Thespian
Registered Phenomena Code: 310
Object Class: Alpha-White
Hazard Types: Sentient Hazard, Animated Hazard, Sensory Hazard
Containment Protocols: RPC-310 is to be stored within a standard safe box locked via a standard padlock; this safe is to be kept at containment wing of Site-007.
RPC-310 is to be taken out once per month to perform Procedure Thespian-310 (Detailed in Addendum). When taken out for this purpose, a professional actor is to be assigned to RPC-310 to rehearse any given role for a previously selected stage play. These actors are to be hired under the cover of a casting agency looking for actors to audition for an upcoming theater season. The time taken for these rehearsals are to be decided by each actor depending on their requirements within reasonable dispositions.
Furthermore, a selected cohort of no less than 100 individuals are to spectate the play, selected from well behaving CSD personnel and Authority staff if available. This cohort is to be taken to the Auditorium of Site-007. As soon as the procedure has successfully finished, RPC-310 is to be put back in storage until the next scheduled performance.
Description: RPC-310 is a humanoid mannequin with a realistically detailed body, sexless in appearance with a blank face, clad in a costume resembling an ancient Greek theater cloak, measuring 180 cm height and weighing 70kg. When inactive, the mannequin will remain still in a standing position with no apparent aid. If disassembled, the object will reassemble itself in 30 seconds to 45 seconds while it is out of direct sight from the naked eye, stopping the reassembly process if there is at least one witness directly looking at it.
RPC-310's anomalous effects manifest on a random given day during the second week period of each month. During this time, the mannequin will become active and attempt to move to the nearest professional actor it can find. It is currently unknown how RPC-310 would have the knowledge of an individual being a professional actor. Due to this reason, it is recommended the object be taken out of containment at the beginning of the second week of each month and an actor hired by the Authority assigned to the object.
When assigned an actor, the asset will remain still, poised in what resembles an attentive pose. During this time, any rehearsing of any given role the actor may perform will be assimilated by RPC-310. The object will then enter a dormant state signaled by the drooping of its head, this pose will be held until the date the performance has been programmed. It is unknown how the object would know this at the moment.
After rehearsals with RPC-310 are done, these actors are to be amnesticized and released. On the date of the performance, the mannequin enters an active state, and will actively seek the nearest theater to perform. When placed on a stage ready for a performance, RPC-310 will perform the role previously rehearsed by the actor.
Notably, when RPC-310 performs, it will always exhibit a better performance than the actor which rehearsed with it. During the performance, individuals viewing the play will begin to experience heightened emotions related to what the play is intended to evoke. The quality of RPC-310's performance directly impacts the quality of the emotions experienced by its audience. At the end of the play, RPC-310 will enter an inactive state.
Communication attempts with RPC-310 have been unsuccessful as of date as it is incapable of speech and only performs what it is taught to perform beforehand. All the roles performed by RPC-310 are done by mimicry, without any spoken lines delivered by it.
Discovery: RPC-310 was discovered when stolen objects were seized from a van operated by a group of art thieves. Upon questioning about the origin of this cargo the implicated individuals expressed they didn't know, that they had just carried out orders from their superiors into stealing it from a convoy traveling to England from Italy. At the time, the cargo contained a variety of non-anomalous items, among which RPC-310 was found stored in a crate. The crate was labeled with a discrete logo of the Academy of True Art and printed pictograms detailing instructions on how to use RPC-310.
Further research by Authority personnel revealed the cargo to have been stolen from a delivery being made to the [REDACTED] Academy of Arts in London. Currently, further ties between the Academy of True Art and this institution are being investigated. After containment of the object, a letter with no apparent return address was delivered at Site-002, which can be read on Addendum 1.
Respectable Authority Employees:
Greetings, I have been recently informed of your heroic deeds in severing a most heinous act of theft by salvaging my beloved thespian from the claws of an unscrupulous collective. However, as much as I appreciate your gallant assistance, I must request you deliver Thespian to its original destination, as they await for its expedient arrival.
Still, knowing the ways your institution operates, I also humbly request that if you decide to keep my beloved actor within your quarters, please make sure there is always an audience ready to revel in its histrionics every month, otherwise I can assure you there could be some… most unpleasant occurrences.
I can assure you these occurrences are not dangerous in nature, as I never intended my creation to be danger to society. I also take this opportunity to request no images are created from my creation, as I sincerely wish that the eyes delighting on it do so while Thespian is performing.
Kind regards, yours sincerely:
Shakespeare - Performing Arts.
L'istituto della vera arte
Testing Log 310-01
Date: 08/09/2018 Time: 09:00
Objective: Discover anomalous effects of RPC-310.
Subject: D-8192, D-450, D-5909, D-11029 and D-221190. the subjects are seated in a row on testing chamber with RPC-310 placed before them. A hired actress had previously rehearsed Ophelia's lines from "Hamlet" with RPC-310.
Results: RPC-310 remains still, and no effects are observed.
Researcher Note: I believe we may need a larger crowd to test this. The pictograms depicted a much larger crowd than 5 individuals. Requesting Human Resources administration to provide 100 CSD personnel for testing. -Dr. Zhau.
Note from Human Resources: Request granted for 50 CSD subjects for testing, submitted by Dr. Zhau.
Testing Log 310-02
Date: 08/10/2018 Time: 09:10
Objective: Discover anomalous effects of RPC-310.
Subject: 55 CSD subjects, 25 Level-1 Clearance personnel, and 20 researchers. Placed on Auditorium Site-007 given the safe nature of anomalies directly produced by the Academy of True Art and no harmful consequences observed on Incident 310-01. A hired actress had previously rehearsed Ophelia's lines from "Hamlet" with RPC-310.
Results: At the end of the play, selected spectators report feeling a state of relaxation following the experiment. When questioned about the performance by RPC-310 spectators report forgetting about the asset being a mannequin, and report viewing what they refer as "the best performance I ever saw". Upon further questioning, subjects report feeling intense emotions corresponding to what the scenes acted intended to evoke, all subjects report understanding the scenes even without spoken lines from RPC-310. No further anomalous effects observed.
Researcher's Note: Even spectating the performance from far away, I could experience these emotions other members of the audience report. I suggest programmed plays are added to the containment protocols, given this asset will actively look for the largest audience available if not taken out to perform once a month. - Dr. Zhau.
Testing Log 310-03
Date: 09/10/2018 Time: 09:00
Objective: Test sapience of RPC-310.
Subject: 80 CSD subjects, 20 Researchers. Placed on the Auditorium of Site-007. A hired actor had previously rehearsed Oberon's lines from a modified script of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" designed for the actor to improvise the lines, with RPC-310.
Results: Results similar to previous experiments, however subjects exposed refer to viewing the play in a "dreamlike" state, with heightened emotions evoked and the feeling of being part of the universe in which the play takes place.
Researcher Note: If given the chance to improvise lines, RPC-310 will heighten its evocative abilities and immerse the audience into the universe of the play. RPC-310 will improvise with interpretative dances and evocative emotions chosen at whim in the event no concrete lines are provided to it, performance is markedly different than what actor rehearsed previously. - Dr. Starling.
Date: 08/09/2018 Time: 13:00
Following the unsuccessful testing with RPC-310, the object was returned to storage, when it entered an active state, the asset broke its storage and made its way to the most populated area on Site-007. Upon arriving at the main area of the containment wing, it started to perform an unknown role of an unknown stage play. Personnel witnessing this event remained still while it lasted, apparently mesmerized by the object. Upon concluding, RPC-310 bowed and then entered an inactive state. Lead Researcher in charge of RPC-310, Dr. Starling has been notified of this. Containment protocols to be updated and further testing scheduled for tomorrow.
