Chris Elman

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Chris Elman</default></title>

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Strange_Mammal is one username of a parahuman who uses Parahumans Online. He is a post-scion trigger and his real name is Chris.

Personality

Strange_Mammal described himself as an introvert. Capricorn noted that they rarely spoke up in the chat.<ref>Cap: I do hope you’ll step out of those shadows more, c. Cap: it’s been interesting talking to you online and seeing how talkative you are here. Cap: I like what you contribute when you speak up Curious_Cephalopod: that’s me being an introvert. Cap: that’s fixable Curious_Cephalopod: I think you badly underestimate my introversion, T - Glow-worm P.6</ref> They knew how to use the advanced features of the PHO search function.<ref name="P.4e1">of5: Wanted k actually. Heart_Shaped_Pupil: yuss! \♥/ of5: you know this site. I want search terms to find some people. Articles, anything else. Would need to cover a lot of bases. Normal site search limits # of terms. Heart_Shaped_Pupil: uh. that hard. you want packaged search string Heart_Shaped_Pupil: i can try Questionable_Mammal: you’re looking for others in your set? of5: yes Questionable_Mammal: I can make attempt. gimme time. you might want to fine tune after.

- Glow-worm P.4</ref><ref name="P.4e2"/>

Names

Strange_Mammal has 32 individual PHO accounts that they rotate through.<ref name="P.6e3">A_real: According to our systems you have 32 individual accounts that you’re rotating through. Curious_Cephalopod: this is true A_real: Is it really needed to have one individual account for each day of the month and one for what I assume are holidays? Curious_Cephalopod: not what I was doing… Curious_Cephalopod: …but would be amusing with some reshuffling… Curious_Cephalopod: …assuming it was allowed… - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.6</ref> Known examples include:

• Strange_Mammal<ref name="P.3">Glow-worm P.3</ref>
• Questionable_Mammal<ref name="P.4e2"/>
• Questionable_Cephalopod<ref name="P.6"/>
• Curious_Cephalopod<ref name="P.6">Glow-worm P.6</ref>
• Weird_Cephalopod<ref name="P.7">Glow-worm P.7</ref>
• Weird_Insect<ref name="P.8">Glow-worm P.8</ref>

Strange_Mammal has a program set up to duplicate their preferences between different accounts.

Their motivation for doing this is unclear. They claimed that it was helping them "find out things" regarding an individual or individuals they believed was surveilling them.<ref name="P.6e2">A_real: But why do it? Curious_Cephalopod: security. I’m being surveilled… Curious_Cephalopod: …doing this lets me find out things A_real: Surveilled? Curious_Cephalopod: yes A_real: On PHO? Curious_Cephalopod: if they were stalking me elsewere and not here where it’s stalker central then they would be bad at what they do… Curious_Cephalopod: *elsewhere… Curious_Cephalopod: …and they aren’t A_real: If you’re trying to obfuscate, I have to question why you use a chain of names that connect to one another. Curious_Cephalopod: I’m not trying to hide. I’m trying to find out things. - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.6</ref> They also indicated that their different usernames correspond to physical transformations they undergo.<ref name="P.6e1">Curious_Cephalopod: …there. It should be in my user images. A_real: Verification_For_Sydney.i A_real: I see it. I see. I’m assuming that in a matter of days, if you’re an avian of some sort… Curious_Cephalopod: Insect. Yes, I could supply a different verification image… Curious_Cephalopod: …so can we chalk this up to a peculiarity of mine? Powers weirdness? [...] Curious_Cephalopod: …and this isn’t that serious. Consider me a curious sort of multi-limbed invertebrate who would be happy to be left alone… - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.6</ref> However, they later claimed that the entire thing was a ruse designed to draw out Heart_Shaped_Pupil.<ref name="P.6e4">Heart_Shaped_Pupil: When you were talking to Ms. Sydney earlier Heart_Shaped_Pupil: You hinted at having a reason for the changing nicks. Heart_Shaped_Pupil: What was it? Curious_Cephalopod: Honestly?… Curious_Cephalopod: …I wanted to see if you’d get curious enough to reveal yourself.- Excerpt from Glow-worm P.6</ref>

Relationships

Strange_Mammal believes that they are being surveilled. They stated that their stalker was good at what they did.<ref name="P.6e2"/> Heart_Shaped_Pupil was seemingly the one surveilling them.<ref name="P.6"/>

Appearance & Powers

On at least one occasion, they provided a verification image for their account "Curious_Cephalopod" that appeared to be a literal cephalopod. They indicated that their transformations followed a known schedule, and that they would be an insect in a few days.<ref name="P.6e1"/> They also indicated that it might be possible to adjust their schedule so that their usernames corresponded to the days of the month.<ref name="P.6e3"/>

However, at meet-up he looks like a very average, brown-haired kid with braces.

History

Glow-worm

Strange_Mammal joined a team of parahumans.

They successfully enticed Heart_Shaped_Pupil into revealing that they had been reading Strange_Mammal's chatlogs.<ref name="P.6e4"/> This revelation did not cause Strange_Mammal to leave the group.<ref name="P.7">Glow-worm P.7</ref>

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