns recorded in 1827 destruction narratives
Conclusion:
Mirrors are not generating hallucinated architecture.
They are reflecting historical Burrington interior space existing in non-linear temporal state.
The Lantern Figure
Hypotheses:
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Residual occupant echo
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Repeating civic official path
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Post-massacre search pattern
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Sentinel entity maintaining spatial threshold
New theory emerging:
The figure is not moving through Burrington.
It is moving between Burrington and present space.
Lantern may function as:
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temporal anchor
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traversal tool
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fracture stabilizer
No successful containment attempts.
Risk Assessment
Current status: Public exposure ongoing.
Building remains occupied.
Property management attributes events to:
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stress
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lighting artifacts
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mirror defects
Mirrors continue to crack.
New mirrors continue to activate.
Pattern indicates progressive architectural replacement.
Prediction model suggests:
Reflected corridor will eventually persist without mirror surface.
When this occurs:
Burrington interior will manifest directly into building space.
No reflective boundary required.
Compiler Notes
Burrington does not remain where it was destroyed.
It persists in architecture.
In civic spaces.
In corridors built for governance and order.
It seeks structures that mirror its purpose.
Then it replaces them.
The lantern figure has appeared in:
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three mirror fracture sites
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two reflective window anomalies
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one polished stone floor event
Movement path suggests:
It is searching.
Or measuring.
Or mapping.
If the lantern reaches the edge of the reflected corridor,
we do not know what crosses first.
Containment Status
Impossible under current conditions.
Mirrors are ubiquitous.
Reflections are unavoidable.
Urban environments provide infinite propagation surfaces.
Burrington requires only:
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structure
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enclosure
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memory
Modern cities supply all three.
End Statement
If you encounter a mirror in a public building and the reflection appears deeper than the room you occupy:
Do not approach.
Do not test alignment.
Do not wait for movement.
If you see a corridor where none exists-
leave immediately.
If you see a lantern,
you are already within the reflection.
- Unknown Compiler
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End of Case File A-003
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