Thread:GunjiBunny/@comment-24588058-20171005195719/@comment-31772644-20171007224739

Ok, I've been very tired throughout this whole thread, but I'm awake now and I want to try an explain what I've got so far.

The parachute, when activated, bursts out and envelops the person, causing them  and itself to vanish. The person then takes over the body of the next nearest  or pre-decided person, likely forcibly, overwriting thier original mind and sort of assimilating it. The artifact and whatever itmes they were holding at the time travel with them, maybe they victim is enshrouded by the reappearing parachute when they get taken over.

Suppose one day the user, who we can assume is still the consciousness of the original Cooper, accidently dropped the ripcord, allowing it to be collected seperately. Then later on, unable to activate to artifact to escape again, he was eventually captured and Bronzed. Now the ripcord would want to reconnect with the parachute, as bifurcated items tend to want, so holding it on its own could transport the holder to the parachute no matter where it was, somewhat explaining how Artie thought Adrian got in.

I imagine when Cooper was finally captured he'd stolen millions of dollars worth of cash and valuables and had assimilated perhaps dozens of people in his escapes. This might go someway to explaining the unusual behaviour he was said to show before his escape, assuming both that he had several minds already in his head each trying to assert their own minor influence and that he'd owned and used the parachute prior.