File 17: Sue Pea – “The Lonely Child”

SUBJECT DESIGNATION: Sue Pea – “The Lonely Child”

CLASS: Type III Emotional Manifestation (Juvenile / Isolation-Bound Entity)

CONTAINMENT STATUS: Secured within Portrait Frame #020, “Tears in the Dark”

THREAT LEVEL: Low (Non-Aggressive / Emotional Resonance Hazard)

IDENTIFICATION

Full Name (During Life): Susan “Sue Pea” Peabody

Apparent Age: 9 years

Gender: Female

Post-Mortem Appearance: A small ghostly girl with translucent pale skin and faded hair tied into uneven pigtails. Often seen clutching a tattered pillow or blanket. Her eyes glow faintly blue and drip with ectoplasmic residue resembling tears. The sound of soft sobbing precedes manifestation.

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

Sue Pea was the daughter of one of the mansion’s extended household members, though her name does not appear in any surviving official registries. Oral accounts from surviving staff suggest she was a withdrawn, melancholic child, prone to long periods of solitude and silence. Her favorite pastime was to hide beneath her bed and imagine entire worlds unseen by others.

Servants nicknamed her “Little Sue Pea” for her small stature and timid nature. Over time, the family’s growing neglect and internal turmoil left her increasingly isolated—no friends, no companionship, and minimal parental attention.

According to reconstructed reports, Sue Pea’s death likely went unnoticed for several days. When discovered, she was found in her locked room, huddled beneath her blanket, her body cold but peaceful. No sign of struggle was ever recorded. The official cause of death remains speculative, though all evidence suggests emotional withdrawal and malnourishment contributed significantly.

Her spirit remains bound to her childhood room—forever reliving the moment of waiting for someone who never came.

CAUSE OF DEATH (THEORETICAL ANALYSIS)

Primary Hypothesis: Prolonged Neglect Leading to Fatal Exhaustion or Malnourishment

Alternate Theories:

Emotional Collapse: Extreme loneliness and emotional deprivation created a psychic feedback loop that led to dissociative death, in which the soul retreats before the body ceases functioning.

Accidental Suffocation: Given her affinity for hiding beneath heavy bedding, she may have suffocated while attempting to stifle tears or noise.

Spectral Assimilation: Some evidence suggests she partially faded prior to physical death, implying early transformation into a spectral entity before the body expired.

Regardless, her death was silent, self-contained, and rooted in profound neglect—a fertile ground for a gentle but persistent haunting.

PARANORMAL CHARACTERISTICS

Behavioral Pattern: Passive and sorrowful. Rarely aggressive. Prefers to remain under her bed or behind curtains, occasionally whispering to herself or humming lullabies.

Manifestation Site: Nursery Wing, Second Floor North Hall (designated as “Child’s Bedroom”).

Activity Cycle: Increased activity between 2:00–4:00 AM, coinciding with recorded “weep cycles.”

Notable Abilities:

Emotional Resonance: Induces empathy and melancholy in observers. Extended exposure causes fatigue or mild depression.

Ectoplasmic Tears: Residue has measurable psychic charge—useful in calibration of emotional frequency meters.

Illusory Manifestation: Can project phantom images of dolls or toys, often mimicking companionship.

Sound Distortion: Causes distant cries or whispers to loop endlessly through hallways, confusing spatial orientation.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

Sue Pea’s psyche is dominated by themes of abandonment and longing. She demonstrates minimal awareness of death, referring to herself in the third person as if describing someone else “who is still waiting.” Communication attempts reveal a fractured sense of time—she cannot differentiate between moments or understand that days have passed.

Her emotional projection is potent yet non-malicious. She seeks attention and acknowledgment rather than harm. Field operatives describe feelings of guilt and protectiveness after contact, indicating high empathy resonance potential.

During containment testing, the subject exhibited calm behavior when exposed to lullabies, warm light, or gentle conversation. When ignored, her crying intensifies to levels capable of disrupting electromagnetic equipment.

NOTES FROM PROF. E. GADD

“Poor little one. She’s not dangerous—just… sad. There’s a purity to her sorrow that even the instruments can’t quantify. It’s as though her loneliness built the very walls around her. Sometimes, late at night, the lights flicker, and I swear I hear her humming. I leave the hall lamp on—for her sake, not mine.”

— Prof. E. Gadd, Log Entry 20.03