Author's Note: this is a "bridge" story between Grander Design (an origin story for Stefano and several of my OC's) and The Evil Within: Catharsis (a rewrite of the second game's story with incorporations of original content). Both of these stories can be found under my profile.

To whom it may concern,

I got what you asked for. I can only hope you'll be able to use it to the best of your abilities. Boy, am I placing a lot of faith in an anonymous recipient. But considering who we're up against, it's the best chance any of us have.

Before you even start, I'm going to warn you not to give me a second thought. By the time your inbox receives this, Mobius will have already rooted out the whistleblower. So let me say again: don't worry about me.

But you need to worry about yourself. I've encrypted everything regarding this exchange and wiped every trace leading to you off of this device, but do NOT think that is enough to keep you safe. From now on, you need to act like Mobius knows who you are and what you've done because chances are, they do.

But I guess you already knew the risks before you even asked me for the files, didn't you?

Your only hope is to change everything. Everything. Sever any and all personal details from any accounts you own—anything with a username and password, because those won't stop Mobius from getting in and learning everything they can about you. Your friends, your family—it's time to cut them all off. I don't care what kind of history you've had with any of them, because it's not worth the risk. Mobius is everywhere, and the worst part is that we have no way of knowing exactly what that means.

Once you think you've taken enough precautions, bought enough time, have a look at these files. Quickly. You wanted information on how to take Mobius down. The killswitch is their crown jewel: Union. They can only be taken down from the inside, literally. But they've got an obstacle in the way, a BIG one.

Protecting the Core, maintaining Union, keeping each and every single downloaded mind in line—Mobius does it all with them. And it starts with the Guardian Program.

I've attached the files of some of the most highly classified profiles in Mobius. There's also data on some top-secret project, some kind of experimental weapon, that researchers had released into Union. Honestly, I'm not sure what it is or why Mobius was building weapons against its own STEM subjects.

A lot of the data here is corrupted and unreadable because the system's failsafe kicked in as soon as it detected my file extractions. I pulled them out and cut them off from the system as quickly as I could, but there was no way to save everything. Take what you can from it. This is the most information that has ever leaked out of Mobius.

It came at a price. May God have mercy on us all.