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. Their real name begins with a C,<ref name="P.4e2">Questionable_Mammal: …btw, here is search result for you.
[...]
of5: Thank you, c.
Questionable_Mammal: I thought that one result looked good - Glow-worm P.4</ref> probably standing for Chris.<ref>Executioner404: /Kill Goatfish
Goatfish: WIP_Capbot is disconnecting…
Goatfish has left the conversation.
Executioner404: /kill Shameful_Manatee
Shameful_Manatee: WIP_Chrisbot is disconnecting…
Shameful_Manatee has left the conversation.</ref>

Personality

Strange_Mammal described themself 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>

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"/>

Equipment

Strange_Mammal has a program set up to duplicate their preferences between different accounts, and another program or device that provides acceptable interface for his varied forms.

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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