#Ms. Radio

[sleeplesssmoll]

John Titor is a troll. I love her. We've seen her in Xtreme Talent, but that sass is for everyone no just X.

[strawberry-tom]

i wanted to make things that could be cut-out (not sure if it was a success, but here it is anyways!)

[games-art-events]

Reverse: 1999

Arcanist | Ms. Radio Ms. Radio had always been an ordinary radio, until one day, a flower shot up out of her case and blossomed. From then on, she became capable of thinking. "Buzzz ... Hello, world."

[midnightsky64]

THERE SO CUTEEEE

I'm Obsessed with Reverse 1999 right now, so here's some screenshots of every character I currently have in their tiny suitcase forms. There will be at least 1 more set of these, maybe more.

[captn1999]

Ms. Radio Voicelines

First Encounter: Hello, world.

Suitcase Climate: Ahh, photosynthesis feels good as always.

To the Future: We have our backs to the "past," our feet in the "present," and lead people to the "future." What a wonderful story.

Idle: FM, FM, the latest news for you next ...

Greetings: Welcome ... My good friend.

Morning: I've selected some morning news from 249 regions ... Would you like to know which region consumes the most meat every morning?

Bond: Morning: Now, I am going to clean the dust under the battery cover. Please guard the door for me and don't let anyone get close.

Night: Somewhere on Earth, there are always people working ... That's why the world is forever awake.

Bond: Night: No matter how the world has changed, it looks up to one abiding moon ... Please rest at ease.

Hat and Hair: This will cause me to malfunction, please don't ... News from yesterday: the latest economic focus meeting has been held on Grazing Hilltop. Cows attending the meeting believed donut holes and poor pessimists to be the causation of the recent cold wave. Gold-raising and lava-raising are therefore urgently required ...

Sleeves and Hands: □■□△ ! No touching ...!

Clothing and Torso: Thanks to your careful maintenance, my color stays beautiful and fresh.

Hobby: Those fluffy quadrupeds have a long history of such behavior, using fraudulent appearances to commit some dangerous acts ... They are not here, right?

Praise: It's amazing, please allow me to play a song to praise you.

Intimacy: Could you put me into the water? Could you leave me near the fireplace? I have no eyesight, which makes me on tenterhooks. Please look after me, guide me to feel them, and take me away when necessary.

Chitchat Ⅰ: Someone once tried to steal me, and stuffed his own ears with earplugs ... until he later understood that some "voices" cannot be blocked.

Chitchat Ⅱ: Please promise me NOT to open my battery cover, and honor your own word. I hope you will not be another Psyche, and I won't be the crane flying over the mountains.

Monologue: ...Every question has an answer, but not every question needs an answer. Flowers in the garden know nothing, but they still keep blooming.

Deployment: Alright! Let's try together.

Pre-Battle: Maybe I should switch to a more exciting channel.

Select Incantation Ⅰ: Tuning over.

Select Incantation Ⅱ: Received.

Select 3-star Incantation: Limitations of a machine's performance.

Select Ultimate: I'll do my best.

Cast Arcane Skill Ⅰ: Did you hear something?

Cast Arcane Skill Ⅰ: Try to accept it.

Cast Arcane Skill Ⅱ: Buzz ...

Cast Arcane Skill Ⅱ: And now, for today's broadcast.

Summon Ultimate: Knowing nothing is also a blessing.

Incoming Ⅰ: ...Agh!

Incoming Ⅱ: Bzzzz ...

Battle Victory: Joy of victory is also new knowledge.

Insight: The moment when dirt bids farewell to the machine is worth remembering forever.

[arcanistsanctum]

Character | Ms. Radio

Spirit Arcanist | ✦ ✦

Damage: Mental Debuff

Ms. Radio had always been an ordinary radio, until one day, a flower shot up out of her case and blossomed. From then on, she became capable of thinking. "Buzzz ... Hello, world."

[awkwardmark]

[debdarkpetal]

Via Luke Brandon Field on Instagram Stories

[cringeartisthebestart]

Duck Song but Radioapple

I spent way too much time on this LMAO

[acesw]

Disabled Characters in Reverse: 1999 - Part 1

Hello! With the new patches having been announced over the course of time, I figured it was time to renew an old lore-post of mine. This is the list of disabled characters in R:1999.

I posted these on twitter last week, but I decided to wait until the release of 2.2 so that I could uplift some spoilers for the game. Some minor spoilers ahead for 2.3 and 2.5 are ahead!

From the length of the entire text alone, I've separated it by 3 posts. This post here will guide you in the known characters who are physically disabled. I now have 14 characters in the main spotlight here, and I hope you enjoy reading this incredibly long post. So now, let's get started.

Chronic Illness: Cristallo, Rabies, Erick, Semmelweis, Barbara

Cristallo was born prematurely, with an added condition that makes her physically fragile. As seen in the game, she needs a life-support system to maintain her health when she’s outside. It’s also implied that her condition may be a recurrent cancer, as her arcane abilities are tied to a machine that provides cobalt therapy, a known advancement in radiotherapy in the post-WWII era.

In Sotheby’s anecdote, it’s been noted that Cristallo needs extra accommodations to her room, and it’s crucial that the electricity is kept running; she would risk having episodes like seizures otherwise.

Rabies is an odd case. In his stories, it’s stated that Adam Miłosz cured Alicia of rabies through unknown means, at the cost of contracting the disease himself. However, instead of the virus being acute and guaranteed to be fatal, it became a chronic illness to Rabies due to the abundance and use of arcanum.

Since the rabies virus attacks the brain, his cognitive capabilities and ability to recall things before the present had been impaired, making him rather docile and animal-like in nature as a result.

As revealed in her anecdote, Erick has a hereditary blood condition that came with her arcane skill. While her arcane skill grants her insane strength, overusing it will accelerate the effects of her blood condition to the point that it can turn fatal. To prevent this, she also inherited an armband from her grandfather, Harald. The armband suppresses Erick’s ability to use arcane skills, but by extension it also prevents her condition getting worse.

Semmelweis’ journey in the roguelike has been very clear that she suffers from the Beyond disease, a parasitic and incurable disease that mainly affects the brain by heightened hallucinatory symptoms paired with vampiric-like symptoms. The disease has a high fatality rate, but survivors tend to be granted abilities and urges equivalent to that of a vampire.

Semmelweis keeps her symptoms at bay through Lorelei’s arcane skill, and maintains her urges with sweets such as chocolate. While the Beyond Disease is most known for being passed on via contact, (e.g. biting) it has also been found to be genetically carried by some people.

(Bonus mention: Valentina is also a canon survivor of the Beyond Disease, having become a full vampiric-like being. She was the one that bit and infected Semmelweis)

Being born as a cross of 3 different beings, Barbara was born with a delicate body and she suffered a multitude of conditions growing up. Among them, asthma and insomnia were the most prominent. These conditions were incredibly debilitating for her growing up, and they continue to persist til her adulthood. Because of these medical scares (and her instinctive tendencies), she also has anxiety. For this—and strangely enough—her conditions can be alleviated with stuffed toys and the country music that she keeps on her at all times, much to her chagrin.

Amputees: Shamane & Willow

Shamane lost his left arm as a punishment for his previous failures. But after having lived without it for 20 years, the lack of it doesn’t bother him anymore. In fact, he finds pride in his loss, claiming it as a “token of bravery.”

Prior to the events of 1.3, he crafted his prosthetic arm as a means to avoid scaring kids. In his I2, we see that he was provided with a more modern prosthetic, likely provided by Laplace.

Willow is mainly characterised by her ability to perform in floor gymnastics having a prosthetic leg. Even when she lost her leg when she was younger, it didn’t stop her from performing to the best of her capabilities and reworking her skills in floor.

Blindness: Urd, Ms. Radio, Argus

Urd, despite her mysterious presence in the story, is most notable for her blindness. Throughout all her appearances, she's always found with a covering over her eyes, and has been referred to as the “blind woman” throughout the game many times even prior to her reveal. She also has recurring partial amnesia, with the “Storm” being the main cause of it.

She still chooses to travel across cities despite it, documenting her travels and insights about each place as the “Friend From Afar.”

Despite all the awakened lacking any eyes, Ms. Radio is the only character that has explicitly stated that she does not have any eyesight. She uses her body vessel and the radiowaves to be able to sense things around her, and is a generally sensitive entity.

Argus is notable for her vision impairment and partial blindness due to an untreated injury paired with her arcane skill. She struggles to see at nighttime, and has to activate her arcane skill to be able to do work. She tends to use picrasma candies to keep her arcane skill running for as long as possible.

However, Argus will tend to overexert herself and her arcane skill, which can result in her having temporary complete blindness. She refuses to have her injured eye treated nor be provided a prosthetic either.

Others

Mobile Disability - Noire

Our new character here, Noire, is most known to be a wheelchair user! Whether she was born with a disability or not, this aspect is incredibly important for her and I’m excited to see how that will go for 2.5.

Speech Impediment - Balloon Party

Balloon Party as a child had contracted an illness that caused her to have a persistent high fever. In the end, she awakened her arcane skill this way, with her being able to cough up balloons that can be harmful or a cure to anything. However, it might have also affected her speech because of the physical strain that comes from coughing, it results to Balloon Party’s speech being slowed and having abnormal pauses before she speaks again. 

Burn Scarring - Joe

Being a blacksmith, Joe gained a lot of burn injuries due to his work. He developed his skill over time, but it came at a cost; these scars became a part of him. Considering that Joe very likely never went to get proper treatment due to him growing up less privileged, it’s also likely that these scars crudely healed and can cause some pain. His scars are most prominently seen in his face, but they extend down the left arm and even both his hands, which are bandaged.

Albinism - Windsong

Windsong has indicators that she may have albinism; from her white hair, pale skin, and differently-coloured eyes. It can be assumed that she has Type 1 OCA, which leaves her to have the aforementioned features. There isn’t much beyond that mainly due to this being a popularized headcanon among the fandom, so what other symptoms she might have is open to interpretation.

Honorable Mentions

What is this section? The honorable mentions list is meant as a list for:

-Characters I realized I should've added here but it was too late

-Characters who have some headcanons/insights from other users from both Twitter and Tumblr, and I took it to consideration

I hope you enjoy these ones. :)

Oliver Fog - Depression, Arthritis/Chronic Pain (credited: @space-magician on tumblr)

Early on in childhood, Oliver had been exposed to how the London fog takes a heavy toll on his family and has experienced grief early on due to his father passing away from overexertion. It prompted him to start working as a (greatly desensitized) Fogwalker, feeling an unbearable weight on his shoulders metaphorically and even literally with how he struggles to get up in certain weather conditions. It hints towards him having chronic pain/arthritis due to the intensive nature of his work, as well as depression stemming from his grief.

Loggerhead - Short-Term Memory Loss

Loggerhead has short-term memory loss as an aftereffect of her awakening, causing her to slowly lose memory over the course of 3 days. However, Laplace provided her with a special film that allowed her to maintain her memories for longer.

Last Notes

Of course, these are only the first batch of this list, and I hope you'll have fun reading the next two installments here once linked. :)

Psychologically Disabled Characters

Neurodivergent Characters

Thank you!

[sleeplesssmoll]

I was not expecting the Timekeeper to make an appearance! Also, Ms. Radio reading a story to Vertin while she takes a nap is the best thing.

[kitsumo]

in honor of ekt being found

[im-still-a-robot]

Drove through the appalachians. Thought of him

[rybkart]

you said what?

that scene lives in my brain rent free but in a bad way

[sillycoffeewizard]

I am the biggest fan

[captn1999]

Ms. Radio Character Stories

What Ms. Radio Knows Since the turn of the 20th century, the spread of wireless technology has been unstoppable. Beginning as military technology, it has been adapted to the consumer market in the form of radio stations and commercial receivers now found in nearly every household. Ms. Radio is one of the first samples produced by a certain radio receiver factory. She was supposed to be forgotten in a warehouse somewhere after serving her purpose as a test product like countless others. But once Zinnia began growing atop her head, she was entrusted with an important mission: transmitting abstruse knowledge and obscure theories for the world to hear. Unfortunately, she does not yet have many listeners. There exists the possibility that Ms. Radio is telling the truth.

LEee·bUPd Flower blooms In another dimension ○/◇/△□□□

Unnamed Not affiliated with any planet Not yet found by astrologists Existing in her imagination

The world knows not About her imminent appearance

Will Ms. Radio Dream of Other Worlds? Pandora Wilson: Hello, Ms. Radio. Ms. Radio: Hello, lady. What would you like to listen to? Ms. Radio: The tuna bonfire festival on the island of Micronesia, or the Hobaba Mountains in the Kingdom of Stewart, which is rich in woodruff? Pandora Wilson: They all sound very interesting... But I want to learn about something else. Ms. Radio: So you'd like to reveal the unknown side of the arcanists? Pandora Wilson: Or rather, the true story behind the arcanists. Ms. Radio: You mean the background of this world? Something similar to legends of heroes from the past, or... some sort of celebrity gossip. Pandora Wilson: I think you just presented a unique point of view. Ms. Radio: ... Ms. Radio: This wor... This place is nice.