The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1

**The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1** was the establishment of The Mandela Catalogue and the second video of Act 1 . As of April 5th, 2023, this video has been replaced with The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION in the Act 1 playlist.

## Tape One

We are given a brief introduction to THINK Principle, minus the appearance of Gabriel and The End of the episode. The episode serves as an informational government broadcast describing the types of alternates, how to identify them, and what to do in the time of crisis.

## Tape Two

We are introduced to Victim One and Victim Two, Mark Heathcliff and Cesar Torres respectively. Cesar calls Mark to ask if he can turn on their security cameras because Cesar is out taking his mom to the Emergency Room after finding her knocked out. Mark asks why, Cesar replying that his mom screamed right before he found her, Mark then asks if they have their doors and windows locked, to which Cesar also shows confusion, proposing that she may have seen something.

Mark reluctantly agrees, claiming to not like Cesar's house. Before hanging up, Cesar asks Mark to get a good look at the back hallway. The footage momentarily cuts, showing two images of Cesar. One flies offscreen to be replaced by the other, which then smiles.

Camcorder footage shows Mark arriving at the Torres residence. The security cameras show footage from the basement, a backyard shed, and the back hallway. Mark can be heard leaving.

Footage shown is from earlier the same day, before Mark was sent to the house:

At 3:31 A.M., the motion detectors go off, showing that there is a shadow infront of the backyard shed door. When the footage cuts back, the shed door is back to normal, but the back hallway door is open. Also, though it is almost inaudible, you can hear a window being smashed somewhere within the home.

At 5:34 A.M., a sound increase is detected. Cesar's mother can be heard shouting "Who are you!? Get away from me!!" She screams, showing Cesar's face distorting, confirming that Cesar had been replaced and the alternate attacked his mother.

September 13, 1992, 10:30 P.M., Mark tries to call Cesar, saying he was followed home. Footage shows Mark trapped inside his bedroom as a voice from the other side of his door tauntingly asks him to let them in, saying they have a surprise for him. Mark spends days in his room, trying to call for help, to no avail.

Two days later on the 15th at 10:58 P.M., Mark opens the door and laughter can be heard. Mark screams "YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!" then he takes his own life with a gun and the screen becomes red. A busy signal tone plays as "uh oh! bad decision, mark!" is displayed. The alternate picks up and stares at Mark's camcorder.

A female voice repeatedly says "If you would like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator". Mark's body is seen holding a handgun, his face censored, with "NOBODY CAME FOR ME" shown as a dial tone can be heard.

## Tape Three

A warning reads "ATTENTION: Viewing of the following footage is illegal and punishable by law if not previously cleared with your assistant. If you have access to this recording and are not part of your local Authority, please stop the video and discard of the tape immediately."

We are shown a Mandela County Police Department Training Video for Call Operators, which goes over the "three, and *only* three" types of emergencies: POLICE, FIRE, and MEDICAL. As the video finishes. the tape is disrupted by a fourth category labeled: "encounter".

For encounters, operators are ordered to not help a caller reporting an alternate encounter but calmly reassure the caller that help is on the way, allowing the operator to end the call once they stop responding to questions. Operators are instructed to not speak much, as they could accidentally reveal their fear. "Nothing is worth the risk" plays repeatedly.

## Tape Four

A Toddler Stress Assessment Video is played, instructing the viewer to record their child's response to following media.

Section One: audio of birds, a baby laughing, and sheep bleating are played.

"daddy didnt tuck me in, and there is a man in the closet" is displayed. We are told a story titled "The scary night” written by a four-year-old Mark Heathcliff. In this story, Mark's father didn't check under his bed and he could hear knocking on his closet, so he went to his mother's room. The worst part, he claims, is walking past the dark room by the stairs, giving a drawn reference. Before reaching her room, Mark saw the man in the corner and also provides a reference before apparently falling asleep.

Section Two: a cat, a family, and balloons are shown, then the dark room next to the stairs Mark describes in his story is shown. Knocking is heard before cutting to the man in the corner, labeled "an intruder".

The module completes and the viewer is instructed to let their advisor know if anything unexpected happened.

## Trivia

* Vol. 1 was originally intended to be the end of the series, as a collection of Alex Kister's original copies finalized. Due to the overwhelming support received online, Alex was motivated to continue the series with Intruder Alert.
* Alex Kister considered remaking the Vol. 1 and hosted a poll in his community tab.
	+ A remake was later released on April 5, 2023.
	+ 6's "an intruder" image became a popular meme, the image was usually accompanied with text saying "i am inside your home.
	+ This version of Volume 1 has been de-canonized due to certain things being retconned in the "Restored edtion". like the identify in the THINK principle now having "identify the threat level" in restored instead of the original "identify the class type". along side the intruders design being retconned.

## Gallery

*View The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1's full gallery here.*

Cesar's face after glitching.The image displayed as Cesar's mother is attacked by the alternate impersonating Cesar.The Cesar alternate stares at the viewer.Cesar’s alternate staring into the lens of Mark's camcorder.Mark taking his own life.
1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxAKjadEzn6FpBgBT5DyDYcTn4sPdXFp7R