I just came up with a somewhat crazy theory:
POSSIBLE SPOILERS FROM ADASTRA, ECHO AND THE SMOKE ROOM AHEAD
Have you guys noticed how when the main characters in these VNs are in a dark place mentally they tend to “hallucinate” with this insidious voice trying to bring them down further? At first I thought this feature was exclusive from the Echoverse (Echo and The smoke room) in which this voice it’s already been identified as an actual real being that haunts everyone in the town of Echo. However in this build of Khemia Scipio is going through a very similar experience with all these self-destructive thoughts/voices haunting him and yeah, it just kind of reminds me of what the characters in Echo and The smoke room go through.
Now, do you guys remember how at some point in Adastra’s plot they mention this malevolent entity that’s spreading through the universe? I can’t remember how they called, but it’s implied this thing is responsible of many unexplained creepy things and it seems to manifest at random spots all across the universe haunting or cursing these places (like the haunting at the university in Adastra). If you have come up to this point reading you can probably guess what’s coming already, but here’s my theory anyway:
What if the events from Adastra, Khemia, Echo and The smoke room are actually happening in different locations of the same universe? What if the evil entity that haunts Echo is actually explained by one of these random haunted spots that branch from the entity mentioned in Adastra? I think it would be a really cool move from The Echo Project to merge all of their VNs in the same universe through this idea.
It would be nice to know what you think guys, in my opinion it kinda fits too well to be just a coincidence, but I’d really love to know what other readers think of this. Also happy new year everyone <3