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Theory time (spoilers ahead for Once In A Lifetime and Eternum)

(Sorry it's a long read)







What if the true ending of once in a lifetime is the one where you go back through the sewers instead of confronting astaroth because it shows you in a cell and you get visited by Astaroth who talks about wanting your help to find calypso and if so you may be able to get your mind back, we know that the two games are connected not just by this but also a few references like president stabb (stabby mike) being mentioned near the beginning.

That's the solid theory so far but that's not too concrete and doesn't really mean anything other than Astaroth wants to find calypso. However what if The Founder is Astaroth because yes Astaroth has different hair colour and style but it's not difficult to imagine that he can alter his appearance and acts differently, this could also explain why he has the ability to grant the item that allows players to keep items no matter what.

Some might think that last one is a stretch but I believe that it could be true based on what we know so far about Eternum however this is all just speculation and could be proved completely false by the next update(s) of eternum or by Caribdis themselves excited to know you guy's thoughts on my theory.

TLDR: Astaroth wants calypso and might be the founder based on evidence so far and we may meet the player from Once In A Lifetime based on what we know.

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Already proven false.








Orion namedropped Stabby Mike as "Ex-President Stabb" during his intro monologue, making the harem ending canon (as every other ending has Mike dead or brainwashed by Astaroth). Also Cari confirmed it in an earlier comment:

https://itch.io/post/7639777

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Fair enough









Just know Stabby Mike doesn't die due to the bullet because he has the cross to protect him he fainted because he saw his own blood so your not 100% correct on that bit but yes the brainwashed part is true and I didn't know about the previous comment by Cari my mistake. However I feel like the harem ending being the true ending doesn't mean 100% we won't see the main character in eternum at a point because we don't know how many years Eternum is after Once In A Lifetime as far as I'm aware.

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Yeah a couple of things...







One, Cari already made a comment here ruling out cameos of the OIAL cast (though he didn't rule out references).

https://itch.io/post/6867450

Likely explanation as to why is that importing model data from HS1 (the software OIAL uses for renders) to HS2 (the software Eternum uses for renders) can't be done, so Cari will have to recreate everyone from scratch in HS2 (which is likely a tedious process exacerbated by the fact that he has to significantly age them up because of the second point stated below, so he likely decided to just not bother).

Second, someone on Cari's Discord created a timeline based on the information provided in the game, stating that Eternum takes place 12-14 years after OIAL. Cari himself approved of this timeline and changed some things in the script to reflect it (such as changing the time Ulysses showed up from "a few years ago" to "more than a decade"). 

If you really need to see Once in a Lifetime cameos, head of to Ripples and buy a phone.

Does Ripples have a lot of Once In A Lifetime cameos? I haven't checked it out yet but it's on my list