The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2

**The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2** is the fifth video of The Mandela Catalogue Act 1.

Being the first video in the 2009 Digital Era setting, Vol. 2 introduces us to Adam Murray and Jonah Marshall, two members of the paranormal investigation group based on Bythorne County, Bythorne Paranormal Society, as they explore a familiar location. This episode marks the first usage of actors in the series.

## Summary

Adam Murray and Jonah Marshall are two members of the Bythorne Paranormal Society wanted by the FBI. We are introduced to them as Victim Three and Victim Four respectively. During Winter Break of 2009, they receive a phonecall from an unnamed woman who claims to hear the meows of her deceased cat Jonny. They agree to stay at her home for three days with the promise of $500 a night. As they ready to leave, their car has a malfunction of some sort, forcing them to choose between either asking someone to help jump start their car, or stealing another one.

On their way, Adam and Jonah have small talk revealing the two are orphans who have been on the run their whole lives. Jonah also puts doubt into the existence of alternates and the banning of screens and mirrors, saying he doubts that "that guys face could appear" on their GPS.

Upon their arrival Adam goes into the house with an EMF asking if Jonny is at peace, causing Jonah to mock Adam. Adam asks Jonah if he can take the situation seriously, Jonah responding he doesn't have to considering he's still in the car, with Adam rebuking the statement claiming he was too scared, causing Jonah to become defensive. At the end of the night, Adam finds a single locked door in the house.

After a day of no results, the next morning the two discuss the previous night. Jonah begins to complain about starting to get a bad feeling the more he looks at the house. He says they could just leave the house and tell the woman they were there for the three days, claiming to "not like the feel of the house". As Adam tries to reassure Jonah, and asks if he can suck it up, a loud static-like scream can be heard from the house, which entices Adam to continue exploring the house, to Jonah's dismay.

During the second night strange happenings occur, such as Jonah's voice coming out of Adam's receiver saying "OH MY GOD, BEHIND YOU" repeatedly. At some point Jonah asks what exactly Adam is looking at before a voice interrupts them both saying they're watching them both, as the two stumble to find out what's happening the scene cuts to a clip of the Beginners Bible, where Eve convinces Adam to take a bite from the forbidden fruit. After which, Adam claims the apple was good but that now he's scared.

Following this, Adam settles down for the night and goes to sleep. However, soon after, we hear a mysterious voice talking, calling Adam a fool, claiming that he followed the shepherds and that he should follow their voice instead which would lead him to great happiness. The voice tells Adam to wake up, or else they will "wake the others". We are then shown 3 different shots of the camera starting up and taking pictures, each of which have a different sound occurring before they are shown: For the first one faint knocking is heard and the picture taken shows the door to the basement closed. The second, the creaking of a door is heard, and we then see the door to the basement has opened a bit. For the third shot, the basement door is heard creaking even more before the camera shows the door has opened all the way. After a few moments, the camera starts up one last time and we are shown the voice from earlier was 6, who is now standing in the corner of the room. They tell Adam to "open your eyes" before the screen cuts to black. Then, The Preacher makes its appearance, whispering to Adam as he sleeps. If you turn on the subtitles in this scene there will be a message, that being: "Patients report multiple sleepless nights after their symptoms initially become apparent. It is not difficult to avoid, however. The patient must try to actively seek it out."

After the preacher appears, a caption from Jonah with several question marks is shown, implying that he saw it. He then shows captions asking Adam what's going on in there and saying that he wants to leave and get something to eat. Adam wakes up, and discovers the basement door has opened and can hear Jonny's meows. He and Jonah then have an argument with Jonah freaking out about what he saw, telling Adam he's "not invincible" and that they "never should have looked for his (redacted) because she is dead and gone". After which, Jonah says that if Adam walks down those stairs he'd "be joining her" and adds "if, by some miracle" Adam comes out the house, it won't actually be him and that he won't be there to confirm it, causing Adam to scream at Jonah, telling him to "just leave then".

As Adam enters the basement, he realizes the meows were coming from an analog television, the footage being the cat from the Toddler Stress Assessment video in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1. 6's face appears on the analog television, Adam asking what he is. 6 taunts Adam by saying "you don't remember me?" and flashing multiple images on the television, lingering on a white screen playing a music box rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow before cutting an image of an upside-down woman with long hair.

More alternates make themselves known, chastising Adam, asking him "what have you done", Adam responding "the right thing". The alternates tell him no one is going to help him and that nobody knows where he is. Adam attempts to contact Jonah to no avail.

4:34 A.M., Jonah is seen on the highway, fleeing, and can be heard crying. 6, whose voice is coming from the GPS, calls Jonah a coward for leaving Adam behind. 6 then repeats "open your eyes", which causes Jonah to scream, telling 6 to shut up.

5:23 A.M., Jonah pulls over, and we are shown the car is parked on the shoulder with its emergency blinkers on. Jonah is heard getting out of the car and shouts before the video ends.

## Trivia

* Originally, Alex had intended this video to be completely different in formula, being more akin to the Vol. 1 format with the sole difference of being set in 2009.
	+ Among these differences, Alex remarks the fact that one segment was protagonized by a kid playing *Minecraft*, whose fear was to encounter the creepypasta known as Herobrine. The Intruder would realize this and would start corrupting the child's videogame to simulate a Herobrine encounter in an effort to give him M.A.D. It's likely that this concept would later be re-used for *Empty Eyes*, one of Alex's projects related to the creepypasta, prior to being cancelled.
	+ Vol.2 was originally going a weirdcore/dreamcore video.     Which was completely different from the one we've seen.

* Before Vol. 2 was released, there was a teaser about it. However, it has been deleted.