Face Studio 2

The load-up screen

> 🎵WELCOME TO FACE STUDIO 2 !!!🎵
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**Face Studio 2** is a computer software created by MandelaTECH first seen in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4.

It allows users to upload their personal information and 3 pictures of someone's face and customize them by distorting them and make them say whatever you want through a text-to-speech program. In difference to it's predecessor, Face Studio 2 can store multiple faces and information at the same time, as well as sending them to a database.

## Usage

At load up, a tune plays before there's a click that is followed by a female voice that can be heard singing "Welcome to Face Studio 2!".

A grey head appears and explains to the user the functions of Face Studio 2 and it's new features. It describes the program a "revolutionary software that can make your face say anything you want, at the touch of a button."

The Grey Head showcases the new features of the program, revealing it is now possible for the user to "customize" their face even further, and that several faces can now be saved to Face Studio 2 through the use of a database. The Grey Head starts praising Digital Technology, saying how "it's a wonder that it has come to save us all", possibly referencing the Intruder's usage of analog technology as a means to attack humanity, before telling the user to spread the word of the program to friends and family.

## Anomaly

In the Vol. 4 video, a corruption causes the program to suddenly start showcasing footage of the Murray residence instead, specifically the one taken from Lieutenant Davis's bodycam, which showcases Adam Murray's old bedroom in the night of his kidnapping as a deep breath can be heard in the background.

The Grey Face reappears, this time in a saturated black and white filter, the camera slowly but surely turns to Lynn Murray's dead body as the Grey Face starts talking to the user in varying tones. "[in a slow, deep tone] A thriving society of followers of the true savio-. [in a faster, lighter tone] A mess of tangled/mangled(?) limbs danced around my bedroom. I held my breath and waited for it to stop. I was too scared to- [The text-to-speech glitches] True-tru-tru-ruth."

In the latter, glitched portion of the speech, the Grey Face distorts itself in varying ways as the camera slowly pans away from Lynn's body. The video glitches, showing the Grey Face's face in a pose reminiscent of the 333 Alternate.

It's implied by the severe connections this corruption has to Thatcher Davis, that he was the one receiving the message.

## Purpose

> Oh, David! You've already done all of my bidding for me!
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> Gabriel, to Dave Lee, The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4

Though Face Studio 2 appears to be created by MandelaTECH, it's possible Face Studio 2 can be a way to facilitate Alternate's impersonation process. The features that the software has in comparison to its predecessor facilitate this process, as it not only gives them access to the face of their victims, but also their personal information.

It's likely that humans don't even know that the Intruder can manipulate digital technology yet, leading more victims into falling for the trick, as well as causing them to share it with friends and family, also turning them into potential victims of the Alternates.

The reasons why MandelaTECH would create such a program is likely due to its owner, Dave Lee, receiving advice from "O'Brien" who was actually deceiving him into doing his bidding for him. The program was originally never intended to be used by the Alternates or even existed until O'Brien came into scene.