The Doll

## Description

### Appearance

The appearance of the Doll changes with whatever it's current host appearance is, except it is a "doll" or "plush" version of the host. The Doll even replicates it's host's outfit. The Doll is currently bonded to Bendy. The Doll is most commonly depicted as smiling but when injured enough it seems to change to a frown instead (Ch 115) After the death of a previous host the Doll changed to resemble a skeleton in order to reflect the death (Ch 35) When the host it was connected with, Bendy, had an Ink Attack the Doll also melted along with him throughout the attack before reabsorbing the ink and rebuilding itself after the attack was complete (Ch 42) Located inside the Doll's mouth is the Ink Machine Rune, which can be seen by pinshing the Doll's head in order to open up it's mouth (Ch 87)

In a flashback to approximately 3,500 years ago, when the Ink Machine was being dismantled, The Doll did not resemble any individual but instead was entirely black and seemingly featureless. It is unknown whether this is because it simply wasn't bonded to anyone at that moment or if that is the form it takes when connected to the machine (Ch 199)

When attached to the Ink Machine the Doll was also completely dark and featureless. It sat in a cylindrical glass case with tubes attached to the top and bottom of it that was fixed to a wall (Ch 212)

### Powers and Abilities

The Doll is able to bond to a host, resulting in anything that happens to it happening to its host. In order to bond with a host The Doll needs to obtain some of their DNA, which it usually does by "biting" them. While bonded any injures The Doll or host may obtain is passed onto the other but this also means that repairing the damage done on The Doll will repair the damage to the host. When sewing up an injury on the doll the host can feel the needle and thread pulling at their own skin. As the Doll is stitched up shadow stitches will appear over the injury being worked on, patching up the host. After a few moments the shadow stitches and the impression of the injury itself disappear from the host (Ch 42) The Doll is also able to pass temperature feelings onto it's host, for example Bendy got hot when the Doll was put in the sun for a while (Ch 42) The Doll can switch hosts at any time during the bonding, as long as it has the opportunity to obtain the new hosts DNA. The Doll can be prompted to switch hosts, as seen when Avery transferred the bond from Bendy over to himself by baiting The Doll to bite him (Ch 49) The Doll is also able to move on it's own, though it doesn't seem to do this much and it has never been seen while moving.

## From Wilson's Journal

Holly's Translation, Inky Extra's on the Doll:

*'By using the doll, you no longer will need to worry about calculating specific doses for different individuals. Every patient will receive the same dose and have the same reaction. This is because the doll has the ability to adjust itself to the specific needs of each individual. However, using the doll by itself is risky.'*

*'Upon contact, it takes a sample of DNA and imprints with the individual. The doll then changes its appearance to match its ‘host’. Something as small as a drop of blood, a hair, a claw, etc. is enough for it to imprint. Once the doll has imprinted, anything that happens to the doll will affect the host. Pain, injury, and even death are possible consequences of being a host.'*

*'Yet, mending the doll will also heal the host as long as the individual is still alive. However, there is a limit to the doll’s healing abilities. It can only save the host from physical injuries, not cure sickness. It was only meant to reflect the physical body, not the smaller matter particles that make up an individual. Using the doll with the Ink Machine causes a few notable changes to the doll’s abilities.'*

*'It will still change to the form of the individual, but it won’t need a DNA sample. Without this DNA sample, some of the dangerous imprint side effects will be diminished. Also, the doll will affect the other parts of the machine in that it will alleviate any complications with the dosing for the ill. Specifically, it directs ‘tool’ so that it erases only the infection from a person and not the entire person. The individual's body will accept the treatment now.'*

*'With the doll in use, you are ready to assemble the parts that actually perform the treatment. What proceeds next are those parts.*'

## History

The Doll was created by the MIcco in Amish's forge (Ch 304) during the combined effort to create the Ink Machine over four thousand years ago (Ch 186). After being created and added to the machine it stayed within the Ink Machine until five hundred years after the War when the Micco representative Yen Sid took possession of it. The Micco took care of the locking away of The Doll due to its unique magical abilities apparently requiring specialized handling (Ch 199).