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Nakoa tries desperately to keep Darshana from murdering someone in today's new Apeiron update!

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[dear-miss-genius-idol-unmatched]

does this woman sleep?

she does, in fact! a hearty ten hours in her comfortable bed always leaves miss yōso readied for the day—and lets not forget that she has a proper self-care routine, too. do you think her hair is as lusciously curled by complete default?

of course, her bodyguard, apeiron [ @pyretic-shots ], has no clue why miss yōso goes through these hoops daily, but he admires her discipline either way.

[recsspecs]

Source: Science: The Definitive Visual Guide

[lonelymoonbeams]

Sophia lore (because no one talks about her enough)

Sophia is actually canonically Turkish! The grandma in Vertin's head spent a whole trace comparing her to a rug, specifically a kilim, which is a Turkish rug that's known for being very fine, lightweight, and having unique patterns due to being handmade. She's probably from Anatolia, aka Asia Minor.

Her mom was in the hospital for a long time when she was little, and Sophia and Hugh (her dad) would go visit her.

Whenever Sophia finished her studies as a kid, Hugh would give her a candy. She saved them in a jar in order to buy flowers for her mom, although I'm not exactly sure how candies pay for flowers. A trade, maybe?

Also as a kid, Sophia had a habit of calling people's names twice. No relevance. I just thought it was cute.

Sophia used to get up early in order to collect sand from the beach. She used it to polish glass since she wanted to make her dad glasses. Oddly specific skill for a child to know, but hey.

Sophia was the one who introduced 37 to fruits in yoghurt. She learned it elsewhere before coming to Apeiron. She was also the one who gave 6 his metal crown- it was originally going to be a fabric hat until 37 got involved and they made it a metal triangle. Fortunately, 210 intervened and made it wearable.

Sophia worked with 37 on calculating for the return of their ship, likely in the position of Corrector. Both of them were on the shore waiting for it, and both saw their parents get reversed, only to wash up as geometric shapes.

Sophia's nervous habit has always been pulling her hair.

She can get very emotional when answering questions. However, she's always quick to backtrack as soon as she realizes.

Sophia is actually described as very smart. Despite being an outsider, she was faster than many of the others on Apeiron. However, it was never noticed because 37 would always be the one on top.

Girl has such self-esteem issues. Stop. Please. Why are you like this *head in hands*

Sonetto is someone she can relate to. They both are exceptional students and arcanists who will never be better than their childhood friend. They'd probably be friends, in another time.

The reason why she's the Corrector is because no one else wants to do it, since they see it as having to do with the world of matters.

Possibly the funniest- Hofmann has seen Sophia's baby/childhood picture, but they've never met each other.

[acesw]

an insane man's thoughts on aging in Reverse: 1999

I've been observing the character ages for a while now and I'm connecting dots.

None of the characters who were picked up in the current "Storm" era are aging. X has remained 16 for the past 3 years, Eagle is still 12 years old up until now, Avgust is still 8 years old, etc. Regulus should have been 16-17 now with how her birthday has passed not only once but likely twice.

On the other hand though, everyone from the original timeline is. The SPDM and the Apeiron crew continued to grow up after 1999, Greta was 38 at death, Tooth Fairy was 18 when she entered the Foundation and is 25 now, Lilya very clearly grew up while training in Zeno, etc.

At first I thought all of these age disputes never made sense because they still can't be that abysmally young because that would mean the writers were careless. I thought that UTTU probably just never the character ages but it never made sense either because UTTU would never have been the type to leave the character ages like that unless there's a reason.

My theory is that the bodies of all of the post-"Storm" characters (as of now, all those prior to 1990) stop aging because they were taken out of their respective era. Everyone knows that everyone exists somewhere and at some point in time in the world, right? We all have an era we belong to and a birthplace to call home. (or not) Or in other words, we have a "point of origin."

Because of the "Storm" erasing their respective era, the very origin of a character's existence, would that have led to many character's bodies being affected and essentially 'frozen' in time? They can't physically age and it's likely that they also can't mentally age because their "point of origin" had been erased or they were taken out from it, giving no space for them to actually age because they live in a time that doesn't belong to them.

However, the original timeline continues to thrive because the immunity zones in the world are the ONLY places where time isn't affected by the "Storm." The first survivors are still aging in the first place because the era of 1999 and beyond never exactly ceased to exist for them.

It explains a lot of things, and it can graphed out later when I have the time.

disclaimer: I wrote this in the middle of the night while trying to write and organize the "knowing our arcanists" entries. just because my words feel right doesnt mean i sound even remotely sane at the time of writing.

[sleeplesssmol]

Reverse 1999 Analysis: Vertin's Fear?

Tuesday states she enjoys a "lingering" fear that pushes people to change. This makes me think the word "haunting" would be a perfect way to describe these fears. We've had a glimpse into the things that haunt Vertin from the very start of the game.

This is the first instance from the prologue:

"I failed."

Taking everything we learned about Vertin, the "failure" she means is more than the inability to protect people. Her failure is leading them to their doom.

She was the bellwether of the Break-Away event that ended with her being the only survivor. She tried to save humans in the Suitcase before Regulus, but they were Reversed. She promised to provide Schneider with a shelter only to watch her get Reversed in the very Suitcase that should have kept her safe. Even when she tried her best on Apeiron to save people with 37, it wasn't enough. Many of the Islanders chose to be Reversed because they couldn't bare the truth that she helped reveal. The cycle repeats.

Right now she's leading a team of Arcanists into the most dangerous parts of the Storm, like she did all those years ago when she lost Isabella and the Ring. Vertin directly tells Madam Z she doesn't want her people to be sacrifices like her friends before. All she wants is a safe place for them. No more martyrs.

Speaking of The Ring and Isabella...

"What we desire most"

Appealing to people's desires and motives is how she persuades people to follow her (the others seemed to be pushed onto her). Regulus's desire for freedom. Druvis's desire to see a better future. Jessica's desire for friendship and belonging. Schneider's desire for safety for her herself and her family. There's a clear pattern of Vertin using these desires to draw people in, however she tries to be honest about what she can and can't do. Vertin's entire line of work depends on people willing to risk their lives in the Storm for their shared cause.

I also like that this is consistent with Vertin going out of her way to fulfill people's desires when it's in her power. Throughout the entire game there's instances of her trying to make her companions happy while looking out for their safety. I usually list examples but there are so many on this blog and within the game that I think anyone who read this far will get what I mean.

Here we see Vertin able to face her fears and Tuesday head on because the umbrella makes her feel empowered. She can protect the companions who choose to follow her. I also want to note that Vertin is still trying to understand Tuesday and figure out why she's so obsessed with fear. Vertin analysis and comprehension of other are some of her strongest qualities. She may be a weak arcanist, but she's able rally people to her cause.

A bit of a tangent, but I made a post a long time ago comparing Vertin to the Snake in the Garden of Eden. Originally I wanted to compare her to the first humans who were swayed by curiosity and were dealt consequences. But isn't the Snake filled with grandiose promises and tempting offers also a good fit? She's the one who convinced people to follow her in almost every circumstance and she lead them to their demise. She's often portrayed as a savior or Jesus figure in the game, which is what makes relating her to the devil interesting. She can do both? Number 0 walking a thing line.

By the way, here are some Psychubes to consider (I will never shut up about Psychubes):

Vertin tempting people to follow her using their desires (a secret delight) only for them to perish (familiar death as foretold). She knows she is leading them to their doom.

Vertin's stoicism could be attributed to numbness. She continues forward despite all the loss and grief around her. However, I think the Vertin we know at the end of 2.1 is a bit different from the beginning of the game. For one, she's more expressive and she has people she openly relies on. Vertin's always been optimistic when she talks about the future, but after obtaining the umbrella it feels more...real? Not that she wasn't genuinely hopeful and but its like "we finally made it". I can't put my finger on it, but something about her seems different after returning from Aperion and in a good way. These are just opinions though.

[titaniumions]

thinking about r1999's blind woman (marta/bessmert/dr dores/urd) and her recurring appearances in different eras, as well as how she's always there to document it. i think most of us have wondered what is going on with her, but the recent chapter's revelation about the storm gives me something new to ponder about

if the foundation's statements and vertin's speculations are indeed true, that means the storm doesn't actually kill people and simply displaces them from the era they were originally in, creating an alternate version of them in whatever new era they end up. however, they won't remember their "past lives" and might end up becoming someone different. for example, if mr duncan is indeed an alternate mr karson, he sure has changed a whole lot in terms of personality

now what does this have to do with the blind woman? in chapter 7, we saw her join the feast in apeiron as they all let the storm take them away. however, now she's returned with a new identity, as dr dores, and seemingly no recollection of any "past lives", simply remembering herself as the doctor. however, we know that in every era she shows up in, she is still the "friend from afar", and there is no significant change in her appearance or demeanor

with that being said, it makes me wonder if she is special in some way, and is able to "travel" through the storm completely intact. perhaps memory loss could be a possible side effect of this, but considering all the different eras she has shown up in, and how she never changed nearly as drastically as mr karson/duncan, it's plausible to think she can withstand the storm, moving from era to era along with it. that'd explain why even when she seemingly let the storm take her in apeiron, she's ultimately still out there. sure, her identities are different each time, but that could perhaps simply be her choice to take up different identities or roles for every new era she ends up in

[stari-hun]

More No Storm but Vertin has a Time Traveling Arcanum Content

Inaccurately Named Modern AU

* Apeiron

I think with like knowledge and math becoming more accessible sooo many people in Apeiron would go to the outside world to share their knowledge because 77 (37s mom) showed that even the people most faithful to their school of thought are interested in calculation machines. Give them Mathway.com and people would lose their minds.

6 would be a professional gamer. In fact he’d take so well to modern society that he’d be one of those people thriving in the 2020 lockdown and being away from Apeiron. Afterwards he’d also recover fast and put daily walks into his schedule or something cause he knows how badly his physical would’ve gotten. 6 would have an Instagram that’s the weirdest thing ever. People use it as inspiration for arg characters because he unintentionally posts with the vibe of someone extremely inhuman, and even though with the internet most humans would be aware of nonhuman arcanist they’d still be like what… There’s several video essays breaking down theories on who or what he might be. On the other side his posts are all pictures of objects he sees on daily walks that he sees have interesting dimensions to them or placement in a scene. The issue is that he doesn’t give any preamble or context to his math like 210 who wants to share math with the world would, or 37 who genuinely wants to teach, he just drops it in the caption and closes the app. He’d also have a YouTube explaining how he wins matches with others and insane speedrun content and how he beats games in under three minutes in extremely stupid calculations and exploits. His uploads are once in a blue moon but he’s a really popular faceless YouTuber (unlike 37 he reads comments and thinks about the questions he gets a lot, and even answers them in other videos). Also his like daily wanderings until he wants to go back home and risk interaction with others.

37 would get ahold of the internet like fish to water. She’d be an early YouTuber on 6’s recommendation and get super popular without realizing it. Her upload schedule is a “think of something start recording it and post with little to no editing” kinda style that for her ends up being 6-12 videos per week. 37 probably wouldn’t even realize there’s a comment section but Sophia knows it. Sometimes she’ll relay the comments to her from fans if they’re questions or constructive, but she mostly keeps them for herself because she’s happy 37 is branching out even if she isn’t entirely meaning too. I think 37’s content is a personality type. She’s giving constructive lessons that are informative but her personality and voice made her gain an audience mostly there to listen to her as background noise while she does homework. She does have a very loyal core audience of economists and radiologists since the topic she circles back around to the most is patterns in the weather and how they can be applied to daily life. Her most viewed video would be a super complicated explanation on how to predict when the next storm will happen in your area, and the top comment is a link to a website where someone made it into a calculator (it works with like a 5% chance of error). Also fun fact Vertin tried to use it once and the website was down for a week after she tried it. Sophia would have more kids centered content. Her follower base would mostly be parents who sit their kids in front of an iPad during work, but heavily monitoring their internet use and want them to watch content that’s good for them. She’d be faceless but unintentionally blow up super hard for story reading content, and her process for making up original stories. Afterwards she’d take a huge social media break entirely, only helping 37 with hers before slowly going back to her usual audiobook content with locked comments.

On that note, it’s slightlyyyy canon based, but I also think 210 would become good friends with Sweetheart after the island opened up and he reached out to her through Pandora to be their liaison. They’d do a ton of promotions and fashion statements. 210 already has an established interest in beauty, arts, and how they tie to math, and Sweetheart as a person who’s mathematically perfect would be his best excuse to study arts. Then Sweetheart would enjoy the company of any asexual, especially if they’re good for her image, and 210 is genuinely there to vibe and enjoy the beauty of the world. I also feel like he’d have one of those instagrams where he’s super popular for his looks but vast majority of his posts are sky pics and pictures of flora he sees.

I think in the story Sweetheart and Pandora are already on pretty good terms but I think in a Modern!Twist AU Pandora would be even more active in her writing. I think she’d have a small but famous journalism company where she employs only those she deems have a fresh perspective in a way she can’t supply. I talk about it in my other post, but Marcus interns there after getting an associates degree journalism during her dual enrollment and finishing Highschool. 210 and her run top series in UTTU for numbers and art analysis in a way people hadn’t thought of before, and Marcus runs a deep dive on historical spaces and the hidden stories within them.

UTTU would sometimes have interview segments where guest slots of an employee’s choosing (approved of by Pandora) will get a special feature. Windsong is the most reoccurring interviewee alongside Vila for research papers in ley lines and ecosystem observations respectively. Both are very popular features every time due to how they provide perspective on Marcus’ and 210’s segments.

[phosphophillight]

ahhh. the . her name sounds like a medicine god lady (and some others)

i JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO DRAW HER EARS IN THE FIRST ONE UGH⁉️⁉️⁉️‼️‼️‼️ destroys planet earth. no more peace and love.

[lifegoesonevenifeverybodyisgone]

Pulled Argus, Renovated the Wilderness, and other stuff

Man I had to work on watching my Business Lectures so my J analysis is still undergoing and not yet complete. Fortunately with some time that I managed to have, I got to pull Argus!

My original pulling plan was to pull Anjo Nala, Lopera, and the Golden Thread banner (for a chance for NewBabel or 6) but after watching the 2.1 story, I knew that I would perpetually regret it if I didn't get Argus. I never expected that I would get so attached to her as a character and as a person. Her bond with Vertin in the story was the main driving force of what convinced me to use my guaranteed on her.

I got Matilda to 100% Bond.

I had one more screenshot but it was unable to save. It's very sweet to think that Matilda cares so much about Vertin even if she is a rival to Sonetto's heart. Their friendship from their childhood days is still there.

Anyways, my suitcase folks celebrated Oliver Fog's birthday in the Disco Beach (albeit kinda late).

Ever since the Uluru rerun, I relish the fact that I have two beaches now! One private beach for J and one public beach for Disco!

The Disco is the central part of the island with it's roads ending in J's hangout spot and the public beach.

I allocated a Texas part in the back, shielded by the Uluru mountain. Too much disco might hurt Argus's eyes since it's not her thing.

Welcome to the Wilderness Argus!

I sent my two faves to welcome their fellow supermodel in looks. I even placed the church in a certain way so that the rainbow could envelop its roof. Hopefully, she likes that spot well.

I managed to clear UTTU for now but it felt weird to deploy J to annihilate Avgust. I never expected that sweet kid to be an enemy in UTTU.

I managed to breeze through Digger's Anecdote. To be honest, I think the storyline is simple.

SPOILERS:

Diggers goes to France. Lawyer bails him out. Lawyer teleports him to Forget Me Not. Forget Me Not recruits him to Manus Vindictae in the guise of an art rally. Turns out it sucks and he is stuck in Manus Vindictae now. He ends up in prison with the rest of Manus followers in the Apeiron island. He hates math class. He tries to escape, finds gun, kicks gun away because world peace, sedated by Sophia, put back in jail, and the Manus followers try to plan an assassination of G.

Diggers makes remarks about it that feels like it may give insight about 6's character. Later, 37 (their math teacher) is called to meet 6. They ditch Math class and escape. Sophia finds out about their bomb, Manus follower tries to shoot her with gun, Diggers stick rose in said gun stating philosophy against classifying people in arbitrary roles, Sophia gets touched by this but sedates him because that thinking is dangerous (rhetoric hides essence), Diggers remembers all events in 1.1 but turns out it was just a dream. He is still in prison but he sees Apeiron robes. He disguises himself as Apeiron follower and ditches the island with other Apeiron followers trying to leave the island. THE END.

Yeah, that's it for now. Hopefully I can finish the second part of the analysis but I have other priorities at the moment.

[selcouthian]

Shocks and suspense in today's new Apeiron update!

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Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Special Chapter: Tale of Timotep

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[schneiderenjoyer]

The Wheel & The Rock

Time for another theory crafting and discussion on the world of reverse 1999! This time, I want to tackle something that's brewing up more and more as the story goes on.

That's The Wheel's connection to the Storm and possibly one of many catalysts to figuring out how it works.

There'll be discussions about what Chapter 5 has revealed to us, so keep that in mind. This topic is extremely long, so please take your time to read!

Let's start with The Wheel itself and what we know so far and what new information Chapter 5 brought to the table.

The Wheel is something located within the suitcase, specifically in the only place that never seems to change its form no matter how much the Wilderness shifts its appearance; The Lake.

We aren't given too much of a description about this lake, but we can assume it's exactly the body of water this wheel is submerged in, surrounded by fog. And it seems that this "Storm" lake holds none of the properties left to "sift" out anyone. Unless it's being counter balanced by the fog surrounding it.

A fog that apparently has a hallucinogenic ability like that of Apeiron's inner cave of secrets.

While Vertin is immune to the fog in her suitcase.

She's not to the fog of Apeiron and required a means to snap out of it.

Which brings up the conclusion that Vertin ends up thinking about, but with something missing about it.

Someone already owns the cave, therefore controls that rock. And it bends to their will only while others are repelled through means of illusions and inevitably,

Fall into a trap.

This could explain how Vertin is immune to the wheel's fog. Because she's the owner of the suitcase, thus the owner of the wheel and the fog surrounding it. And how the wheel even exists could also be solve by entertaining a certain idea.

The space in the suitcase is Vertin's arcane skill.

We're often told that Vertin's not the best at arcanum, but she's still able to use it. Meaning, at some point in her time as the Timekeeper, she's able to unlock her arcane skill. And to have her ability to be purely a support spell that creates a safe space than a combative attack fits her perfectly. If you consider it this way, everything inside that space reflects her personality and being. It can explain how they can expand the space for more rooms for her team, how the wilderness bends and shifts differently to her will. It's acknowledge in a Wilderness dialogue with Door:

If many things within the suitcase is reflected by who Vertin is, then it's possible that it has also reflected her ability to be immune to the Storm. That it represents as a reflection of her soul. Amidst all the surroundings at constant change, at her core, the wheel, is a never changing monument resistant to the Storm.

So that means another question has popped up. Who made the rock? It could be assumed that its place of origin is through the existence by someone or something. After all, just like the Manus masks, it's possible to create an item that can repel the effects of the Storm.

Which leads me to pitch this idea:

It's made by someone in Apeiron thousands of years ago. I don't see it a possibility of the rock being a new thing to the people of the island, it's far too ancient to be recent. But this "model" 37's mother has made could possibly not just mean their theorem on calculating the Storm, but also the ability of this rock to show the island's people its "truth".

Why do I consider that?

Because Vertin's wheel has its own ability aside from creating that fog that repels the Storm:

Its ability to summon arcanists.

I'll talk about it in a different post since this is getting way too long. Look forward to me going crazy conspiracy theorist on unilogs and its implications!

[mediocremckie]

Original Sonic.exe Retake. 1991 / Apeiron X

[mythcanvas]

𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝓊𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝒶𝓌 𝑜𝒻 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓈, 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝓅𝑒𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉. ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

Thomas Hobbes

I SWEAR I WILL MAKE ART OF ALL MY SHIPS I JUST NEED TIME-

Soooo.... DruSix! Another rarepair I cooked because they actually almost makes sense. I promise you it'll make you interested too ;3

Applause to @acesw to help me cook too, I appreciate it XD OH! If you don't want spoilers of 1.4 CN version, you can see this post after the GB version released!

💛 Ship name origin Yall would be confused why this ship is called Imperfects. They're pretty, dressed well, and all that. But my reasoning is this:

Druvis is the daughter of the Weyerhousers, basically a family of aristocrats. But she was meant to belong in the forest of her ancient bloodline inheritence. She also defies the standards for nobles and prefers staying in the wild, while she still acts politely and with grace. Not to mention the fireman incident, she was accused of the cause of the fire because she was there... But now with Vertin, she has released her true self.

6 is the Apeiron leader and is said the number stands for perfection and harmony. But his CN trailer is called "The Imperfect One" and he clearly said that he's not a perfect leader (image above). He also grew suspicious of some things. But even then, he still needs to fulfill his duties as 6.

One is free but one is bound with duties, yet they have so much in common. Coincidentally, there's philosophies about nature too~

💛 Their dynamics It's giving kuudere x kuudere ngl HAHA-

It's also because the way they speak, very calm and soothing to hear. They also talks in a very fancy way.

Their Ultimate voicelines have some sort of similarities too: Druvis III: I weave the gown in thorns. You shall repay with sacrifice of wounds. 6: The scale of your soul has tilted. The balance needs to be restored.

I like to think both of them would go to either the beach or the forest, being alone together while listening to nature.

also from the one and only:

💛 Last words

Damn me and my mutual COOKED HARD for this man. If you're done reading this, have an apple for compensation~ 🍎