The Holders

The Holders is an ever-expanding series of creepyfic. Originally conceived by someone on 4chan's /x/ board (or possibly /b/, or /tg/, no-one really remembers exactly), the first series of thirteen or so were snatched up by 4chan's population and expanded with ferocity. After several stints on a variety of websites, they eventually found a home on their own page, the Holders Series website. We'll let that page speak for itself.

''In any city, in any country, there's a mental institution or halfway house you can try any of these in. There were 2538 of these Objects, but 2000 were lost.''

''The remaining 538 must never come together. Ever.''

Though originally limited to mental institutions and halfway houses, subsequent items have been found in pretty much any sort of public or semi-public building in existence. Not all 538 have been found, but the discoveries haven't stopped yet.

In Relation to The PPC
Holders items are among the list of items that are Absolutely Forbidden to be taken into possession by PPC Agents; bringing one into HQ is likely among the most eminently punishable things an Agent could possibly do. Besides the fact that the items are part of one gigantic and most likely evil prophecy, the items themselves have inherently nasty properties and effects, and keeping them around is almost certain to speed up the already-alarming rate of insanity that Agents undergo. Plus, as the introduction implies, one item tends to draw others to it-- or rather, draw its Holder to others. The last thing the PPC needs is Agents going renegade to try and fulfill a potentially world-ending prophecy. The second-last thing it needs is Agents dying in hideously painful ways while attempting the above, but then any agent stupid enough to try and face a Holder A) probably doesn't deserve to live, B) would probably be happier to face the Holder than to face the Flowers That Be after disobeying them in such an extreme manner.

As Sues are highly unlikely to know of the complex methods required to survive acquiring even ONE Holders item, releasing Sues into Holders situations has recently become a favorite method of execution for some Agents, especially since the inherent "resetting" nature of the canon handles cleanup on its own. They have to be picked carefully, though, as many of the Holders inflict Fates Worse Than Death rather than actual death, which does not technically count as a "kill".