The Lost Dog

The Lost Dog is catalogued by GATE as IS-0042 and carries the designation Solutus (IV/HL/LC). It is an object-class entity that must be physically mounted on a wall at least 2 x 2 meters in size for containment and observation. Personnel may view IS-0042 without direct hazard while it remains in its prescribed mounting, but strict restrictions apply to the environment around the subject.

Containment requires that no works of creative art be brought within a 20-meter radius of IS-0042. This prohibition covers all media and formats: paintings, sculptures and other hard-material works, digital images and files, sketches and drawings, and any other medium used by artists living or dead. The rule applies regardless of whether the artwork is considered to have artistic merit and regardless of whether the work explicitly depicts or resembles animals, including those that might look like dogs.

• Maintain a display wall no smaller than 2 x 2 meters; IS-0042 is to be hung on that wall for routine viewing and containment.
• Enforce a strict 20-meter exclusion zone around IS-0042 for any creative/artistic materials in any format or medium.
• Authorized personnel may approach and view the object while it is properly mounted; do not introduce artwork items into the exclusion zone under any circumstances.
• The prohibition is medium- and content-agnostic: physical, digital, and ephemeral creative works are all restricted equally, and resemblance to canines is not a condition for the restriction to apply.

These protocols are definitive for safe handling and observation of The Lost Dog (IS-0042 / Solutus).