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I'm noticing that at some points in Chapter 2, sprites are having errors being loaded. It usually says something like "Image 'neru speaking' not found" or "Image 'neru neutrald -speaking -speaking -speaking' not found". I doubt this is intentional.

Your work is amazing , the world building is enthralling and i get shivers as i read through the VN, i must say though i really liked the part ( spoiler alert with the monk and noch) guess that means i'm a degenerate too....

Okay, I want to get this out. I’ve been trying to theory craft an explanation for this game that explains everything for a while now, but I can’t seem to find a conclusive answer that doesn’t have any contradiction or one that is fully supported by the pieces of evidence that are provided thus far. So instead, I will like to share everything that I have found that I think are either interesting, important, or for any other reason.

I was going to put everything in this post, however, I need more time really going through everything that happened in this game in the later chapters, so instead, I decided to split my thoughts down into different posts: Prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. I will also do another post discussing anything that I didn’t discuss in these posts, or anything I have forgotten to add.

Of course, these posts will contain spoils that don’t exclude other chapters, so beware. without further ado, let’s get started with the prologue.

Prologue

There are many hidden messages in the backlogs during the Prologue, and these are all I have found with where to find them and my thoughts on them.

A1

Found: After Neru describes souls to the reader and finished his work.

Thoughts: Although it contains only three words, it is really hard to pinpoint the person saying this. The most likely suspect is Pyr, who also speaks later on in this chapter, but I can see other characters saying this.

A2

Found: When Neru inspects Shax’s room after seeing a mysterious person roaming around the hallway.

Thoughts: Cool foreshadowing on the fact that Shax is a descendant.

A3

Found: When Neru and Shax returned home from their vacation.

Thoughts: The character saying this is most likely Pyr. Pyr states that Neru has already failed to save Shax/Obli implying that Neru had the ability to change the way the events unfold.  

  A4

Found: When Neru and Shax first slept together. (Comparing to what it actually said to the story, ‘Shax’ is replaced by ‘xxxx’, and ‘feathers’ is replaced by ‘scales’.)

Thoughts: More cool foreshadowing about who Shax really is.

A5

Found: After handing over the letter to Shax that contains information about shapeshifters with second generation soul amnesiacs are getting sick.

Thoughts: This is the first time the backlogs documented something that the characters in the Prologue didn't do/say.

  A6

Found: After Shax's ‘special time’ with Neru in bed.

Thoughts: It wouldn’t make sense that Pyr would say this, implying either Pyr has different personalities or, in the more likely case, someone else other than Pyr made this comment.

From this point onward everything that is said can be found when Shax is dying.

(This part is cut up, but to save time for me by not commenting on everything, I will compile all of them into one quote.)

A7

Thoughts: The person talking is, without a shadow of a doubt, Pyr. The things he said to Neru seem to imply either Pyr had watched this ‘thread’ before or that Pyr was part of the story. Pyr hints that both Neru and himself know each other and that Pyr doesn’t like Neru much. Another important takeaway from this backlog dialogue is the fact that Neru is not only able to talk in the backlog, but also able to hold conversations with Pyr although Neru doesn’t know how Pyr is doing so. It is also strange how chance is implied in this statement like there is a chance that they won’t look at this memory.

A8

Thoughts: Again, this is almost certainly Pyr. The ‘you’ part is most likely Neru, as the comment is taken when we can see Neru struggling to keep Shax alive. This backlog comment also states that Neru, either in the future or the past compared to the current events of the prologue, is acting the same way. The simple fact that Pyr is comparing the events that are displayed in the Prologue implies either Neru has a past before being a Great Shapeshifter or is in a position of power during the timeframe of Neru being stuck in the portal to the events of Chapter 2. 

Because of how big the 'what-if' story is, I will not put it here. Instead, I will the only thing that seems to matter.

A9[The story] 

Thoughts: After the fabricated story about Neru and Shax, the quote after that is very relevant. You can get many interpretations from these quotes and many implications from them.

One of my interpretations is as follows; (It seems to be related to Samuel and how every day he stays in the cage he created as he protects his creation. Although it torments him, he couldn’t let his creation dies at the hands of the Aeons. But at the end of the day, after the end of time, everything disappears leaving Samuel alone by himself with his own memories. Yet, similar to the permanency of mortal flesh, those memories will eventually fade away. Time will have erotic everything Samuel has created until there is nothing left in his dimension but himself and wasted time.)

Of course, this can also apply to Neru and Obli, but there is little evidence to really say who Pyr is talking about.

A10

Found: This can be only seen the first time playing the prologue at the end.

Thoughts: Someone, other than Pyr, is talking to a person, probably the burned man, to wake up. What is also strange is after you forward the dialogue, which gives you this screen:

Overall, we can conclude some things with these backlogs. 

The first one we can conclude is that there are at least three or more people watching the Prologue based on the backlog. Assuming we are watching from the burned man's perspective from chapter 2, the people watching the story unfold are the burned man, Pyr, and someone else. 

Evidence for Pyr can be seen when he announced himself at A9, while the unknown character can be interpreted through A6 and A10.

The second thing we can conclude is that Neru seems to be a bit more special than we thought. Not only was he able to have some things recorded only in the backlogs, but Neru can also speak with people ‘outside’ of the story.

Before we can discuss the characters themselves, I will like to point out something strange that only seems to happen in the Prologue.

Although it only applies to the first half of the game, there are over 50 instances where Shax has referred to Neru as ‘Nerus’ in his internal dialogue even before the bench scene when the Great Shapeshifter wants Shax to call him Nerus. This is quite strange when you also take into account that before the bench scene has happened Shax has always referred to the Great Shapeshifter as Neru instead of ‘Nerus’ when talking about him with others.  

Maybe this is only in Shax’s head, like a nickname he came up with for Nerus, but this doesn’t really seem too likely since he never gave any other nicknames to other people. Plus, Shax never really acknowledges it, not really comparing the nickname he thought for Neru and the nickname Neru gave himself.

Not only that, but I also found it strange that we can find Shax and Neru talking as if the events that we are watching unfold have already happened and are just commenting on them. Here are some examples of it.

A11

In Shax's inner dialogue, we can see that Shax has two states of mind about Neru's comment. The one he has during the story of the prologue, and the one that the future Shax/Obli currently has.

A12

In Neru's inner dialogue,  Neru talks about how he had to keep up appearances 'back then', showing us that Neru is talking about the events happening in the Prologue is actually in the past.

It would seem that they are talking to someone about their experience, their thought processes, and how they feel which is absent in the other chapters. This could mean that during the Prologue both Obli and Neru’s future versions of themselves are watching this event unfold before them, commenting on their thoughts and feeling during the events of the Prologue. 

Analyzing the characters

Nomino

Although we don’t know much about Nomino, there are still a lot of things we can discuss about him.

-Power

A13

According to the Glossary, Nomino’s power is speculated to be a tracker. Yet if this is true, this doesn’t explain how Nomino was able to ‘disappear’, more like remove his soul from his body, after telling the Great Shapeshifters about The Second Battle of the Aeon. It also doesn’t explain how Nomino, during The Second Battle of the Aeon, is able to manipulate his yarn to create the snakes that have the power to not only stop Temp and Oceros but also Neru. Nomino displayed with great proficiency all three abilities, which doesn’t really make much sense based on how magic is described to us.

According to Neru

A14

The quote implies that either Shapeshifter are born with only one ability, or have a very specific one that they excel at while the other ones are weak in comparison. 

Based on what Neru has said we can only really conclude that either Nomino is just so gifted when he was born as a Great Shapeshifter, or that Nomino isn’t a Shapeshifter at all.

-Knowledge

It seems that Nomino knows a lot about the future, and how things will turn out. An example of this can be seen during The Second Battle of the Aeons. Instead of helping out the Aeon, who’s getting stopped from entering through the portal by Neru, Nomino rather watches them fight, not even attempting to stop Neru. When everything is said and done, after Neru got stuck in the void, Obli commented  

A15

Nomino already knew how the battle will end being that Neru gets stuck on the other side and, eventually, Obli attempts to help out Neru. 

Nomino has referred to Shax/Obli as the Herald of Hope, which we only see with one other character in the story: Sofia in Alessia’s dream during chapter 1.

Nomino knows about the Redd Manor.

-Theory

Theory 1: Nomino is not a Great Shapeshifter, instead Nomino is either a Voidborn or an Aeon. Based on his powers, I will think Nomino is more akin to a Voidborn when comparing his ability to Noch. Similar to Nomino, Noch can teleport, manipulate his physical body to anything he wants, and can see someone’s soul.

Theory 2: Nomino is associated with Sofia. Both Nomino and Sofia know about the future and how they turn out and both refer Shax/Obli as the Herald.

(Although I have more theories on Nomino, I think that it is better to save it off until I discuss chapter 2.)

Neru Magnus

Everything about Neru has always seemed strange to me. From his appearance to some of his actions, there was always something odd surrounding him. First, let’s discuss his eyes.

-Appearance 

A16

Although our selections are limited, most of our cast in the Prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 have normal-looking eyes which are very different from Neru’s eyes. The only characters that we know of that lack eyes or doesn’t have any conventional ones are Noch, Samuel, Sofia, and Nomino.

One of the other time we get something similar to Neru’s eyes is during Alessia’s dream, where she looks out of a window and notice a ring of fire floating. (The description of it makes it sound like it somehow has a connection to Neru's eyes.)

-Action

A17

This quote implies that the situation is set up just for Shax, which leads me to believe Neru is part of something greater. (Setting everything up for both Shax/Obli and Neru to meet once again.) 

A18

Although this can be easily explained as Neru getting annoyed with work, it is hard to believe this is the case since he never really stated it as such. Neru never really referred to his work as annoying his inner monologue during the time Shax made this comment, so it is hard to believe that this is the case. If Neru was annoyed not because of his work then what is he getting annoyed by?

A19

This one is really weird, either this implies that Neru hates noble Shapeshifter or gave the noble a scornful glance because he said something bad to Shax.

-Memories

A20

Maybe it was true that Neru has really bad memories, but seems really hard to believe that not only Nomino but other Great Shapeshifters fully remember it. (The quote can also imply that either some other Great Shapeshifters don't remember anything about their birth or that others can remember, but not to the point of every detail. )

A21

It seems that the white flowers are an important plot point to the story in the future.

A22

Relating to the A21. Those flowers seem to be really hard to come by since a small amount of light can easily kill them.

-Theory

Theory 1: Similar to Nomino,  Neru is not a Great Shapeshifter, but instead is a Voidborn or an Aeon. Neru's ability to communicate with Pyr during the story is similar to what Sofia did during Alessia's dream, but the flowers support the fact he may be a Voidborn. (My impression of the void is that it does not have any light to it, so having flowers grow in it makes sense. But then again, this is assuming that there is matter in the void,  but that is another conversation that we can discuss later.)

Theory 2: It would seem that Neru knew more than he led on, especially when Shax commented that Neru disposed of his previous teleporter for Shax's arrival. 

Shax

Other than the things we learn about Shax/Obli during the story, there is one thing I find really strange in the prologue. 

A23

To me, I don't believe this is relating to the fact that Shax is a Descendant. Because if this is a letter to Shax the fact that he is a Descendent, why would they send him an old letter instead of writing a new one? It wouldn't make sense for a character to write a  letter, hold on to it, and after a long time put it in Neru's envelope instead of writing a new one and putting it in Neru's envelope. So I believe this paper is more than that.

Although we don't see this yellow paper ever again, it seems important to the story, so I will guess it will come up eventually.

-Theory

None.

With the yellow paper and the fact that Nomino and Sofia referring Shax/Obli as the Herald, there seem to be more things we don't know about Shax or what will happen to the future for him. (Also the Redd Manor.)

Extra: My favorite part of the Prologue

Out of the whole quotes in the prologue, I always loved this one. When rereading the prologue, I always look forward to this. I don't know, just love this quote.

Like the first post I made, this post is my thoughts and conclusions on the events that happen in Chapter 1, but will also contain spoilers for Chapter 2 as well. I tried to keep this primary focus on Chapter 1, however, this post will also take some information from Chapter 2 whenever discussing characters and events. (I will try not to talk about the Burned Man during this post since it would be simpler to talk about the Burned Man in Chapter 2.)

Chapter 1

Although there weren't any hidden messages in the backlogs I could find when going through Chapter 1, there are things that I would like to go over with.

Alessia's Power

B25

Thoughts: This is the first time Alessia has witnessed a ‘white ball of fire’, which undoubtedly refers to as souls. The way Bitey and everyone act, or the lack thereof, when Alessia experiences an event where someone dies makes it seem that most if not everyone else doesn't experience what Alessia sees: having the souls explode when a mortal dies. I would expect Frank/Obli or any other decedent to be able to witness this, however, their reaction when someone does die makes it seem otherwise. The soul also leaves a smudge behind, which the next quote explores.

B26

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Thoughts: When touching the residue that the soul has made, Alessia sees flashing imagines that have to be Giorgio’s actions before his death. (Walking up, traveling to William’s place, and getting stabbed.) This implies that at the very least Alessia is able to see people’s memories before their deaths by touching the residue that is left behind. This also might be related to her ability to see people’s memories in her dream but there isn’t enough evidence to suggest this is the case.

However, it is also surprising that this caused Alessia to be angry at Bitey. Maybe it’s a past event that Alessia has buried in her memory? Alessia's third dream does hint that Bitey might have acted in such a way that can cause might caused this buried memory. It's even possible that these feelings are not her own instead of people she dreams about or even her 'Chimera' that lives in the shadows. No evidence really pertains to her anger here towards Bitey, so we can't conclusively say for sure.

Dreams seem to be an important part of the story. The ones that stick out are Alessia’s dreams.

B27

According to Alessia, the dreams she is experiencing only happened after her mother had died, making a connection between Alessia’s dreams and the ‘Chimera’ inside of her shadow by heavily implying that the reason why she gets these dreams are because of the ‘Chimera’. In these dreams, Alessia relives past events, often times in people’s memories from their perspective, and is able to have her own thoughts during the events that are played out. This explains what was going on in her dreams in the Abbey.

(For the sake of time/space I will not put these dreams down in this post.)

-Alessia's First Dream

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B28

Thoughts: Although we don’t know who Alessia and the Nun were supposed to represent, we do have two small clues during this dream that can be used to figure out who they are. 

The first clue was that ‘Alessia’ wanted to be useful, meaning that their involvement in something is seen by them as useless or unproductive. 

The second clue was that the ‘Nun’ somewhat cared for ‘Alessia’. This can be seen in their interaction when the Nun says ‘It must be so hard…’ and Alessia responded with ‘I’m fine.’ This is strange since at the end of the dream the ‘Nun’ tries to kill ‘Alessia’ but was stopped by some light. This leads me to believe that the empathy that the ‘Nun’ had towards ‘Alessia’ was superficial, or maybe the anger about ‘Alessia’s’ eyes was enough to push the ‘Nun’ over the edge. It’s too hard to say with the little evidence we have with them.

Another thing to note about this dream is that the ‘Nun’ says the baby’s mother, based on B28 the baby is Demiurge so therefore the mother is Sofia, was the cause of his damaged eye. This strikes me as odd since according to Noch the Aeons have caused it. This leads me to believe that either the Aeons did cause the injury but the ‘Nun’ blames it all on his mother or Sofia did cause the damage and Noch was trying to cover it up.

Although not too important, it’s cool to speculate that the different rooms where both ‘Alessia’ and the ‘Nun’ travel from one room to another represent the idea that they are traveling from one place (possibly from the Pleroma) to another (the void).

A thing we can conclude is the time this is taken place. Since the Demiurge is represented as a baby, we can conclude that this is taken place after the Aeons poked the Demiurge's eyes out and threw him but before he left to create the world where mortals live.  (Although, there is still a possibility that this can still take place during Demiurge's imprisonment since two small pieces of evidence tie it to the current day; the Nun can actually be the Nun that Alessia helps after the Abbey murder case and 'Alessia' describes the smell as sweet, which is similar to the smell of the center of the Galaxy. But it would make sense for the dream to take place before the Demiurge created the world.) Based on this, we can say that this is one of the oldest memories that Alessia had, and it would eventually play an important part in the story.

-Theory

Theory 1:  Noch, Doro, and Noch's 'lord' are the 'Nun'. From the sound of it, the 'Nun' sound as if they have authority over 'Alessia.'  And based on my speculation that they are not in fact in the Church of Erde but instead in the void/Pleroma, the only one that makes sense to fit the bill is Noch, Doro, and Noch's 'lord.' However, I would like to say otherwise since the 'Nun' in the dream displays emotions and based on Noch's statement everyone from the void seem to not have any.

-Alessia's Second Dream

Thoughts: The second dream can be separated into three different parts: Alessia part, Neru part, and Sofia part. 

In Alessia's part, Alessia tells us about the ‘Chimera’ that haunts her in her shadow, explaining to us how her skin turned white and her eyes red. Although there isn’t much left to discuss about this particular part, there is something off about it. Bitey said that 'Gabriela' transformed when Alessia’s grandfather died, yet we never heard about this character ever again. It’s also strange that Bitey ‘knew’ the grandfather since in Bitey 1 it would seem that Bitey didn’t know about the grandfather at all, at least he didn’t know he had a room in Alessia’s home. Another coincidence is that both Alessia’s grandfather has a similar name to this ‘Gabriela’ being Gabriel. (There are many mysteries surrounding Alessia's family but will save that when discussing Chapter 2.)

In Neru’s part, Neru explains that the closer one’s soul is to the primordial light, the stronger they are. This allows us to understand how power scales in this world, yet it doesn’t really explain how Voidborn ever gets their powers. Noch did say that the void does not have souls, so being Voidborn, it is safe to say that they don't have souls, yet they have powers that are similar to Shapeshifters but more powerful.

In Sofia’s part, it tells a tale of Sofia that was recounted in Chapter 2 by Noch but with more detail. What is interesting is how Sofia is planning to show the Aeons their true nature. Is it by giving birth to Samuel? Or is it something that would happen in the future?

-Alessia's Third Dream

Thoughts: Similar to the second dream, the third dream can be separated into two parts.

The first part shows the interaction that Neru and Obli had that Neru describes in the Prologue. Two things about it are quite strange. How does Alessia know the name Obli and how does Alessia knows what is going to happen, i.e. that the lizard person that Alessia thinks is Bitey is going to touch her shoulder? It would make sense if Alessia saw Neru’s memory from both the Prologue and Chapter 2, but how doesn’t she know who Obli is? 

 The second part shows the interaction between Alessia and some mysterious fellow. Some interesting things to keep in mind are that they refer Nomino as treacherous, and the quote 'It hurts that no matter what he does, how much power he wields, he’s helpless to come to your aid,' is similar to the quote Pyre said during the Prologue.

Patterns seem to emerge from the dreams, and based on those patterns we can categorize them into two types of dreams; dreams that are represented by people that Alessia knows and dreams that aren’t. The dreams that are represented by people that Alessia knows are the first dream and Sofia’s part in the second dream while the dreams that aren’t are Neru and Alessia's parts in the second dream. (The Neru part in the third dream is most likely in the second category but Alessia’s commentation during the dream makes it hard to determine.) Dreams that represent people that Alessia knows seem to represent dreams that are not in the current universe, ie it takes place in the void/Pleroma with characters in those universes represented by people Alessia knows about. Although there isn’t much we can do with this information, it does bring up the question of why Alessia has the memories of people who aren’t even mortals? We know that the memories that Alessia has are from people who have died, does that make those people we see, Neru, Sofia, ‘Alessia’ from the first dream, dead? Or is it possible to pass down those memories without dying? Both possibilities seem likely, yet I lean towards the ladder since the former is harder to justify. (What I mean by this is that it would make some of the things said in the story a bit wonky and not have meaning.)

Although it is clear what Obli’s role is during his time in Smed’s Church, I found his interaction with Alessia a bit weird.

B29

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Thoughts: Although a slight detail, it is quite strange how Frank/Obli will do something as clumsy as this, especially when it says that Frank/Obli is ‘clearly still a bit shaken up.’  I assume that, somehow, Frank/Obli is able to notice the 'Chimera' that Alessia possesses and dropped the items he was carrying in shock. But more strange things happen later on.

B30

Thoughts: It isn’t all too strange to ask if anything is wrong with them, but what is strange is what happens after. ‘Aloys bumped Frank on the shoulder. The small human looked down at his plate as his cheeks turned pink.’ Why would Frank/Obli blush here? Although not quite, this interaction between Frank/Obli and Alessia reminds me of how Shax/Obli interacts with Neru about greens in both the Prologue and Chapter 2. Maybe the reason why Frank/Obli is embarrassed is that Aloys reminds him of his interaction with Neru since Alessia has a connection with Neru and she looks like him? Or maybe I'm overanalyzing it too hard since Aloys might be pointing out that Frank/Obli also didn't eat his cauliflower? But then again, this isn't the only time Frank/Obli wanted Alessia to eat her greens.

This leads me to believe that this isn't a coincidence, instead, Frank/Obli has some reason to do this. That leaves us the question: why was Frank/Obli acting like this? 

-Theory

Theory 1: Alessia, and by association Alessia’s family, is a decedent of Neru in some way.  Although Alessia's second dream did make it unlikely, it is entirely possible for this to happen, maybe Neru's brothel visit perhaps? This explains the connection between Alessia and Neru and why Frank/Obli acts the way he does.  But it doesn't seem to fit everything neatly; it doesn't explain why Alessia gets dreams of the past, why she can see people's memories from the residue of a soul, and the 'Chimera.'

Theory 2: Frank/Obli is David, Alessia’s older brother. Crazy theory, I know, but it would make some sense in this context of Frank/Obli being nice, and dropping his stuff when seeing Alessia. Although it is nearly debunked since Obli did talk about a shapeshifter that follows Rel around in Chapter 2, it is a fun thought to have.

Although Noch said he is not going to be at the Abbey, there seems to be evidence that makes it seem that Noch, or someone else, is somewhat involved with the murder case.

B31

Thoughts: When Alessia and Bitey were following the mysterious fellow at night, Alessia felt slime when touching the walls, but when she looked it wasn’t there. The way Alessia describes the slime is similar to how Aloys describes Noch in Chapter 2, making me think that Noch was, somehow, there in the hallway. But there are more things that suggest this.

B32

Thoughts: When investigating Aloys' innocents, Alessia experience a sudden coldness which seems to be a reference to tidal wave/cold winds. Since Noch is considered to be a Deity of the Sea, it would make sense for this to be a reference to him.

B33

Thought: Who was the one who said this? This is quite curious especially since they make it sound as if there is more than one person who is willing to help Aloys at this particular part. One this is for sure; they intend to help Aloys from getting caught. It would make sense if Noch was the one who help Aloys to continue with his plan, but this quote doesn't help us determine if this is true or not.

-Theory 

Theory 1: Noch was at the Abbey. Although we can't confirm if this is true, there is a lot of evidence that points to it being true. Yet, there seem to be oddities that suggest otherwise like why would Noch contact Aloys through the gem necklace instead of talking to him one-on-one?  Especially when he craves for Aloys, wouldn't it be better to satisfy his hunger instead of waiting till Aloys comes back to this domain?

Theory 2: Other people are involved, such as Sofia and her ‘supporters.’ B33 suggests that there are at least two people involved in the case that we don't know about, but other than that we can’t say for sure.

I know someone else did a major lore analysis on this already but because I'm rereading this after my computer crashed, I have to reread the intro, and there are still some parts I don't think I ever understood, and yet some things became so clear to me in strange ways. Plus large blocks of text are hard to read so I'll be trying to keep these short.

First, what is Nerus even doing talking back to Pyr in the prologue?

• Theory 1: Nerus has meta-narrative powers. This doesn't necessarily fit in with the structure of the story, but both Pyr and Nerus have a connection to fire. Nerus's is in his shifting, whereas Pyr's is in the name being possibly a reference to Prometheus (as it is in Pyr, a publisher), being the Titan who delivered mortals fire, and allowed them to start technological growth. The idea of these being the same doesn't necessarily make sense seeing Nerus's distressed response to Pyr's verbal lashings.
• Theory 2: Nerus is the meta-narrative character. This has some very interesting implications, starting with Nerus's issue with his memory possibly having wiped away his physical form after that long time in a coma. The purpose of the story being shown to him was potentially to help him create another body. This also leads neatly into another theory I have about Nomino's true intentions.
• Theory 3 [brought up by E.Fanatic]: Pyr has time travel powers. Not improbable given how this story relies upon non-chronological storytelling in Chapter 2 (showing we can jump around the timeline), but it doesn't explain why Shax's responses didn't change in that exchange.

Speaking of Nomino's true intentions, let's talk about that for a little.

• Theory 1: Nomino's plans were as stated, and he only intended to kill an aeon in order to get them to stop harrassing the world, or know it's possible to kill them. Boring, and honestly for Nomino, kind of under-done.
• Theory 2: Nomino planned for Obli to open the gate the second time. This one has some interesting points to it, and makes one start to wonder how far in advance he plans.
• Theory 3: Nomino planned for Nerus to rocket into the portal, and for Obli's rescue attempt to fail in some way or another. In the event it goes wrong, then at least one being (with admittedly spotty memory) would have escaped the onslaught of the aeons upon the universe.
• Theory 4 [brought up by E.Fanatic]: Nomino only wants to protect Samael, and will do anything to protect (pronoun unknown -- them?) from harm; protecting the universe's creator, who is bound within the universe. It seems somewhat reasonable, but Nomino's lack of apparent action after Nerus is sent away towards Obli, again, clouds this entire debate. 

The last theory here seems the most appealing, as it's in line with Pyr's apparent wish to turn bad endings into bright futures. Were Nerus to actually be able to find his way to the archive eventually, he'd end up in the archive. Shax's out-of-time reflection on the "vessel" Nomino mentioned when he first brought up the war makes me think that it's critical to the story, and seeing we only have one thing that could be seen as a vessel at the moment (the archive) I think that Nomino had the most absolutely wild idea to save a shapeshifter by banishing them. After floating through the void, slowly forgetting, they'd be able to remember the entire world at the archive, and in that way potentially save it from death.

All of this hinges on a question we have no hints on the answers for: how much does Nomino actually know? If he knew about the archive, the plan actually seems to sound somewhat reasonable, if risky. It'd also explain why the novel is named after Nerus and not another character, since Nerus would in some form have a large impact on the meta-character who we can't identify.

I'm still in the prologue at the moment, but I will update as I finish each chapter.

(Ended up being a little longer than I thought, but theorycrafting and lore discussion is fun)

======== Prologue Completed

Alright, so in reflection there are a few more things I didn't realize at first that I'm now starting to wonder about.

I did a little bit of datamining and found some interesting stuff in the files about the dialogue and went through and read it at the same time, hence how I had that information a little earlier than might be expected.

Fortunately for me, I picked up on about 5 points of interest, let's just run down them.

• Shax poses the question of "Would we be the same if our bodies were different?" implying a negative in response to it. This supports the theory that the meta-character is someone who we'll end up meeting in the story who ended up inside the archive, and who needs to remember themselves. Or maybe it's too late to remember themselves...
• Nerus's meta-narrative powers. The closest thing I can analogize this to is the Homestuck Epilogues, Meat route, with Terezi. They can comment on the state of the story and talk about the narration having been shouted in their ear.
• Pyr's sniping at Nerus. This definitely seems like someone that Nerus wronged in the past, and that Nerus has forgotten about... except where Nerus says "You weren't present for this story". This one line makes me doubt Nerus's claims that he entirely forgot Pyr.
• What was that commentary about Seed of Fate being unfinished relating to? This is the only hole I have so far, but it's one that bothers me. I'll be watching like a hawk for any other unfinished business coming up.

Okay, I've been rereading Nerus and I found some things that seem really odd. So, this post will contain those oddities plus other things I didn't mention in my other post.

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Everything in Neru’s gallery seems to make sense based on what we see in the game, however, one thing does seem a bit strange to me. Why does Neru like scalpels? It’s really odd how one of his likes would be a medical tool used for surgical purposes and I can’t think of anything that would help me understand why he would like scalpels.

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After finishing Chapter 1, there is a new entry in the Glossary called “An Observation.” What’s so interesting about this entry is that it talks in first person, which is quite strange. Who is this? Are they also watching the events unfolding before us? 

 Anyway, it would seem that this person is writing their thoughts down and putting them into the Glossary, making me think that the other entry in the Glossary could have been possibly written by the same person. (If this is the case, then the information we get from it should be taken with a grain of salt since it’s based on their observation, which has the possibility of having false information. ) 

Prologue

An interesting find that I found while rereading the prologue was that a hidden message can be found in the backlogs when a sound that is similar to a sizzling followed up to what sounds like a ghostly howl happens is played. So instead of looking at the backlogs every time, you can just listen to the sound to find the hidden messages.  

(Haven't tested this out in Chapter 2)

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Although it might be just reading too much about it, it would seem that Neru really cares about family issues.  Although a stretch, it would seem to me that Neru has experienced this kind of event before.

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When seeing this quote, the event can be explained by having Oceros recall every angel that was damaged during the first Aon war causing them to fall terribly ill because Nomino was planning another war. (The reason why Nomino started the war was that Nomino saw that Shax as the Herald of Hope.) Yet, the events of the quote happen before Nomino has ever met Shax, making this quote quite strange. If this isn’t caused by the illness, then what can it be?

(In the context it was used, it can be concluded that Shax was starting to have feelings for Neru in some way, yet I find it a bit weird to have it described something like this…)

Chapter 1

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This quote contains two interesting things: Europe, Asia, and Africa vanishing and electronic devices breaking down.

 I've brushed off the idea that Europe, Asia, and Africa vanishing was the result of the Second Eon War during the fight, but the more I think about it I can’t help but wonder how they vanish. Taking into account Obli’s story during Chapter 2, it’s hard to believe that the war somehow, even the place near the teleporter, annihilated the whole continent to which there is no trace of it. Even assuming the worst by having it take place on the same continent, the way Obli describes implies that there was still some form of land for Obli to walk around even after they closed the gates. Although it might be well destroyed, there is still some form of land remaining. Yet in Alessia’s time, they were described as vanished not destroyed. This leads me to believe that the result of Europe, Asia, and Africa vanishing wasn’t because of what occurred during the Second Eon War, but after.

The resulting Second Eon War also caused the electric devices to break down. What I find interesting about this is that it feels like it is connected in some way to what Obli has said regarding technology in Chapter 2. (At this point, I’m nearly certain that they are connected.) This leads me to two conclusions, either the angels predicted a second war happening on Earth 200 years earlier, or the angels used the war as an excuse to remove humanity on Earth from all of their technological advancement. (Either conclusion makes me wonder what the angles actually know and their goals in regards to Earth.)

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I don't know if anyone else felt this way but I find Bernardo to be… strange. Most of it stems from their first interaction, which I find a bit weird. From what I get from this quote, it feels like Bernardo switches personalities towards both Alessia and Bitey in a switch of a button.  (Maybe Bernardo is done dealing with people with Bitey's attitude during their first confrontation, IE people who trying to scare Bernado in any way. But the switch is still off-putting for me.)



Will eventually made the post with Alessia since I still find it important to share my thoughts on the subject regarding her. 

Although this is the Alessia post, it would not be solely focused on her. Instead, this post will be dealing with things related to her, and how it connects to the story in any way. 

Alessia’s Ability

Alessia has shown many abilities during her time in the Abbey like being able to see souls, seeing past events through her dream and by touching the smudge left behind from a soul, and having the ability to ‘meet’ with the Demiurge. Many other characters in the story have similar powers or abilities; however, there is one thing that Alessia can do that nobody has demonstrated so far.

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During their investigation of William’s study room, we are given options as to which spot to investigate. Although it all leads to the same outcome, it’s strange that there was even an opportunity to pick to begin with. If the events in the abbey are supposedly memories that already happened, why was there an option to choose in the first place? 

This isn’t the first time a character in one of the stories was able to somewhat ‘change’ the events of the story: an example of this can be seen when Neru somehow was able to have a conversation with Pyr during the prologue and the ‘nun’ in Alessia’s dream was able to talk to someone who was not present in the story. Yet, I find this case to be a bit different since the previous examples show them only having the ability to communicate while Alessia is able to change the order of events. This can be very important to the story since Alessia might have the ability to change events even though they are fated to happen.

Bold prediction: I feel like on August 31, Alessia will have to choose an important decision to decide the fate of the world: saving either the universe by keeping the Demiurge trapped in his own creation or saving the Demiurge by dooming every mortal. In either decision, the Demiurge will eventually be free keeping in theme with the idea that Alessia can change events but the result of it will be the same. (Although, with the comment made by the ‘nun’ in her dream it seems that Alessia doesn’t have a choice in the matter.)

 In the context of the story, it is strange for Alessia to have any of the abilities that she possesses, a mortal who can see souls and sees people's memories, meaning that it is most likely that someone or something else has given them to her. The only two possibilities that could have given Alessia those powers are ‘Erde’ who has visited her once and the ‘Chimera’ that lives inside her. I lean towards the idea that the ‘Chimera’ was the one that gave her most if not all of her powers, but I can’t deny the possibility that ‘Erde’ has also given her at least something during her visit. (It is also possible that ‘Erde’ and the ‘Chimera’ are also the same beings.) But what is undeniable is that the ‘Chimera’ was the cause of Alessia’s ‘Albinism’.

Alessia’s Albinism and Dreams

First, when thinking about Alessia what stands out the most is her appearance; being all white and having red eyes, which are strikingly similar to Neru’s own physique. It isn’t just her, Alessia’s mother and grandfather also had the same physique; however, they cannot have it all at once. It is like it was passed down to them, from grandfather to mother to Alessia herself. But physique is not the only connection they have.

In Alessia's dream during Abbot’s murder case, we can see her dream of people’s memory. But what seems interesting is that some of the people she dreams about are also blood relatives to her. 

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From what I gather from the quote, it would seem that she was living in the shoes of her mother and grandfather. Although not definite, it makes me think that her ability is not just to dream about random people’s memory, but instead about people who were blood relatives to her. If this is the case, it is strange that she was able to see memories from both Neru and Demiurge’s mother, only making sense if Alessia is somehow a progenitor of Neru and Demiurge’s mother. (This makes Neru somehow connected with Demiurge’s mother and Alessia somehow connected to Neru. Alessia's connection with Neru could be explained by the brothel idea, but there is no real evidence to support it.)

However, if this is really true then a heavy implication can be assumed. The way the power was demonstrated to transfer from one person to another is by having the current holder of the power die. When Alessia’s grandfather died, it eventually got passed down to Alessia’s mother, and when Alessia’s mother died it was passed down to Alessia. Based on what we see, it would imply that Neru and the Demiurge’s mother have been long gone during the events of the Abbey murder case. However, it is also possible that they can pass down the powers without dying, but nothing concrete can really back it up.

Instead of blood connecting everyone in the dream, it is more likely that everyone is connected because of the ‘Chimera’. The memory she dreams about is everyone that the ‘Chimera’ has ‘possessed’ during their time, and the ‘Chimera’ just so happens to be passed down to Alessia. (This could mean that Neru and Demuirge’s mother was ‘possessed’ by the ‘Chimera’. But, I find it easier to believe that Demuirge’s mother is somehow the maker or even is the ‘Chimera’ than the ‘Chimera’ possessing her.)

If the ‘Chimera’ was the reason why Alessia had her skin turned white and eyes turned red, it is also possible that Neru has also been transformed in this way. (It is possible to have Neru be the origin of the ‘Chimera’, or even have the ‘Chimera’ turning people to resemble him.)

The Countdown

Compare to the other things discussed in this thread, the countdown was the one that gave me a lot of trouble. In Chapter 2, the burned man gave two good possibilities for the appearance of the countdown: it refers to the day Alessia meets Rel or the day Rel enacts his plan to free the Demiurge. Oftentimes, most of the burned man's assessment of things seems correct, or at the very least points in the right direction, yet Pyr makes it seem that something about his assumption with the countdown is off. This either means that the burned man’s assumption of the countdown isn’t correct or, more interestingly, the countdown isn’t meant for Alessia specifically.

Other than what the burned man has said on the countdown, there is one other possible idea that can explain it: it is the day Alessia will have to decide or be forced to save the Demiurge. With all the buildup from Chapters 1 and 2, this is the most likely reason why the countdown exists, counting down the time before the Demiurge is saved. Yet, it is strange for it to show up in Alessia’s story in the first place since Alessia wouldn’t know that she had to make a decision or was going to be forced to make a decision that big until she was given the option, so I find it hard to believe that the countdown was meant for Alessia. Just like what the burned man has said, it would be as if someone is tracking the time until the eventual events that happen on that day. Alessia didn’t have any plans until later on in the story when she decides to search for her father in Plata, yet the countdown persists to happen even before she got to the Abbey. Because of this, it is hard to believe the countdown was there for her.

If it isn’t for Alessia then who is it for? One possibility is that it is for the people watching the story unfold as an indication of when the events will happen, like a tracker. Yet, this raises the question of why it only appears when watching Alessia’s perspective. If this is really for the people watching the story, then why doesn’t it appear on others? (It could be that the time difference would be too big to even bother putting in. Other than Alessia’s own story, the closest one would be Aloys’ second story. The story seems to take place several years before the events of Chapter 1, but also somehow takes place during the murder case. It’s an interesting phenomenon, but can’t really discuss it here.)

The other possibility that also seems possible is that the countdown is for the ‘Chimera’ inside Alessia. Since it’s likely that the ‘Chimera’ was the one that gave Alessia her ability to look at past events by ‘recording’ and showing them to Alessia, it is also possible that the origin of the timeline is from the 'Chimera' as well. Counting down the days, the ‘Chimera’ waits as they travel from one host to another until August 31, 3041. (The ‘nun’ in Alessia's third dream seems to be the ‘Chimera’ waking up from their long nap. The dialogue of the ‘nun’ also makes it seem that they are the mother of the Demiurge, making it seem that the ‘Chimera’ is actually Sofia. Or the very least, made by her with some of her memories. It is also possible that the ‘Chimera’ is Erde since they represent themselves as a nun of Erde, and it can explain why Alessia hears voices when she is at the church of Erde.)

Others

Unless there is some other person who has a similar description, it is safe to say Pyr is referring to Alessia in this quote. What’s interesting about it other than calling Alessia a witch is the comment he made about Alessia’s future.

 It’s clear that Pyr is referring to events that are going to happen in Plata, describing how because Alessia didn’t accept the love she got from Bitey the result isn’t going to be favorable for her. (Although there is a very, very slight possibility that it’s not referring to the events in Plata, it wouldn't really make sense for Pyr to be talking about any other events other than what is going to happen in Plata for Alessia.) 

 There doesn’t seem to be anything significant when Pyr refers to Alessia as the witch. Knowing Pyr, it probably is a mix of insulting her and also referring to her strange abilities. (It can also hint at the possibility of her fate since witches are hunted and killed for being not human.)

The End

Everything is building up to the events that happen on August 31, 3041.  Although there aren’t many things we can be certain about, there are two things we know for sure will happen during that day: Nomino’s plan will take effect if it hasn’t already and Alessia will make or be forced to make a big decision that will have big repercussion. 

Although we won’t know for certain what is going to happen in Plata, here are my prediction.

Bold Prediction: Alessia, Bitey, and Bernardo will travel to Plata as a ‘vacation.’ Alessia will search for her father while Bitey and Bernardo will have their vacation, but will help Alessia from time to time. After some point, Bitey gets a bit worried for Alessia so he warns her to stop looking for her father, but Alessia continues to try to find him regardless. In the end, whether Alessia finds him or not, she will either have the option to choose to save or be forced to save the Demiurge. (At some point, Obli will try to change fate so that the events will not transpire as foretold by the ‘nun’ and Pyr.) 

 This is a safe guess compared to my other prediction, but it feels like the story told is going to conclude as such. 

Thoughts

Alessia’s tragedy will become someone else’s victory. There is a lot of connection that can be made, yet they all seem to point in one direction. It seems fated that she will suffer in the end, yet there is still hope that either Obli or Alessia can change fate itself. 

This is my conclusion about Alessia and mostly everything that surrounds her, so do take this post and all my others with a bit of salt. From past posts of people’s thoughts on the story, it would seem that my conclusion to things might be way off their marks, but these posts that I made are mostly how I see the story so far. I might be seeing connections that aren’t meant to be connected, and come to conclusions that are far from the truth. These theories are just meant to be theories, and nothing more. If anyone has some ideas that conflict with mine, do reply! Like my previous statement, I will like to figure out the truth of the story, and everything that goes on with it. 

Here it is, my theories and thoughts on Chapter 2! This one took me a while, but I hope I cover almost everything that I wanted, aside from things like the Gnosis process. This post covers everything in Chapter 2 up to the current version, Nerus 0.10.2. I don’t plan on making big posts like these anymore unless I think it is necessary, but I plan to post things that I think are interesting in smaller formats.

Memories

In the egg menu, we are given up to 9 different memories to watch, slowly unlocking new memories by continuing the story. Labeling them from bottom to top, left to right, the current memories available are Obli 1, Obli 2, Bitey 1, Alessia 1, Aloys 1, Bitey 2, Alessia 2, Aloys 2, and Milkshake. I’ll be going through the memories in the order listed above and only talking about the memories themselves, plus some theories to go with them if applied.

But before that, I will like to discuss some things that I find interesting or just plain weird in the context of the story.

The first one is these intermissions.

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What’s weird about them is that these intermissions only appear in the Prologue and Chapter 2, Obli 1. They don’t appear in Alessia, Bitey, and Aloys' stories once, but only in Neru and Shax/Obli’s stories. I can’t find a real reason why this happens or what these intermissions say about the story, but it would seem that Roddorod has intentionally done this for a reason. (Other than story reason, it can also hide some sort of secret with a way to trigger it.)

The second one is the way the story uses different perspectives. Thanks to Arden_Arteles for bringing this topic up, the story uses two different perspectives: the first and third-person perspectives. It’s strange enough that there are two different perspectives, especially in how the story is structured, but what makes it weird is when they are getting used. When talking about the memories, in particular, the only time they used the first-person perspective is in the Prologue and Chapter 2, Obli 1. Only when Neru and Shax/Obli are present and are the main focus does it use the first-person perspective, while the rest of the memories use the third-person perspective. This switch of perspectives is important when discussing the burned man, but for now, keep it in mind.

-Obli 1

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What’s so interesting about this quote is the implication that a soul from a descendant can easily be changed into a mortal soul. This can also be said for a shapeshifter's soul, making it seem that both souls are closer to a mortal's soul than I initially realized.

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Oceros is trying to prevent any changes from happening to the original descendant, trying to preserve everything they once were. However, based on what Obli has said about Oceros, it could be possible that he had lied to Lucusti about not being able to prevent memory loss. If this is the case, it brings out this question: why did Oceros bother to remove the memories from the descendent?

The first thing that comes to mind is that Oceros don’t want the descendant to turn against them, and removing the memories from the descendant when they were a shapeshifter would remove all chance of sympathy they would have towards them. Yet, when Obli turned back into a descendant and even had a Great shapeshifter turn his alliance, Oceros is unhappy or even mad towards Obli. Although this can be one of the reasons why Oceros has their memory removed, it isn’t the main reason he had the memories erased.

Another thing that comes to mind is that Oceros didn't want the descendant to find out about the truth of the process itself. Maybe when a descendant 'dies' and is in the process of being reincarnated back into a shapeshifter, they would find something that Oceros doesn’t want them to know. It is hard to say what that is they would get to know when they get reincarnated, but it is something that Oceros doesn't want them to find out.

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Three ideas come to mind to explain the creation of the spell and why Oceros wants to hide it.

Possibly, Oceros got forced to make a quick decision to save the descendants that were damaged in the first war, not having a choice but to agree with any condition Nomino had laid out. If any other descendant or shapeshifter heard what Oceros has done, many will determine that Oceros is a weak leader, making the descendants overall look weak. Descendants who found out this truth would not trust Oceros anymore, either dividing up the descendants or making another group that doesn’t have Oceros involved.

Another idea is that Oceros and Nomino were planning this spell in advance, making it seem that Oceros also has some involvement with the first and second Wars. The reason can vary if this was the case, but the main reason why Oceros will do this is to protect the descendants' future. (It’s possible that by colluding with Nomino, the descendants will have a better future than if they didn’t.)

It is possible that someone else made the spell, and Nomino has little to no involvement with it. It could be possible but unlikely since the spell itself also involves shapeshifters. 

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Why are there now blessed humans? Ever since the first War, it would seem that the descendants were fully in contact with humans by showing up as descendants and helping them, so what’s the point of blessing humans with different appearances? I find the idea of blessing humans not beneficial for the descendants because it allows shapeshifters who are not good with transformation, like Neru, the ability to invade Earth easily. (Maybe it’s to show good faith with humans, but I would think that the miracles from the Archons would be enough to satisfy humanity.)

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The quote could explain why the descendant has to intervene with humanity’s technology since, in Aloys 2, Aloys comments that humanity was slowly going towards its destruction because of the technology they created. But I find no reason why the descendants are trying to prevent humanity from their destruction in the first place. 

One idea is that the descendants want to protect humanity, so fewer people go through the gnosis process. Yet, the memory in Obli 2 shows that other lifeforms in the universe seem to be getting neglected, so why would you have 7 archons reside to protect Earth and not spread them out to help every lifeform in Demiurge's domain? 

Another idea is that they wanted to protect Earth because of the teleportation device. Both wars started because the shapeshifters wanted to use the teleportation device for their interests. So having more than one archon protecting the teleportation device would make it impossible to be hijacked. The reason why the archons are on Earth can’t be this for the simple fact that there is more than one teleporter in Demiurge’s domain, and they have all been destroyed. (This also doesn’t address the reason why the descendent doesn’t want to destroy humanity. It is shown that humanity is easily influenced based on how archons were able to get them under control, so it’s reasonable to think that the shapeshifters could also do the same, which they are doing right now by fixing the teleporters.)

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Why do the shapeshifters want to destroy the world and themselves? The only possible answer to this could be because of something like the gnosis process or even Nomino’s teaching, but this doesn’t seem to apply to every shapeshifter. Neru, Shax, and Servos don’t seem to display the same kind of destruction that other shapeshifters have.

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The aeon moving in the 'teleportation realm' make it seem there is a connection between the ‘teleportation realm’ and the aeons in some way. (Maybe Obli is actually traveling a void version of Demiurge's domain while using his transportation magic,  allowing the aeon to have the ability to travel to Obli tries to teleport away.

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This is quite a different reaction compared to what Alessia sees. The death of an aeon, a being made out of souls, makes it seem that a soul disappearing is more elegant, but Chapter 1 shows otherwise. Maybe it is because the mortal souls are somehow ‘worst’ than that of an aeon, or that those mortal souls in Chapter 1 were going through the gnosis process. (This is unlikely, however, since most people who died in Chapter 1 didn’t turn into an abomination like Diego.)

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I find this quote quite strange since it implies the expectation of the Herald. Maybe there were other Heralds before Obli, or Nomino is comparing the future version of Obli to who he was during the memory.

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Nomino changing the way he speaks compared to how he sounds before makes this quote so fascinating. This could imply that the character we know as Nomino is just an act they do when interacting with the shapeshifters, or this could be another person talking through Nomino.

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I always find this quote interesting, not only saying that Nomino resembles more of an aeon than other shapeshifters but also saying that everyone born in Demiurge's realm is great because of the ability to take. This seems to have some relevance to Alessia’s dream, so this could be a foreshadowing of what is to come.

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Based on what Obli has said in Chapters 1 and 2, it would seem that Obli has forsaken the idea of saving the life of mortals. Instead, he is willing now to sacrifice them to bring back Neru and to help the Demiurge.

Sidenote, it is also strange how Obli said ‘we’ in this context.

-Obli 2

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What I find really interesting is the connection between Nomino and Oceros. As talked about before, these two seem to have some sort of connection that we don’t know. 

The only thing that Nomino shows resentment towards is the Aeons themselves. In the prologue, During Nomino’s rambles towards Shax, he resents the aeon because they try to control God. 

Oceros has shown to distrust many people in the story. Oceros distrust Obli, the descendants, Nomino, and the shapeshifters. It is also possible that he even distrusts the Demiurge. Even with these possibilities, it’s hard to say how any of it correlates with Nomino’s resentment against the aeons. 

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It would seem that Obli has always been on a set path dictated by fate, yet it also might be possible that Obli has chosen to walk down this road. (Maybe the events of The Redd Manor can show more insight into this?)

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The creation of mortals. Although, it makes me wonder whether the Demiurge went to different planets to give life or the space monster somehow found a way to spread life throughout the universe.

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Who can this be? 

Thinking about the characters, I couldn't really say who this person is. Although Nomino fits the bill of being a person Obli wouldn’t like to encounter, I wouldn’t think Nomino would just stumble his way to find the Demiurge since he seems to know everything in advance. Noch wouldn’t make sense either since they wouldn’t just ‘stumble’ to find the Demiurge either.

The other characters wouldn’t make sense, so it could only be a character we haven’t met so far in the story.

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Why did Noch write this? 

There is only two interpretation I can think of to explain the letter. Either Noch really wants to kill the Demiurge, or Noch wants to ‘kill’ the Demiurge by freeing him from his responsibility of protecting the creation he made. 

Yet I find it hard to believe that Obli would follow the instruction to help to end Demiurge's life since he also wants to save him. (Maybe Obli wanted to go with the plan so that he could stop it, or Noch just wanted to bait Obli to meet up with him.)

-Bitey 1

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This one strikes as odd since that would imply that Rel’s family is nearly as powerful/influential as Bitey’s family. (Why would Bitey’s family, a family with so much power, go on a joint vacation with Rel’s family unless they are powerful themself?)

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This seems quite strange to put in here. Who is the person who attacks Bitey? Based on Bitey's intuition, it wouldn't seem to be people based on his job, so it has to be something else. (Possibly could relate to Rell or his family business?)

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Traveling around? 

If they are traveling around for pleasure, it doesn’t make sense for Rel to bring David, Angela, and Gabriel and leave Alessia behind. According to Bitey, it would seem that Rel would still be a detective, so it would make sense for him to travel around for that reason. It also wouldn’t be far fetch for Rel to be solving a mystery regarding Gabriel’s business, making sense for David, Angela, and Gabriel to come with his travels.

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This is quite a strange thing to have. Bitey’s comment could imply that there is a hidden room that Angela was in, or it could be that someone else was inside the house other than Alessia and Angela. 

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Who was this person that Angela mentioned? The only person with yellow eyes is Noch, but I find it hard to believe that Noch would visit Angela since he can’t leave his island. This quote also might show signs that Angela was abusive towards Alessia, but strangely, Alessia never brought this up. (Maybe it is too touchy for Alessia to put down even in her diary.)

(These two events might be connected, but there is no evidence to suggest this, i.e., someone went to Angela because Alessia was getting abused by her.)

-Alessia’s Diary 1

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The person Alessia was referring to is similar to Nomino, yet, Nomino doesn’t have any of those colors. Maybe there are other beings like Nominos in the universe other than Nomino himself?

-Aloys 1

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This reaction is similar to how Alessia reacted in Chapter 1. It might imply that Alessia is somehow similar to Aloys in some way.

-Bitey 2
[Bitey’s discussion with the policeman.]

There is something strange happening with Alessia’s family. Maybe the family business is to help fix the teleporter? Also, who is the shapeshifter who is imitating David? This couldn’t be Obli since Noch didn’t mention him when telling the information to Aloys in Aloys 2. So could it be possible that another shapeshifter would play a big role in the story?

-Alessia Diary 2

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It would seem that Rel and Angela's relationship with Rell wasn’t going well.