PA-0045

**PA-0214, Level 2 - Confidential**Publication of classified information will harm or be harmful to normal life. Confidential level security clearances are granted to security and research personnel who require direct access to information about anomalous objects and entities in containment. Most research personnel, field officers, and containment specialists hold this clearance.Beth, Low
## **Protected Anomaly #:** PA-0017

* **Anomaly Class:** Beth (rank E)
	+ **Risk Class:** Low

**Special Containment Procedures:** Description of how to contain : The cell shall be a standard expanded humanoid cell four (4) meters wide, five (5) meters long, and three (3) meters high. It has to be maintained at a temperature of eight (8) degrees Celsius. No furniture is necessary. In case of deconfinement, the method to reconfine the entities is to play on their heartstrings, and throw into the cell a pile of loose books, which will certainly make them return to put them away.

**Description:** PA-0045 is the collection of the five (5) presumably humanoid entities named PA-0045-1, PA-0045-2, PA-0045-3, PA-0045-4 and PA-0045-5. The five (5) entities have common features: a long dark gray coat seemingly made of shreds of old togas, a black and slimy skin of an undetermined material, a bony head without the presence of skin, and measuring on average 2.5 meters. However, each entity also has its different features:

* PA-0045-1 has a tail that ends like a kind of bud, and acts like a lantern, from which emanates the same blue light as that produced by its body. Its head is divided into two parts, a black part and a white part, each with a small lateral point and an erect wood at the top of the head.
* PA-0045-2 does not have many particularly notable features, except that its head is shaped like a slender U, and its arms are a little longer than those of the other entities.
* PA-0045-3 is the smallest of the five, and the skinniest too. His head is a mixture of white and black, with two elongated antlers at the top of it.
* PA-0045-4 is taller and more slender than the others, reaching 2.6 meters high. Its head is rather triangular, with a multitude of horns that protrude from it. It has five (5) black eyes, two on each side of its head and one in the center.
* PA-0045-5 has six (6) tentacles instead of legs, and a head that forms two tapered points with striations. Of its four (4) eyes, two are covered by a black spot, so they are white.

All entities seem to have similar characters: they are generally friendly, curious, very strict about everything related to books, and Cartesian to the point of throwing themselves at anything untidy. What's more, it seems that they hate being separated for too long. On the other hand, there are also differences in character:

* PA-0045-1 seems to have respected leadership qualities, and leads the other 4, never rudely, and listening to any advice given.
* PA-0045-2 has more empathy for others, and is more sensitive to nature, more cautious of all species.
* PA-0045-3 is the most fearful of the five, more childish, and more naive, also more sensitive.
* PA-0045-4 appears to be the most erudite, and is even more curious than the others seeking to understand everything, at all times.
* PA-0045-5 is the most aggressive, with a sometimes slightly sadistic tendency, and yet, acts as an understanding big brother with the others, as he appears to be the most mature, without encroaching on the "leader" for all that.

Several abilities have been observed:

* entities seem to be able, by some unknown process, to pull out from under their mantle, any published or edited book, from anywhere and anytime, and the same day phenomenon occurs with public records. No unfinished or unpublished book, or any restricted military or defense secret archive will be shown, except in the case that they have been given. The entities will also not give more than five (5) documents to one person until the documents are returned, and will tend to become more aggressive if the documents are not returned within a month or so. Each of the entities seems to have a "domain" of choice:

- PA-0045-1 : classical literature and religions, but it seems to be able to adapt to a person's needs
- PA-0045-2 : nature, plants, and theater and fantasy
- PA-0045-3 : fairy tales, children's books, and fantasy
- PA-0045-4 : scientific, philosophical, and technical books
- PA-0045-5 : horror books, detective stories, and fantasy

* the entities also seem, as soon as they will be placed in a place of storage of paper archives, or in a library, to locate there as if they had always lived there, and to know exactly the place of each document, this not counting for any other form of storage, material or digital among others.
* finally, it seems that the entities are endowed with a strong speed, and their slimy skin allows them not to let go of what they hold without wanting to, except in contact with hot surfaces, or fire, which seems to be their main weakness.