FleshCousin

FleshCousin is an NPC that can be found in-game, and will enter the elevator. If on a mobile device, click here to see all of FleshCousin's dialogue.
== Appearance==
FleshCousin will have the same avatar as one of the players in the server, except for the face, which is a slightly distorted version of the default (Smile) face.
Its undisguised form has been shown to be a gray R6 rig wearing what resembles a piece of paper on its head with a crudely drawn smile face. https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/725137705922609152
==Description==
Unlike other NPCs, FleshCousins are said in lore to be an entire species of entities rather than just one member. They aren't fully sentient, with animalistic intelligence comparable to birds or fish.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/733308861227925504
The FleshCousin we see in-game is reportedly always the same one.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/739386976854294528 According to Yeuc_c, it is confused and lost.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/735439700589002752
FleshCousins speak entirely in a word salad vaguely relating to things spoken or done to them, with them rarely speaking in a coherent manner. FleshCousins also have a tendency to mimic the speech of other NPCs on the elevator, although their words will still remain incoherent, much to the irritation of others. 
Once the Happy Birthday? floor comes up, this NPC will first be seen as a cake topper. But once the Happy Birthday music comes up, the NPC says "It's my birthday!" and will soon step out of the cake and enter the elevator. FleshCousin mimics the player closest to them when the elevator door opens.
On the Funny Maze floor, FleshCousin can be seen wandering undisguised around the floor under the name "Fleshy". 
FleshCousin will exit on the Backrooms, Cardboard Mansion, Two Stud Camp and The Subway floors.
==Audio==
Audio	Description
 	The sound that plays whenever FleshCousin talks.
==Gallery==
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|-|Current=
File:FleshCousinTextBox.png|FleshCousin's text box.
File:FleshCousin animation.gif|A FleshCousin's idle animation.
File:FleshCousin lol.png|A FleshCousin without its mask or a player's look.
File:FleshCousin 4829316507.gif|Ditto, but in the idle animation.
File:Fleshcousinsad.png|A FleshCousin frowning when the elevator is full, or when MR is found present.
File:Image 2024-01-14 142328597.png|Ditto, but mimicking a player.
File:Vent.png|The vent FleshCousins escapes through if the elevator is full or if MR is inside the elevator.
File:Birthday fcventjump.png|A FleshCousin jumping into the vent.
File:Birthday fcventjump2.png|Ditto.
File:FleshcousinHat.PNG|A Fleshcousin wearing a hardhat given to it by Mannequin_Mark.
File:gewwn boi.webp|Ditto, but a green hat.
File:cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeir.webp|A FleshCousin sitting in a chair spawned by WilliamPlayz57.
File:FleshInTheMaze.png|Fleshy in Funny Maze.
File:FleshCementmain.png|FleshCousin under the influence of Wet Cement.
File:FleshCement2.png|Ditto, but standing on the tracks in Underground Subway.
File:Fleshyboiandlamp.png|A disguised FleshCousin next to Lampert.
|-|Glitches=
File:Fleshcousing not being able to sit on the Slide 4 Admin map.gif|A FleshCousin disguised as a player not being able to sit in the Slide 4 Admin floor.
File:Pest and fleshcousin shenanigans.png|Pest and a FleshCousin walking into each other in the elevator doorway and getting stuck.
|-|April Ghouls'=
File:April fc.png|FleshCousin in the 2024 April Ghouls' Update
|-|Extra=
File:FleshCousin face.png|The face FleshCousin's has while mimicking players.
File:GnarpyAndFCousinRender.jpg|A render of Gnarpy's old design and a FleshCousin seemingly shaking hands.
|-|Thumbnails=
File:Png.png.png.png|A FleshCousin in the Regretevator thumbnail.
File:J0xmJom8.png|Ditto but high-quality, Artwork by @KindaGlumm.
File:Oh golly.webp|A FleshCousin coming out of a cake while PartyNoob and Split point at them.
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==Trivia==
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*The creator of FleshCousin is im_cops, although they didn't make the lore for the species. The name was given by biscuitjon.
*Once hovered, the name will be the same as the player the NPC has copied, with a "..?" at the end of it.
*Players are able to get the "I think I've seen you somewhere" badge by having the FleshCousin disguise itself as themselves.
*If the player is playing alone in a server, it's guaranteed that FleshCousin will disguise as themselves. This can be an easier way to obtain their respective badge. 
*FleshCousin uses an edited version of the original Half Life 2 Headcrab Zombie noise when it speaks.
*If it spawns in the cage on the singleplayer version of the Jeremy's Domain floor, it initially appears undisguised. When you rescue FleshCousin and get it in the elevator, it begins to mimic a player's appearance like normal.
*If MR is in the elevator or it is full, FleshCousin will have a frowning version of its smile, walk to its left, and jump up a ventilation duct, dropping the cover and a coin.
*Originally, if even one person had their music volume down, the Happy Birthday? room's lights would not turn on, and FleshCousin would not enter the elevator as a result. This has since been fixed.
*The idle dialogue lines "Is what you yes?" "Who had you was?" "Did you whatever," "whatever you I guess?" and "It was catastro, catastro-feeling good" are all lyrical references to the song Stuff Is Way by They Might Be Giants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z58IulCjZkA
**FleshCousin's dialogue has multiple references to music. Other references include "I've Seen Footage" and "Hacker" by Death Grips. 
*FleshCousin's look in-game is drastically different to its render. This is because DaftCinderss (the contributor who created the renders) was given permission to make them look fleshy.
*When spike goes through FleshCousin, a skin color dust comes out.
*FleshCousins used to be called Skinwalkers.
*While speaking, FleshCousin Tends to use multiple Rhymes or alliteration in their dialogue.
*FleshCousin mistakes the Flash Beacon's flash for the sun and panic.
*FleshCousin will accept Wet Cement as a gift.
|-|Lore=
*Yeuc_c stated that the FleshCousin copies the look of other players because of their natural instincts, since one of their survival methods include mimicry of other species in their environment. https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/724639861531951104
**They also compared FleshCousins to stingrays, claiming they will only attack if threatened. https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/724860228458414080 This is not reflected ingame, as it does no harm to the player.
**There are imperfections with how FleshCousin mimics others.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/733308861227925504
*Under the "paper" mask of FleshCousin is just a hole.https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/725827865430687744
**Nothing is inside this hole, it's just a pit.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/745623192561975296
**However, if you have its' model and move its' mask, it will show a normal R6 head.
**Said piece of paper is actually a flab of skin.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/738032003675504640
*The reason that FleshCousin exits on The Subway floor and walks directly onto the tracks is because it wants to board the train but does not know how.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/726130916250058752
*The blood of a FleshCousin is blue.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/727587997254549504
*FleshCousin's favorite fish is a pufferfish.
*A FleshCousin's favorite food depends on the FleshCousin, but is often salmon.
**Likewise, a FleshCousin's favorite drink depends on the person it is mimicking, but otherwise is river water.https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/737336533204500480
*FleshCousins’s favourite song is the Crazy Bus Title Screen theme. If FleshCousin is mimicking someone, it’ll like the same or similar music. https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/726132473806897152
*A group of FleshCousins is called a "fleece".https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/737377392196288512
*Despite the mask not changing on their emotions, the mask can be erased and redrawn.https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/726432820521730048
*FleshCousin is typically 5'9 (175cm), but it depends on what/who it's mimicking. https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/730264303057420288
*FleshCousins do not properly know any human language, they simply repeat what they have heard, similar to a parrot. https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/741686716873768960
**Somewhat relatedly, FleshCousins are known to get along with parrots.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/740808070183157760
*If you were to make a FleshCousin listen to a song on repeat, it would eventually start repeating the song. https://yeuc-c.tumblr.com/post/731807429831081984
*If you were to bite into FleshCousin, it would taste like poultry.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/731206214751502337
*FleshCousin is squishy in a fleshy way.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/731206214751502337
*FleshCousins can technically come in any color.https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/738032003675504640
**Additionally, the above Tumblr post confirms that after imitating someone, FleshCousins may retain aspects of the thing they imitated for a short time.
**As well as this, FleshCousins do not directly imitate the exact cellular form of another person, imitating using the cells that they already have.
*FleshCousin's alter their voices in an attempt to mimic other people, but it comes out garbled. https://www.tumblr.com/yeuc-c/750486576490020864
*According to an interaction with Reddy, the Redball Underground Diner's burgers are made mostly from FleshCousins.
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==References==
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Category:NPCs
Category:Nonbinary/Unknown gender NPCs