Raycaster Bird

## BEGIN PROFILE:

*Subject  RAYCASTER BIRD is a motorized mechanism determined to most likely be built from recycled "off-the-shelf" parts, most notably a vintage automotive chassis as the "core." The mechanisms of its operation are unknown for fear of damaging Subject's functionality.*

*Subject is fueled by a mixture of one parts unleaded gasoline and one part raw chicken eggs  stored in a tank of sizing consistent with the era of the "core's" manufacture, and activated by rotating an "activation crank" in the back.*

*When operational, the dual "projectors" in the front produce a series of tactile-holographic "walls" and a thin 'floor" of the same. These "walls" and "floor" appear to alter orientation with the movement of any individual within the walls, akin to a maze.*

*The "maze" appears to be randomly generated, in a mechanism we currently hypothesize depends on the action of the crank combined with gravity; though there appear to be additional secondary factors. While it is possible to simply wait for the machine to cease motion to exit, each "maze" has been determined to have a randomly generated point of exodus.*

*Within the generated "maze," holographic projections of multiple varieties of galliforme-based foodstuffs have been observed. These include varieties of foodstuff that were not extant at the estimated era of manufacture of Subject. Testers were unable to retrieve the holograms; due to lacking tactility akin to the rest of the "maze," they did report feeling a sensation of "fullness" and the gustatory sensation of the depicted items therein.*

*In one of every ten tests, there appears to be holographic "pieces" of an entity known as "The Golden Hen" hidden within. When these holograms are touched, they disappear, re-appearing attached to the subsequent pieces found. Pieces gathered do not transfer to other sessions, and tests have only gained seven of the ten pieces. Testing continues to find the purpose of the Golden Hen.*

*Subject was obtained from a collector of vintage arcade mechanisms, along with the remaining surviving documentation. Documentation states that it was a prototype; with intentions of sponsorship by a specific source; but that souce remains unnamed in the surviving notes.*

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***-[WARNING]-***

*When testing this item, beware of observed independently-operational tactile-holographic entity found within the maze, known as "**JOHNNY COCK**."*

*Causes of this entity's manifestation in a "maze" are unknown at this time, but procedures have been determined. When the phrase "JOHNNY COCK IS WAKING" appears on the surface of a wall, begin preparations for shutdown protocols. When the phrase "JOHNNY COCK IS CROWING" appears, accompanied by a high decibel crowing sound that has been described by testers as "Tinny," begin shutdown procedures immediately.*

*Entity has been shown to exhibit immunity to all tested kinetic and energy weapons. If entity is sighted, DO NOT CONFRONT THEM.*

## Author Commentary

I may as well mention that I just made the design first, improvised the name, and then improvised what it actually did after the fact. Which I think came out pretty unique/creative!

Fun fact, part of it was directly inspired by an extremely old game, one that's been called one of the very first survival horror games! Can you guess what it is?

...Either way, as with all my G.U.F.F. stuff, this is free to use as you see fit under a CC-BY 4.0 license so long as I; Thomas F. Johnson, am credited as their creator!

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Or, if you wanna commission me for a pic like this, my commission info is thisaway!