Tulpa

Tulpa is a Level 4 neutral-digital infectious agent. It was deployed alongside a pirated release of a Disney-Amazon Looking Glass Entertainment Experience, which caused widespread and persistent hallucinations.
The origins of Tulpa is unknown at this time, though it has significant similarities with The Yellow Sign.

Transmission & Vectors

A primary cause of infection appears to be direct neural interface link with infected networks. A confirmed example of infect occurred to two individuals who connected their Neural Interfaces to an affected Disney-Amazon Looking Glass Entertainment Experience system. This instance satisfies Koch's Postulates #3 and #4.

History

The Tulpa was observed to have completely (?) affected the occupants of the Jade Promenade in New Venice, causing many instances of active, non-benign psychiatric manifestations.

Specialty: Neural-digital
Symptoms: AR hallucinations; Actively non-benign psychic episodes
Complications: Numerous
Usual Onset: Immediate
Causes: Interface with carrier hardware (?)
Diagnostic: Digital inspection of affected cyberware
Prevention: Unknown
Treatment: Excision of injected code (operation to be performed only by trained professionals)

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