The Grim Archives · Entity 020
G.U.M.
Guardians Undermining Miseryaka GUM
A miserable little support creature.
A clingy little companion for lonely evenings, familiar comforts and the things that are difficult to let go.
- Temperament
- Clingy / Damp / Comforting
- Archive risk
- Low
- Personality
- Pathetic comfort goblin
A familiar kind of company
Often adopted by those experiencing…
- Feeling lonely
- Seeking comfort
- Difficulty being alone
- Clinging to familiarity
- Fear of letting go
- Holding on too tightly
Meet your little companion
A little company.
Possibly for quite a while.
G.U.M. forms attachments quickly. To people. To familiar places. To a shopping list that showed considerable promise. Once it has decided you need company, it takes the assignment personally.
Clingy, damp and oddly comforting, this little creature keeps close on lonely evenings. It understands the pull of familiar things and the difficulty of a goodbye. The archivists are gently explaining that company can stay without holding quite so tightly.
- Becomes emotionally invested in small things.
- Keeps familiar comforts close.
- Finds goodbyes unnecessarily complicated.
- Remains nearby long after the conversation ends.
“Became emotionally attached to a shopping list.”— Archivist A.
Field-guide observations
Small signs of feeling less alone.
In G.U.M.’s file, the archivists make a note of small comforts: an evening that feels less empty, a familiar memory held more gently, or a little room for something new.
- Comfort feels a little easier to find.
- Old memories can be held less tightly.
- Moving forward feels a little more possible.
An extract from the records
From the archive
Attachment appears to be its preferred method of communication.
Recorded incident
G.U.M. attached itself to an employee and refused to leave.
The employee later described the experience as “oddly comforting.”
A little company for the lonely evenings
Take G.U.M. home.
£8
