Internal Memo

**Internal Memo** is a document that was found in "Sinclair\_022" Folder as a part of the Chapter 3 Interactable ARG.

## Plot

The memo is authored by Joel Sinclair, who is the Head Counselor at Playcare. It is written to Stella Greyber, a high-level employee at Playtime Co, and presumed Head of Playcare. The memo details the intrusion of an orphan; Theodore Grambell, into Sinclair's office while him and his colleagues were on break, with him stating that the orphans should be in the Playhouse at the time of occurrence. Once discovering Theodore's unauthorised entry into the office, Sinclair is angered by this, but is quick to realisation when he would eventually discover that Theodore has no definitive objective.

As the letter progresses, Theodore states that "his friend" told him to intrude into the office. Sinclair, thinking at first that this was merely a daring by another child, asks Theodore for this friend's name. Theodore answers by saying he doesn't know the name of his friend. The friend is rumored to be the Prototype, as seen in drawings by Theodore himself, although this has not been confirmed.

Theodore then follows up by saying that no one believes in his existence, and was instructed by his friend to find a file in Sinclair's office; the file in question is never mentioned, however, as Theodore forgot which one to retrieve. After this interaction, Sinclair mentions in the memo that he has knowledge of Theodore having an "imaginary" friend. He then states that having imaginary friends as a child is normal, but is slightly troubled by the friend's request of something specific (a file located in his specific office), noted by his "worrying trend of behaviour" by his Staff.

Sinclair concludes the memo by informing Stella that Theodore will be placed under "special Counseling sessions" starting the next day addressed, with the aim of discovering a more sound reason or motive for his actions. He then reinforces his point of imaginary friends being a commonality among children by stating "After all, an imaginary friend can be created for any number of reasons."

## Transcript

**INTERNAL MEMO**

**To:** Stella Greyber

**From:** Joel Sinclair

**Department:** Playcare

Stella,

I wanted to bring to your attention a growing concern of mine, likewise shared by other Counselors within my purview. Theodore Grambell.

Following our regular employee lunch period (Noon - 1pm). I returned to my office and found Theodore digging through my file cabinets. As you well know, the children are supposed to be in the Playhouse during this period, enjoying their free time before lessons begin at 1:15 in the school. While at first angry with him, I quickly began to realize that the boy hardly knew what he was even looking for.

"My friend told me to look," he said to me. I sat him down here in my office, and thinking this was another child daring poor Theodore to act out, I asked him the name of who was responsible. He told me: "I don't know his name. Nobody else knows he exists. He told me to look for a file, but I can't remember which one."

I've been told before that Theodore has an imaginary friend. This is normal for a child, I know, but this feels different. An imaginary friend asking him for something so specific is odd, and follows a worrying trend of behavior in Theodore noted by my staff.

I'm going to pull Theodore into special Counseling sessions each evening (beginning tomorrow) to see if there's a deeper reason or motivation for these actions. After all, an imaginary friend can be created for any number of reasons.

Theodore is a troubled boy, but we're committed to helping him in whatever way we can.

Sincerely,

Joel Sinclair