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Route 65 is short prequel to Echo that gives a bit more background to what happened to the group. The route you choose in 65 is supposed to lead in to your choice of person to follow in Echo.

Man it took a while to find this post as I'm still new to this site but holy shit was it worth it!

I assumed that each route was it's own outcome but also  giving hints towards what really happened with this group of friends during the week.

Now that I've read through route 65 I agree that Chase's personality does change drastically during each route. And this explains the inconsistencies I kept running in to.

 My "focus" had been Flynn almost as a control for the bizarre situations happening (until you get to the end of course).

I tried to collect what we knew as "the facts" and piece together the picture by finding out Chases "real" personality and what choices he would've made if he wasn't possessed. This just broke my heart more for leo when I read "The party" from what it seems to imply.

I know this probably sounds ridiculous now, but it was fun thinking I was getting it. :P

I'll be reading through this story again with this information in mind and will love to check out Tsr and Arches when those are completed.

Thanks for the amazing theory!

Yeah, it's called Arches. The prequel is called The Smoke Room. Both aren't finished yet.

I love your explanations on events so far. I'd be really curious to hear your thoughts on the route 65 changes to the group dynamic as I havent placed those pieces together yet myself.

The one thing I think I have a slightly differing opinion on is what happened at the end of Flynns route.

Spoilers!

I dont believe that Flynn is going through time. He is experiencing the events that happened in echo from the "almagamations" perspective as he's being assimilated in to it. I believe this is because he left everything (Carl and Dax who were representations of a good past friend and friends he could make) behind to learn the truth about what happened to Sydney. The spirit then takes the truth from him as he loses his eyesight.