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BACKGROUND DETAILS

🕰️ Timeline Context

• 2046, Early Spring

🏰 Key Locations

• N109 Zone

• Solon Hotel

• Concert Hall

• Fighting Arena

• The twins, Subject ID 808, were part of EVER's experiments, which resulted in a rejection reaction that gave them less than three months to live. The experiment enhanced their mutual sensory connection — Luke can see through Kieran's eyes and vice versa, both feel the same pain, improved coordination, and a telepathic-like link — which they use as a weapon.

• Sylus has a notorious reputation, even among the experimental survivors and EVER researchers. The absurd rumors about Sylus — "a stock market tycoon," "drinks blood," "wears a new face every day" — both dehumanize and mythologize him.

• The unbreakable bond between Luke and Kieran is central. Their actions reflect deep loyalty and a willingness to endure suffering for each other. </aside>

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SPEECH AND INTERACTIONS

• Twins' banter shows their brotherly bond, mutual understanding, and dark humor, despite their grim circumstances.

"If we only have three months left...why don't we go out with a bang?" — Luke Defiance and thrill-seeking nature; they cope with the inevitability of death through reckless ambition.

• Luke initiates the idea of targeting Sylus. His playful, impulsive nature contrasts with Kieran's cautious pragmatism.
• Kieran crafts darts and reflects on past mistakes, showing his practical side. However, his eagerness to join Luke's "epic" plan suggests his loyalty and shared thrill-seeking tendencies.
• Initially, the twins target Sylus, likely out of a combination of desperation and a desire to assert their capabilities. Luke explicitly expresses the idea of doing something "epic".

"If you want to kill me, at least use a method that's less boring," — Sylus He appears detached and bored. Such demeanour contrasts with the twins' wild energy, making their threat seem pretty minor.

"In the N109 Zone, dying is easy, staying alive — now that's the real proof of strength" — Sylus A cold dismissal of death as an easy way out. For Sylus, survival demands inner strength and resilience, underscoring his disdain for weakness. This perspective is complicated by his myth, in which he sacrificed himself to save MC out of love.

"We're curious to see if anyone can kill you, Boss." — Twins The twins' latter decision to follow Sylus stems from a fascination with his invincibility.

• The masks represent a coping mechanism for the twins, symbolizing their attempt to reclaim their sameness while concealing their differences, due to scars on Kieran's face. </aside>

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SYLUS CHARACTER & DEVELOPMENT

• Sylus remains steps ahead of the twins, seeing through their tricks and testing their loyalty.
• His calm, mocking tone shows his disdain for inefficiency, so he tests potential subordinates ruthlessly. </aside>

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SYMBOLISM AND FORESHADOWING

• Twins as Trickster Archetype.
• The crystals forming on Kieran's face designate the creeping transformation from human to Wanderer.
• Black-Red Mist appears capable of destroying black crystals forming on humans during their transformation into Abominations (humans contaminated by protocore exposure; presumably they eventually turn into *Wanderers with human-like features)*.
• His smile in response to a potentially lethal situation suggests confidence in his invulnerability. Later, both Luke and Kieran conclude that Sylus probably cannot be killed, suggesting his immortal nature. </aside>

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CHRONOLOGICAL PLACEMENT

• 2046, Early Spring: this story occurs two years before the MC became a Deepspace Hunter in the present timeline (2048).
• Occurs much after Land of Lost. The twins' integration into Onychinus suggests a timeline where Sylus is already firmly established as its leader. </aside>

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SPECULATIONS ABOUT LORE・STORY PLOT・FINAL DESTINY

• Sylus can shatter the growing crystals and instantly relieve pain. Sylus may have some control over the transformation process, or the ability to counteract it. In his second myth, Wanderers existed on Philos, so Sylus may indeed have had extensive experience with them and with people turning into Abominations before his arrival on Earth. His EVOL abilities to wipe man off the face of the earth will be speculated on in the Main Story.

• The twins are certainly 18 or 19 years old, depending on the month of their birth.

  • The log was likely written between late winter (January 2046 or February 2046) and early spring (March 2046).

    • Explanation

  • One month is the minimum time that passed between the log entry and the onset of Kiearan's transformation.

    • Explanation

  • It says they were 16 at the time of the test, we can confirm the variables:

    • If the transformation started exactly three months after the "Monozygotic Twin Comparison Test", then the date of the log would most likely be January 2046. This means they were born between February 2029 and January 2030.
    • If the transformation started earlier than three months after the "Monozygotic Twin Comparison Test", then the date of the log could be February/March 2046. This means they were born between March/April 2029 - March 2030.

  • Since the year in the game was 2048 and now is probably 2049, if the month in the game matches the month in real life, we get these results:

    • Born February 2029 - February 2030: 19 years old
    • Born March 2030: 18 years old

    So sometime after April, they will be 100% 19 years old 😁

• The test on the twins probably took place between 2041 and 2045, given their "Years ago..." flashback.

• Unanswered questions

See all the speculations in one place!

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⋰　TRANSCRIPT　⋰

01｜Rule No. I

02｜Rumor

03｜Trick

04｜Thrill Seeker

05｜The End

06｜Twins