Entity #: 23
Codename: The Disembodied Gold-Digger
Description: This entity does not manifest in any kind of physical form, and could best be described as a living, sentient personality.
Its exact origins have been lost to history, due to the inefficient methods of information storage employed in the early days of the foundation.
While Entity #23 is invisible to the naked eye, EMF sensors have been known to react in its presence. This is unreliable, however, and new methods of detection are currently being studied.
In its intangible state, Entity #23 is mostly powerless, able to move around at an approximate speed of 2 miles per hour, and unable to properly interact with physical matter. The one exception is when Entity #23 enters a human body, at which point it takes residence in the victim's mind as a sort of mental parasite.
Once inside a host brain, the entity gains the ability to dominate its host's personality whenever it wishes. According to former victims, the hosts "lose themselves" when this happens, and they sometimes struggle to recall the events that transpire while Entity #23 is in control.
It is through the behavior of its victims that Entity #23's personality is revealed.
The Entity seems to think of itself as a woman between the ages of 20 and 40, though it refuses to give an exact number. It seems to hate existing in its intangible form, and is desperate to have a body. It has been noted that the entity speaks in a particular dialect, using 1930's era slang and speaking in a Brooklynese accent. The entity also seems to experience a distaste for bodies that do not match its "proper" form, and it will usually force its host to undergo drastic cosmetic changes, often surgical in nature, in order to match its "true" appearance. The entity's preferred, or "correct" appearance is as follows: a curvy, pale-skinned woman with black bobbed hair and wide hips and thick thighs, standing shorter than average. The entity will undertake extreme measures to achieve this appearance, which can mean full sexual reassignment surgery for male hosts, fat transfer and skeletal implants, and even bone-shortening operations to achieve its preferred height.
In the past, we have managed to catch the entity in the act when its hosts suddenly showed up with a drastically altered appearance, but the entity seems to be learning, and has gotten more subtle in its escape attempts over the years.
The entity's goal seems to revolve around stealing a permanent body for itself so that it can live its preferred lifestyle indefinitely. In particular, it seeks a life of luxury and glamor.
In terms of personality, Entity # 23 can be described as a highly amorous "gold-digger" who frequents bars and clubs and seeks to gain the affections of men with plenty of money to spend, usually through flirtation and sex. This is usually how it raises money for cosmetic procedures. It displays a love for singing and dancing and expresses a desire to be a starlet, though its knowledge of music does not extend past the 1930s. The entity also displays a weakness for alcohol, and becomes extremely uninhibited when drunk. While entity #23 sees itself as a seductress, it is also quite vulnerable to being seduced, and we have managed to recapture it with this method many times in the past.
Containment: Entity #23 is sealed in a large concrete room in basement level B-1, the location of the original storage units.
The walls of the room are painted with a thick layer of red, lead-based paint, which effectively prevents the entity from escaping. The reason for this is lost to the records, but a robotic drone is scheduled to re-paint the walls every 6 months. Human staff are no longer allowed inside.
If the entity is in possession of a body, it can be forced out by feeding the host a concoction of ordinary water, salt, and [REDACTED].
Once free of Entity #23, many former hosts experience feelings of distress and trauma, especially if the entity has drastically altered their bodies without their consent. Some show lingering effects of Entity #23's mental domination, continuing to exhibit some of the entity's personality traits or habits. Therapy and counseling have proven fairly effective in the past, and several former hosts of Entity #23 have returned to their jobs at the G.E.T.