Cesar's Alternate

"Identify Yourself!" —Thatcher Davis*This character has yet to receive an official name, so this article uses an **unofficial**, provisional name for the time being. This is not the character's actual name.*

## Cesar's Alternate

* Vol. 1 (RESTORED)
* Vol. 1 (OLD)
* Vol. 333

### Aliases

Cesar Torres (Falsely)
The Perpetrator
Mark's Follower
"Bastard" (by Mark Heathcliff)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

* Andrew Long
* Michelle Strohwig
* Mike (for Telephone) VoiceType

### Appears in

* The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1
* The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2(small cameo)
* The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333
* Phone a Friend(As a plushie)
* The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION

### Debut

The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1

> I have a gift for you... I have a present! I have a surprise!
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> The alternate attempting to lure Mark into opening his bedroom door in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION

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**Cesar's Alternate**, alternatively known as **The Perpetrator** and falsely as **Cesar Torres**, is the secondary antagonist of Act 1 and the main antagonist of The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1.

It is an alternate that has taken on the appearance of Cesar Torres in an effort to get Mark Heathcliff, a close friend of Cesar, to kill himself. Later on, an alternate report issued by the MCPD is seen briefly in Vol. 333, implying that the alternate is still on the loose.

## Description

In The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1/RESTORED EDITION, the alternate appears as a tall and mouthless version of its human counterpart with a black sclera, a shadow covering half of its face and small and glowing white pupils. However, after Mark's suicide, its face morphs into that of Mark Heathcliff.

In The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333 , the alternate takes on the form of its human counterpart with a shadow covering half of its face.

During the phone call between it and Mark, the alternate is portrayed by Andrew Long. On the other hand, it is voiced by Michelle Strohwig when it is in Mark and Cesar's house.

## Biography

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1

Before the events of The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1, Cesar (presumably), and his mother are killed off-screen by an alternate after it manages to break into their home through their back door. Said alternate would later disguise itself as Cesar and calls Cesar's friend, Mark Heathcliff. "Cesar" requests Mark to turn on his family’s security cameras as he is on his way to the ER because he found his mother knocked out cold on the ground after hearing her screaming loudly. Mark agrees and later expresses his feelings of discomfort at Cesar's house, "Cesar" asks Mark if he could get a good view of the back hallway before the call glitches, with the alternate now having a very wide smile staring at the viewer before it cuts back to normal. "Cesar" thanks Mark and hangs up the phone.

After Mark finishes setting up the security cameras, security footage from earlier that day shows the progress of the alternate breaking into Cesar's house, after that, text on the screen states that a sound increase was detected at 5:34 A.M., at a later time, Cesar's mother is heard yelling "W-Who are you? G-Get away from me!" before a glitched "NOOOOO" plays as the previous phone call between Mark and "Cesar" is shown as Cesar's face contorts beyond recognition, confirming to the audience that the mentioned alternate has replaced Cesar.

September 13th, 1992, 10:30 P.M. - Mark records himself trapped inside of his bedroom as the alternate tries to get Mark to open his door, promising him presents and surprises.

September 15th, 1992, 10:58 P.M. - Mark records himself opening his bedroom door, wielding a desert eagle as the alternate starts to let out long and maniacal laughter. Mark curses the alternate before killing himself. A minute later, at 10:59 P.M., the alternate is heard running towards the camera and as its face appears, it stares into the camera lens.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2

The alternate has made a small cameo during the scene where 6 flashes imagery from Season One after Adam asked who are they.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333

MCPD Lieutenant Thatcher Davis goes to investigate Mark's disappearance and after finding Mark's suicide scene, he gathers evidence including fingerprints of the alternate on Heathcliff's bedroom doorknob, the MCPD soon created a facial reconstruction of the alternate.

The MCPD investigates Mark's camcorder and VHS tape to gather evidence to solve Mark's case, on his camcorder, a recording of the shadows of the alternate are seen under Heathcliff's bedroom door, coinciding with sporadic knocking. On the other hand, the VHS tape recording plays the sound of the voices outside of the door.

Later on, we are shown a poster plastered on a wall in Mandela County of an alternate report on Cesar, implying that during the events of Volume. 333, it is still on the loose in Mandela County.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1 [RESTORED EDITION]

Before the events of Tape 2, Cesar and his mother are presumably killed off-screen by an alternate after it manages to break into their home through their back door. Said alternate would later disguise itself as Cesar and calls Cesar's friend, Mark Heathcliff. "Cesar" requests Mark to turn on his family’s security cameras as he is on his way to the ER because he found his mother knocked out cold on the ground after hearing her screaming loudly. Mark agrees and later expresses his feelings of discomfort of Cesar's house, "Cesar" asks Mark if he could get a good view of the back hallway before he thanks Mark and hangs up the phone.

92/9/14, 3:31 A.M. - A few hours after Mark leaves the Torres household, motion is detected in the BCKYRD camera showing the shadow of the alternate approaching the property. A few seconds later in the HALLWAY camera, the sound of a window breaking can be heard. In the LVG ROOM camera, footsteps can be heard echoing throughout the house. A minute later, the HALLWAY camera shows the door wide open with the alternate saying "Where'd you go Mark?", the LVG ROOM camera is now seen being completely blacked, and on the HALLWAY camera, the hallway is shown to be dark with the alternate leaning into the camera.

92/9/15 - Footage from Mark's camcorder shows his bedroom door where the alternate is attempting to lure Mark to come out, promising him presents and surprises. The footage cuts to his bedroom window where the alternate is heard making indescribable noises to taunt Mark. An unknown amount of time later, Mark opens the door, with the alternate still making noises and questioning where he went, the footage cuts to the alternate standing in the hallway outside of Mark's bedroom before letting out long, maniacal laughter, Mark then curses the alternate before firing his gun. The date on the bottom-right corner of the tape changes to the phrase "BAD DECISION MARK" before the face of the alternate fades into view.

## Speculation

* It was believed to someone that Cesar's Alternate is the same alternate that attacked both Ruth and Thatcher.
	+ This is unlikely given that Lynn Murray was stated to be alive by the time that Volume 1 took place, September 15th 1992, in the documents for Adam's child stress assessment. The 333 Alternate is all but stated to be a Tulpa who manifested itself after the Might of the Subconscious broadcast, which happened before Lynn's death and after Mark's death.

## Trivia

* The old image of Cesar's alternate staring into the camcorder is taken from an infamous police sketch of serial killer Derrick Todd Lee, but more famously known in the ARG community as Selene Delgado.
* The mystery of Mark’s death has been solved, as the alternate had not been shot at all, which means that Mark did in-fact shoot himself.
* On the Restored version of Vol 1, the face of the Alternate morphs from Cesar's into Mark's one when he shoots himself.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.tetyys.com/SAPI4/
2. ↑ Mandelapolice.com

## Gallery

The alternate making its first appearance on-screenThe alternate revealing itself.The alternate report issued by MCPDThe alternate staring into Heathcliff's camcorder lensThe alternate being flashed on the TV in the Torres Residence basementThe alternate leaning into the cameraThe alternate laughing hysterically at MarkThe alternates face as it's lit up by Mark's gun flare