Stand Self-Manifestation Report

S.P.W. Investigation File

Date of creation: 9 November 1999
Topic: Stand Self-Manifestation (S.S.M.)

   This is an anomaly, what we call as Stand Fever". I've classed it as that myself. No stand should behave that way, and the worst part is that we still don't know of a cure for this. My only intuition is that a Requiem Arrow could fix the Stand Self-Manifestation. Since a stand with Requiem would be powerful enough to stop itself from losing control, but it was never confirmed, and possibly will never be. The S.P.W. foundation doesn't agree with human experiments, and neither do I. Either way, I've gathered enough information to at least save the victims life, and possibly post-pone the S.S.M. effects. It first appears as a sudden procrastination. The victim can't find themselves to do anything productive. So productivity loss. Then, the stand manifests, little by little. First one limb, then more, until it fully emerges. In parallel, the user gets more paranoid an anxious, because they don't know what might be happening, wether they think this is an enemy stand attack or not. Then, the stand starts interacting with outside items or people. The user starts to get seemingly random memories and thoughts, which enhances Depression. The last stage iz when the stand becomes violent. Then, it's the last chance to save the victim. Since after that, they either die by suicide, or by their own stands power, if possible. A stand can't use their ability on their own user as far as I'm aware, so this is another anomaly. Stand users who are more new to their stands seem to be more affected than people who have had stands for a longer period of time. Stand users with better mental stability and who are more extroverted also seem to not be as affected by S.S.M. in contrast to those who have mental disorders or who are more introverted. Same goes with people who have a significant other. The first victim that I know of was found in Morioh, and was also the one I was put in charge with. The man survived, luckily. I'm still researching on the matter, and hopefully will find the cause of this. I'm speculating that this is a severing bewteen the bond that a user and their stand is, and the sudden memory recalling is because of the stand trying to gain the bond back, searching through the users mind to find something to grasp on. But this is only speculation.

Head of the S.P.W. Foundation Medical Department,
Kakyoin Noriaki