This document is subject to update as new information is brought to SPIDER's attention.
ID# - SHN-103
Threat Level: Level 1
Name: [REDACTED]
SPIDER Protection Guidelines:
SHN-103 is to be monitored under close surveillance in a standard sealed chamber measuring 35 meters on each side. Chamber is to contain several board games, a sixty inch high-definition flat screen television, video game consoles with an appropriate amount of games (specifically multi-player games), and other means to entertain SHN-103. SHN-103 should be fed five square meals daily, and supplied enough snacks in between meals. Instances of SHN-103 (should be recorded as SHN-103-2, SHN-103-3, ect.) should be tracked and noted when they appear or disappear. Although it is not recommended to interact with SHN-103 in the viewing area, it is not considered an offense, and personnel will not be punished if they do so. Staff interested in interviewing SHN-103 or entering SHN-103's chamber must be given permission by on-site scientists.
Description:
SHN-103 is a Latino male measuring at 1.6 meters in height and weighing at 100 kilograms. Subject is in his early twenties and is generally ordinary in appearance. Hair is short and black, and eyes are colored brown. The demeanor of SHN-103 is typically friendly and charismatic, but can confuse bystanders not accustomed to his behavior due to his talkativeness, eccentricity, and his references to obscure pop-culture items. His erratic behavior also leads him to be easily distracted, and will sometimes remove himself from conversations in order to seek entertainment elsewhere.
SHN-103 is capable of cloning himself up to eleven times. The clones are exact in detail to SHN-103's appearance at the time of cloning, with no visible deviations from the original. Each clone is a direct copy of SHN-103's personality in all regards, including subtle mannerisms and changes in behavior from different stimuli. SHN-103's clones do not seem to need sustenance to survive, and can exist for as long as SHN-103 wills them to be, however, SHN-103 tends to eat far more than average in order to compensate for the energy he expends through cloning.
Clones of SHN-103 will vanish if a clone either walks fifteen meters away from the host, if they take fatal damage, or if SHN-103 chooses to dispose of them. In any event, the clone will fade away within seconds. SHN-103's clones do not mind disappearing or reappearing in accordance to SHN-103's desire. The clones even have memories from past "lives," memories that the host can recall too. Along with that, the host knows how many clones are currently active, even if he cannot see the clones. These facts suggest that the clones share a collective conscious with the host.
Nothing is left in a clone's place after disappearing, despite each clone's mass being equal to the host's. Furthermore, the host SHN-103's mass is unaffected by the cloning process, despite the clones physically splitting off from himself. This, along with other factors, raises questions to the nature of his ability, particularly how those processes occur despite being in direct violation of the Law of Conservation of Mass. Current theories suggest [REDACTED], but it cannot be reliably tested by SPIDER at this point.
Transcript of Local News Station's report on SHN-103's:
"...Witnesses claim seeing a man dressed in a gray trench coat and trilby stop in the center of the mall. The man then reportedly "multiplied" until there were four additional men, each of which were wearing the same clothes. All four men stood still until the center man lowered his stereo and began blasting music. At that time, the men ripped off their jackets and hats, revealing colorful shirts and sagging pants, and started singing and dancing to 'N Sync's "Bye Bye Bye."
"I was completely confused." stated one witness. "But when the jackets came off and I heard the song, I couldn't stop laughing. One heck of a magic act I tell ya!""
