lore-discussion

[upbeat pilot]

I found one. Online

https://tiermaker.com/categories/random/strinova-chart-list-15918613

[digital beacon]

[mild venture]

meta lore thought:

When Lawine says that their bodies are lies in chapter 19 of the Manhwa, that means humanity actually made themselves into anime characters upon conversion to Strinova and everyone looks perfectly normal like us when they were back on Earth.

No don't take this too seriously

[dull elk]

if VRChat has taught us anything, sometimes people just wanna be cute anime girls
But in all seriousness, there is a convincing headcanon that people's Strinovan bodies stick relatively close to their actual appearances, particularly if you tack on the leading Scissors theory of "Collapse Syndrome is caused thanks to the loss of Earth as a reference point."

The logical extension of that being the less like an Earth life you lead, the faster you get Collapse Syndrome.

(that and Strinovan body production is very, VERY tightly regulated)

-Map Workshop Story, Chapter 1 [BiliBili]```

[mild venture]

Right, the idea has just been mulling over with me like "How is Lawine Japanese if she has blue eyes" but then I remember "Oh right, it's anime Japan. Not Real World Japan."

Also If anyone brings up the fact she has blue hair, I just see Blue Hair as a way anime (especially more grounded ones) try to depict certain shades of black hair in a distinguishing manner

[bronze marten]

The ex-PUS people and their silly antics

[weak sail]

what realtionship between flavia and yugiri? boss and worker?

or sister?

seeing from spring blessing feast conversation

[graceful crown]

boss and worker. they arent related.

flavia and yugi probably see each other as family at this point though

[weak sail]

ouhhh

[weak sail]

cuz like nabigator think flavia is to strict for yugiri

[dire grail]

Have u guys ever thought that the people who made the game didn't really put lore in and you guys are looking too much into this stuff and it becomes fan fiction at that point

What do u guys think

[mild venture]

We have discussed this a lot already.

There was already a larger story being played out between the Manhwa and the first four seasons of story that released on the CN client (and you can read on Strinova.org). But the CN community didn't like the direction it was going and it pressured IDS to drop it.

Yes we know we're doing fanfiction/fanon (many of us have either released or are working on fanfics rn). We're basically picking up the pieces of the original story and concepts and hoping we can realize its potential.

[dire grail]

i see

[dire grail]

i look forward to the questionable fanfics

[mild venture]

I'll lyk you mine's out. I've been writing for 20 years so hopefully it won't disappoint. But I'm at least 3 months still of work on it ahead of me given my insistence that I have to release the first 130-150 pages at once.

[graceful crown]

there was lore. keyword: WAS

[dire grail]

by questionable .... i meant degen

as in

sus

someone's gotta be writing that one

[mild venture]

Well then you're going to be disappointed in mine

[dire grail]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cat-gif-6906939104301495025

[mild venture]

...On the other hand, if you want to read a scene where Kokona pulls a bullet out of her leg put there by Kanami....

[graceful crown]

not enough people in glb interested in making that/ those who were interested (and stayed) are not makers.

CN though, it's possible there is a few

if they are fine with technically being criminals

[graceful crown]

you might as well make your own (in various amounts of unethical)

[graceful crown]

btw can you ask them if i they blocked me?

[mild venture]

Uhh sure, @dire grail did you block Kek?

[dire grail]

Kek?

[mild venture]

the other guy in this convo who has been responding to you

[dire grail]

oh no no

i haven't blocked

i just lazy to respond, sorry

[graceful crown]

aye it's hard knowing who blocked me

[dire grail]

why people blocking u

[mild venture]

You can just react one of their posts

[dire grail]

u seem perfectly normal

[mild venture]

if it disappears, they blocked you

[graceful crown]

TIL

[dire grail]

lets test it

i'll block u now kek

to test

[mild venture]

You learn this when you're on a meme discord fast

[graceful crown]

once told a kokona fanatic to touch grass

[graceful crown]

tell em it worked

[dire grail]

see if u can react

[graceful crown]

nope

[dire grail]

i see

btw, i can still see ur messages when you're blocked

it just says "x blocked message" and you can click on it to see what they said

[graceful crown]

i know. did that to a hacker once

[dire grail]

https://tenor.com/view/uma-musume-meep-low-cortisol-dance-chibi-gif-17107758709618840273

[merry epoch]

link pls

[merry epoch]

there is one in fanfiction dot net

about michele

and well...

[dull elk]

If you're looking for those, I've been told they do exist if you look hard enough.
I am writing stuff as well, but you'll also be displeased to hear that what I'm writing, like Kydros, isn't that. Nor do I have any interest in that.

[mild venture]

it's still in early draft if that deters you. Also I still have to finish their cqc fight sequence.

[dire grail]

I like u guys

U guys are different from the others

[dull elk]

This and there's at least some effort going into adding more story. The recent Moments with Cielle event and the sporadic CN character story drops on BiliBili shows that they at least know and put some effort into continuing to update it.

[mild venture]

We try. Part of the reason lately I've been working on the behemoth of a story I am for this atm is I kind of want to be THE guy in terms of the biggest (and hopefully best) Strinova fic. I've got a lot of ideas and given the nature of the project being more episodic I can kinda throw in whatever I like and give everyone a little something.

One chapter there's a fight scene between Yugiri and Fragrans in a metro station while in the middle of a larger firefight between Scissors and PUS Grunts. Another chapter and Kokona is sleepy drunk being carried on Nobu's back and she's completely unfiltered about how much she's into him to his utter bewilderment because he's an emotionally constipated Shonen protagonist who has been oblivious to all her tells she's been [unintentionally] signaling like a lighthouse on a starless night.

[graceful crown]

the kokona husband people will fucking kill you

[dull elk]

-# Screw 'em. They can get their harem and romance plots elsewhere - there's plenty more places servicing that brand of fanon.

[merry epoch]

And people said Shakespeare is dead

[digital beacon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1197970802625237052/1460804862748000440/1768353344660.gif

[stiff magnet]

as resident kokonobu shipper I need to thank you.
I laughed so hard at that.

[tiny yoke]

what are the chances that athena gets a legendary next?

wait wrong ch

[digital beacon]

if strinova characters are chess pieces, what would they be

[dire grail]

Kanami would be queen

Cause she just tuff like that

Kokona rook

[digital beacon]

was going to say flavia is knight because she kept dodging

but reiichi fits more based on this

[solid wharf]

Bai Mo on the Bishop

[digital beacon]

yvette is king

she orders fay to fight

[dull elk]

"Chess pieces can never control their own destiny. If they want to break free, they must become the chess player…or even the one who sets the rules of the chessboard."
-Flavia

[mild venture]

Thx, I‘m hoping I can pull them off.

I WAS planning on shipping Flav and Nobu originally but then I remembered I'm putting Kokona through a lot in this fic and I thought of a scene that would happen towards the end of the initial release that would be the triggering incident that would cause Kokona to start seeing Nobu in a different light and now I'm all in on them.

[blazing pewter]

Baimo and cielle are the nights cause of the short range and DASH

[compact halo]

Isn’t one of galas awakenings just called castling tho?

[dull elk]

(A3)

[digital beacon]

rook definitely

[mild venture]

Took just a little over a month I would say about 40 hours of work for my contribution but here we are. Back to pouring my free time into the fic instead in full.

[dull elk]

[mild venture]

Yeah that's me in a few minutes here

[digital beacon]

[sharp badger]

why did it only take me until now for the lore to drop loud and clear like this

[velvet tangle]

Yvette solos

Like that one time she took down scissors by herself

[mild venture]

And addendum I will note about this:

LK is a worldbuilding app that's still in early development and as such is not fully supported on mobile and the formatting for this project does not transfer. As such, you will have to view this on desktop. There is likely a way we can get this to still view on mobile by basically taking screenshots of every chapter on the LK and piecing it together in one long sequence/image. Though, honestly with as exhausted as I am from the work on this that'll have to be something for another day.

[mild venture]

Good news: it works on ipad if you either zoom out in your browser settings a bit on vertical or hold horizontal

Ehh might have spoken too soon, gonna double check some other chapters

Seems to have some inconsistencies compared to desktop but nothing debilitating if you’d rather lie on your bed with your tablet

[merry epoch]

After reading for a while I think the manhua is not canon-compliant

and Maddelena is not flat

[merry epoch]

I mean, Kokona defo know Michele as the former is the latter's senior

I think it would fall into some kind of JJBA official-but-not-written-by-Araki works

[merry epoch]

Just read chap 23 and

uh oh

like how the whole thing is actually a mess

[mild venture]

i pointed out there was some issues between the season stories and the manhwa previous. It seems there was a lack of communication going on and one ultimately has to do some duct taping to get them to line up.

Also that thing where ||Ming pretends to have CS and tears at Michele's skin and show the grid beneath as if she was hit by reversestring effects|| also was weird

[mild venture]

...what if PUS did close the human corridor but it was because something arrived on Earth and was trying to get through. And that's also why they refuse to open it again...

[lone sierra]

investors?)

[mild venture]

Elaborate

[merry epoch]

The human corridor was destroyed after human has completed their migration to Strinova

And thus made no differrent

[mild venture]

yes I'm aware of that. But then you also have the woman who enlisted Meredith who talked as if there were people still back on Earth PUS cut off

i am speculating a reason for why PUS doesn't just give The Scissors what they want and thus end the war that puts them in a similar position as The Lord Ruler from Mistborn for those who read that series

[upbeat pilot]

Earth stringification. You can generate vast forests, absorb moisture and nutrients from living beings,

I just want some thoughts on this. Since fire and ice exists

[lone sierra]

It was said somewhere that with an open human corridor, the PUS was required to report to investors, but in Strinov itself they are the absolute power

[upbeat pilot]

Leogav

What do you think about this?

[lone sierra]

didn't fully understand the question

[upbeat pilot]

I meant this

Earth stringification

You can generate vast forests, absorb moisture and nutrients from living beings,

Like Greenbull

Since we already have fire and ice powers it should work

[lone sierra]

maybe superstring?)

[upbeat pilot]

Yeah

Just imagine the ultimate skill

[lone sierra]

Well, there's already a problem: there are no living creatures in Strinovа.

[upbeat pilot]

So

Aren't there animals?

[upbeat pilot]

What are you implying with this?

[lone sierra]

abilities in the form in which you wrote them definitely cannot exist

[upbeat pilot]

Why not?

I have seen some crazy powers

[lone sierra]

animals don't exist, where do we get all the substances?

[upbeat pilot]

I thought that they do exist

And even if they don't

Earth powers would not have much to do with Animals

[lone sierra]

The only animal that was able to move into space was a shark, but this is a very unusual case, all the other animals are robots

[upbeat pilot]

Oh. Okay

I was just thinking oh because we have fire and ice powers

So another element would work

[lone sierra]

I just discovered that one of the taps in District 88 has the ENF signature and their slogan "exploring new future". Do we have the full name of this company?

[mild venture]

Yeah that's the OG Scissor's explanation for the sunset disaster

I'm just spitballing another idea that the closing of tne corridor was deliberate, however it was ultimately a response to some other threat.

Basically aliens, imagine if something like Raptures from Nikke started arriving through the corridor into Strinova. What if someone still back on Earth came through the corridor with the news of an invasion and PUS panicked and shut it down?

Reminder, This is me spitballing ideas. I do this a lot.

[lone sierra]

but with this theory it turns out that the Scissors are really villains) this option is still possible

[mild venture]

the Scissors would be villains in ignorance. Ultimately it makes PUS rationale significantly more justified and paints them as being between a rock and a hard place rather than a total mess of corrupt control freaks

[graceful crown]

smells of ccp meddling /j

[lone sierra]

Where did the Manhwa story take place?

[merry epoch]

You can see that if you have D4C

for the meantime, in an alternate universe

[lone sierra]

I mean, in which district of Strinova?

[dull elk]

(Neutroville, Strian, or Elmond is my guess)

[merry epoch]

near PUS HQ

I think it's Elmond

[manic plover]

Why did I suddenly imagine the scissors kidnapping the PUS former friends 😭

[timid quest]

[weak gust]

The drones can't take the responsibility

[manic plover]

is Celestia really a doctor if she straight up uses magic powers to heal people

[weak gust]

Bai Mo's event dialogue implies the Eika's dialogue already happened and this possibly did, too.

So it's canon that Navigator exhausted all of his options before talking to Bai Mo

[stoic needle]

this game have lore?

[blazing pewter]

maybe

[stiff magnet]

...they kinda are?
Meredith and Lawine deserted.
They dragged Reiichi in, Mere tried to get Nobunaga too.
Then there's Mara, and Fragrans

[manic plover]

I meant like

some alternate reality where Ming and Lawine take their friends who had their pasts erased with them

obviously that’ll never happen in canon but it just popped into my head lmao

[manic plover]

nobu feels like the true good character who finds out the greater evil/corruption too late, and ends up dying to protect everyone

and get this man some therapy, every time the tip shows up that says nobu wakes up in pain remembering his brother’s betrayal, my heart man

[stiff magnet]

They have no memories. Sure... it is possible to recover them, (Meredith) but it's rare

[manic plover]

Yeah that’s why it wouldn’t make sense

crack idea xD

hm

Ahi do you do art commissions

[digital beacon]

time travel!?

[digital beacon]

navigator died peacefully

🙏

[sleek remnant]

Surrounded by nice scents and his loyal dog

Couldn't ask for much more

[digital beacon]

context: they become a test subject

"Yep, this is 65% safe."
Navigator dies
"We got the wrong chance"

[sleek remnant]

I'm probably going to miss most of this stuff due to being stuck in hospital

[digital beacon]

gws

[weak gust]

One doesn't time travel while delivering food. Badly affects the taste (no, it's not canon)

[lone sierra]

She ran so fast that she broke the time barrier for tips.

[merry epoch]

Is Eika pronounced with an A or an E?

[stiff magnet]

Aika

[blazing pewter]

Aika

[wraith parrot]

Yeka

[digital beacon]

remember when I said the entire strinova map in lobby is just shenzhen map but traced?

wonder how did they actually cover up the regions

since some share region name but drastic region difference

[mild venture]

The Shenzhen map thing was so lazy. I ignore it for lore purposes outright and just have Strinova's megacities across continent sized regions and possibly on different planes within the Sea of Strings/void.

the only two cities of all the lore content I've read so far that are actually rubbing shoulders somewhere is Preton and Eden. Kokona mentions a thoroughfare between Neutroville and Elmond in Season 2 story but that obviously doesn't state how far away they are. and Preton is said to be in a remote/far region of Strinova.

as I discussed before in reference to the only image we seemingly have that gives us an idea of this

[lone sierra]

In Leona's story, there was a bridge number 3 that connected Neutroville to the outside world, and this bridge was built across the sea of ​​strings, so maybe your theory is correct))

How can I get the ability to send photos to this channel?

[wise palm]

I’m not sure why myself but I often imagined the Seeda Peninsula (home to all of the desert maps) to be in a sort of central area. Perhaps it’s due to cosmite being an early settlement attempt and presuming that mankind spread out from there in other directions.

[mild venture]

Post enough in this discord and when you get to level 1 you get permission to send images

[weak gust]

I'm not so sure it's wise to say that considering Chiyo

[still bough]

I asked AI and it told me they're part of the Leary family, this family name seems to be correct (or just fandom accepted) although I haven't seen it mentioned ingame, or even in wiki, so idk where the name came from, maybe other game regions/servers.

It also told me they have "strict parents who are also artists", and that "Galatea is rebellious" and "Galatea is usually kinda mean to Maddelena" (which substantially fits with this short story).

All this last paragraph info is more in a gray area though. As a Maddie main I'd like to know more.

It also seems that Galatea also does plastic arts other than her obvious magician stunts?

I'ts also quite obvious that madde is the "young, trying to prove up to the family name / challenges" type.

[mild venture]

the Leary name is mentioned in chapter 1 of the Manhwa after Michele and her finish the simulated battle

reminder that the entire Manhwa can now be read easily in English for those who missed it (desktop optimal, tablet largely compatible)

https://www.legendkeeper.com/app/cmk6da4go675u0jo1e9xc4re3/rp6cl101/

[lone sierra]

Also in Maddalena story, Her sculpture was signed with the surname Leary

[mild venture]

Just now seeing that they had the concept of the air rail/sky tunnel since the beginning. I love the idea. Imagine if Strinova had a single player campaign and there was a mission in it similar to that one train level from Uncharted 2.

[lone sierra]

Well, in Preton they still use freight trains), you can see it on Cauchy Street

[mild venture]

Right, that's also cool, I just want to see the Air Rail in action and preferably as some kind of set piece campaign mission

Guess I'll just have to find a way to write about it instead (it's already backstory in the fic I'm working on and wondering if I can throw in an important flashback to a battle that happened in it)

[lone sierra]

oh, and under the District 88 map there are passenger trains

[lone sierra]

I was thinking, what if the water on the maps in Strinova does not block strunification, but just in the strunified state, the properties of immersing in sleep manifest themselves, and therefore you can not soar after drinking soda?

[mild venture]

@dull elk Do we know anything about Sophia Lore Wise? I was looking over where she's been discussed and couldn't find anything. Also nothing in strinova.org

[dull elk]

Nope. Completely canned early concept IIRC.

[mild venture]

Righto, and like that, she's Flavia assistant/secretary/sword carrier

[lone sierra]

maybe she was mixed with Rafa and turned into Yugiri?)

[mild venture]

Maybe, but I'm just gonna go ahead and treat her like a standalone EU character.

[ashen otter]

plot twist julian turned into sophia then turned into chiyo

or it was sophia > julian > chiyo

[wraith parrot]

You can actually also see those at Windy Town

T spawn background mountains

[mild venture]

thighs lost in translation

[upbeat pilot]

Wait

What is going to happen once all of the spots are filled up?

[wraith parrot]

Oh yeah, You can also see it in CT

[upbeat pilot]

Do you know what will happen?

Because I don't think there will be any more factions

[graceful crown]

i see sky train, i think bioshock infinite.

[graceful crown]

cut character probably banished in the shadow realms. my guess is she was a pain to balance based on what raf translated from her abilities

[graceful crown]

what spots?

[upbeat pilot]

In the Factions list

[graceful crown]

if the devs are sane, they can just make the size expand or shrink the portraits to make more characters fit.

[upbeat pilot]

That is true

And hopefully they add in more elemental agents

[graceful crown]

please dont be cheese. that typing tick is too familiar

[upbeat pilot]

I had to switch because it is locked until 2028

And I tried to appeal my Account but discord is being a bum about it

Yeah

[graceful crown]

pizdets

[upbeat pilot]

My Account is not locked out by my standing is screwed

[graceful crown]

thats ban evasion

[upbeat pilot]

I never got banned

[graceful crown]

thats evasion of some kind

[upbeat pilot]

No it is not

I am only limited

Which means that people can't see my messages unless they click on a button

And I didn't even do anything wrong

[graceful crown]

yes deserved

[upbeat pilot]

It just locked me out

Change your password

[graceful crown]

learn your lesson about being annoying and ffs why did you do an epstein joke in general

[upbeat pilot]

I never did

Wtf

[digital beacon]

not ban evading the server too, but also discord?

[graceful crown]

well you did a joke that was too fucking edgy you got muted

[digital beacon]

[dull elk]

Not 100% sure it's a ban - definitely was flagged as a likely spammer.

[mild venture]

i wish to never think about that game again

[still bough]

Someone told me on a different server about her

For starters, can you confirm you mean a "sofia" (edit: I should have included "I know that's not her real name" tbh but it sounds like it lol) which flavia mentions when she dies ingame?

[dull elk]

It's Sylvia, and that's referring to her ||currently deceased|| sister. Consult https://strinova.org/wiki/Flavia/Story/Character_Story

[still bough]

yup

but I asked first to confirm that's what he's referimg to

it sounds like "sofia" when flavia says it, but yeah it's actually sylvia

you kinda spoiled it but I should have known someone would before I got the answer 😅

[mild venture]

I posted a picture of her, clearly by design it's not Sylvia and given that Sylvia || is dead before the war ||Sophia and her can't be the same person.

Which is why I asked RAF if we knew anything about her (because if anyone here knows he does) and since not, well, now there's room to decide exactly who she is in the Fanon for at least what I'm working on.

[still bough]

I get it, mb, I guess I'm the only one that ever missheard that phrase as Sofia hahaha

So there's an actual Sophia character huh.

[mild venture]

No, she was an idea that never made it to the end product and hasn't shown up anywhere in the lore

[still bough]

A more recent misshearing: When cielle says "let's hope it's the chill room" I CLEARLY hear "lets hope it's the children" 😂

[mild venture]

Hence why I was saying that I'm going to make her into Flavia's personal confidant and what not. Like Walter to Integra Hellsing in, well, Hellsing

[still bough]

must be one of those mixed alpha concepts

[mild venture]

What is that?

[still bough]

well u know, how certain characters in strinova alpha looked very different or plain mixes of the existing

[mild venture]

Oh thats what you meant

Nah, she has an entire kit that never made it out of the concept development phase. Also presumably they weren't going to give PUS 2 snipers compared to Scissors 1.

[dull elk]

(and that's before you mention that kit is a sorta bonkers Controller/Support hybrid)

[mild venture]

Its cool af from my recollection last reading it and I kinda want it in the game anyway

[dull elk]

Weapon - Blue Sky (Sniper Rifle, Remington MSR)

Active Skill - Leisurely Sky
Sophia shoots a ray of light into the sky. Allies within this area cannot be detected by any means, whilst also gaining Temporary Armor and increased rate of fire.

Passive Skill - Clear Skies
Sophia ignores any line-of-sight barriers from thrown items and her own abilities. Enemies standing within range of her Active Skill will take additional damage over time.

Ultimate Skill - Deep Blue Sky
Sophia’s next shot splits into three beams of light, granting allies the ability to ignore line of sight as well as improved spread control and increased rate of fire.

[mild venture]

can't be worse than what Mara did

[dull elk]

So...Active Skill that creates stealth zone (but you can shoot OUT of it) + Temp Armor + RoF increase, and deals DoT.
A sniper that ignores any line of sight barriers (anti-Smoke...which IIRC is like the KEY lynchpin in attacker strats).
Ult that gives ally RoF + Spread Control + anti-Smoke, presumably.

From what I can tell, the combo of second Sniper + disregard of Smoke grenades would be enough to tick people off. Not as much as S3 Mara, but definitely the higher ELO players.

[mild venture]

I also just want to see visually what it would look like

[ashen otter]

i thought sophia was a fanmade/ai generated char

[sleek remnant]

I'm going to assume this is in jp or something, sounds like she's clearly saying slyvia in en

Also a little late but while smokes are very important she might have been designed with old meredith a2 and the bulletproof barrier deployable in mind

The fact she gives buffs on top of that though is a bit much

[blazing pewter]

theres a video on bilibili with a bunch of scrapped characters but I cant find it

[lone sierra]

Wow, that's scary

Guys, if we get the captain of the ship as a character, what abilities is she (or maybe he) possible?

[lone sierra]

Oh, and I found this, on the Wright Campus map.

[dull elk]

(that's a map of the Pleiades star cluster)

[graceful crown]

unironically, the active is ult level in strength while the passive should be an active in a nerfed form. the ult is just cancer

[merry epoch]

bon voyage

[mild venture]

with just art or kit write ups like Sophia posted above? I can repost the art if people want it here

[blazing pewter]

Concept art mostly

[mild venture]

hang on then

Personally I'm glad a lot of these didn't make it, Sophia's feels like one of the few that keeps with the general art direction they leaned into. I know blue hair at the bottom got repurposed-redesigned into a bit of a mascot. Green design on the first one feels like the only one that fits

I presume this was a rejected Fuschia design. Or eventually the character that became her

[blazing pewter]

Ceceeeeeeeee3eeweeee3e3e3e3333333333ee3

小弥

[sleek remnant]

These definitely feel like designs from an entirely different game

Granted alpha calabiyau is so different from today artstyle wise

While i personally prefer the more "tacticool" stuff none of it would fit the game in its current state

[ashen otter]

Maybe designs based off of other games

[sleek remnant]

Possibly, kinda reminds me of Girls Frontline character splash art

[still bough]

those smaller characters would be an aiming nightmare hahaha, I guess they stayed sort of consistent with sizes.

[spare ore]

the 4th char looks peak tbh

would play

[mild venture]

she looks like she belongs in a different property. Maybe a bit of redesign would fix it but i'd more expect her in GFL

[spare ore]

ah

fair enough tbh

[graceful crown]

i think some of the devs liked AL

[blazing pewter]

are you talking about the first one?

[mild venture]

yeah I got that sense too

[graceful crown]

her

like if Enty was in Kan Colle and she was sakura empire

[blazing pewter]

She gave me more gfl vibes that what i see in azur lane

[graceful crown]

fair gfl 1 does look a lot like that also

[wise palm]

I like the look of Leo. Might be interesting to see her design modified to better fit the current visuals.

[graceful crown]

looking at it more, the styles feel very eclectic

[urban flume]

Ai pics?

[graceful crown]

not sure but it seems more kitbash and a search for visual identity

[lone sierra]

Is Eika Ming's cousin? Or is Ming calling Eika's father Uncle just a Preton tradition?

[dull elk]

It's "Sister" in the colloqual Chinese sense used to refer to someone older than oneself. (think like how -san is used in anime)

[weak gust]

More like Meredith

She even shares details like the open back that still covers the chip

[mild venture]

that's true, her demeanor lines up well too

[still bough]

Does everyone here also want GFL "dark fantasy" style skins in this game?

(like the alpha ones)

I've suggested it a few times through feedback

[graceful crown]

gonna clash woth current art style so no not unless theybmake something equally as dour

[blazing pewter]

When they bring julian back they will bring back the alpha looks (never)

[dull elk]

Nay, six more marketable anime zombie waifus be upon ye

[merry epoch]

Ming is Eika's aunt

Eika's father is Ming's brother

[ashen otter]

its chinese and japanese way of calling familiar folks

like oji-san and oba-san

[digital beacon]

you know what this reminds me of? that forgotten gen1 hololive girl

or ones that have issues with

[mossy kayak]

hey

[lone sierra]

Then why does Ming call him uncle?

[wise palm]

I assume it's a case of "you have been close enough to an uncle figure in my life that I might as well call you my uncle."

[graceful crown]

community centric society thing (this isn't just in asia but it's very widespread there). if you are close to someone, you consider them family. this is like the term babushka for beloved old ladies according to the western perception of eastern european pop culture.

[lone sierra]

I've already figured that out, it's just that the person above called Eika's father a brother to Ming.

[weak gust]

The more I look at this picture the more I am reminded of Perimeter

I don't have any direct evidence, but I am 100% convinced that game is a major inspiration lore-wise

I mean the game by K-D Lab from early naughts. I am not sure if posting a Steam link would be considered advertisement, even if the actual intent is comparison and commentary.

Point is, there is a LOT in common, starting from "Corridor" as a peculiar term where most would use "portal" or something similar, continuing with the factions... There's really a lot and I struggle to point out the exact parts.

And I believe I already mentioned that bablo is literally a russian slang term for money, so at least one of the devs knows enough Russian to have possible contact with the game

[graceful crown]

I should be grading my students but what you said was interesting and yeah, first paragraph if the plot in wikipediea:

Humanity has undergone radical changes in society. Scientists and spiritual leaders became one and the same, calling themselves Spirits. The Spirits, foreseeing the inevitable destruction of Earth due to the ravages of our time, directed scientific efforts into the discovery of a new plane of existence: the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere acted as a conduit, providing means to reach another, untouched world, a new Promised Land, by jumping between flat worlds within the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere is appropriately named, as the various worlds resemble the thoughts and actions that have occurred upon Earth during its history. The Spirits then embarked upon the construction of massive floating city-ships called Frames, which could house hundreds of thousands of people for an indefinite period of time. With the Frames completed, the Spirits sent them forth into the Psychosphere with the intent to lead their people to the Promised Land, leaving Earth behind forever.

is like the old lore of strin

"for it was soon discovered that the Psychosphere reacted to negative emotions; causing creatures known as Scourge to erupt out of the very ground and attack"
guess crystallines were coming one way or another

the three factions are just like ripped from perimeter:

the Exodus who continued to follow the guidance of the Spirits and seek the Promised Land, the Harkback who reject the rule of the Spirits and seek to return to Earth, and the Empire who reject the Spirits, the idea of the Promised Land, and Earth, seeking to establish a cybernetic Human empire within the Psychosphere itself.

urbino is exodus, empire is pus, scissors is harkback

[weak gust]

Yes

[weak gust]

The main difference is that P.U.S. is essentially Exodus that transitioned into Empire

As in, they already left Earth

[mild venture]

well dang

[weak gust]

To be exact, Psychosphere reacts to pretty much everything, but since everyone has involuntary thoughts and those include fears, the Scourge is one of the most common manifestations. Amd many of those images are rather common, like insects or spiders

[weak gust]

Here's the visual of the Perimeter the game is named for being deployed

The in-game visuals are different, as this one is supposedly a prototype design

[weak gust]

Funnily, one of Solo's skins is called Perimeter

[lone sierra]

What if ||the explosion in the space laboratory after Season 4 was the Solstice Incident? After all, it was a laboratory for studying the possibility of travel in space and TIME, and at the beginning of Season 5, the Navigator would have discovered the ability to travel back in time.|| spoiler to the 4 season story

[stiff magnet]

1. It was just Meredith using the bablo they got in S1 to most likely see if it has enough energy to open the space rift.
   Scissors are too calm when things blow up.
2. Navigator already can reach through space and time using the "staff" (the bracelet he ended with) He can see into the future and the past...and alternate dimensions.

[lone sierra]

||I know what caused the explosion, but it was said that it sounds the same as the solstice incident, my theory is that it is the same explosion, just moved back in time||

||By the way, I'm talking about the explosion that was caused by New Bethlehem, which replaced some of the variables in Meredith's calculations||

[dull elk]

!!!

[lone sierra]

Mb old story is back?)

[dull elk]

Maybe? Or they're referencing it with the whole Echo thing.

[blazing pewter]

Only if this is a dream

[merry epoch]

omaigotto

I think this is the newer universe

Human Corridor (subsequently named Humanity's) was destroyed in the Eden disaster some eighteen years ago (SS4)

[mild venture]

have we actually gotten any story content yet from the seasons like this though? Or are they still just on character stories periodically?

[lone sierra]

Well, Scissors, as an organization, was created in order to restore the Human Corridor.

[primal ivy]

I have no idea how accurate this is but some guy on tieba made a tree showing statuses of each character

[lone sierra]

this is Michelle's father? Then it's a pity that Lawin's friend isn't included in this diagram.

[dull elk]

Mostly accurate but w/ some mistakes.

[blazing pewter]

That is george lee

[mild venture]

We could definitely rebuild and expand upon this in the LegendKeeper with the boards tool

And then we could link everything with sub articles where each one links to a character profile page

That's gonna be added to the queue of things to do with it

[weak gust]

The Frame of Harkbackhood has planted its roots

[mild venture]

Do we have a high rez image of the CYHQ symbol anywhere?

Also I swear I saw a symbol for New Bethlehem at some point but it is 3 AM here and I might be hallucinating

[manic plover]

Julian 2

Anyways

[manic plover]

I can’t wait for the next lore drops

[dull elk]

That relationship chart is the only place I’ve seen that image. Or mention of a CYHQ to begin with. Also don’t recall seeing a NB symbol.

[mild venture]

Man, if only I still had that one vector making software

[stiff magnet]

It's gonna be 10 long days xD

[mild venture]

Oh wait, Affinity Photo has something that'll substitute for vectorwork

Wew, guess I'm trying my hands again at this for the first time in over 10 years.

Soon ™

[lone sierra]

Very long, for us

[stiff magnet]

I fear having any expectations of IDS actually finally pushing the story from year back, especially 'cause last time they said there's no plans to expand the story currently. So I really hope they changed their mind.
A lot of us rely solely on the story and characters to keep us playing the game.

But nothing would make me happier xD

[lone sierra]

Well, under the video with Cielle's song, there were a lot of requests to continue the plot.

[sleek remnant]

They will probably drip feed lore, don't expect too much

[stiff magnet]

Obviously.
Strinova started with really good story, so dropping it right before interesting things happened HURT

[sleek remnant]

China holds sway so no lore was their vote

[stiff magnet]

I'll take crumbs a this point

[merry epoch]

Isn't CYHQ just Opal with extra steps?

oh also isn't Amy just another name Michele used when she was befriending Eika?

[stiff magnet]

I had a talk about it with Raf and my friend - Azure a few weeks ago.
It's a nickname. Just like people call Eika "little Ei" she wanted to call Michele, her new friend, with a nickname, and the cute version of her name would be ami. If localized it's like Eika's calling her "Mishy"

阿 is added in front of Chinese names to make them sound cuter
米雪儿 > 阿米 (A mi) and we've got Amy

[primal ivy]

imagine we got cece instead of celestia

[mild venture]

bruh I wish they'd still give us the alpha designs

Look at this perfection, other than the Urbintendo switch on her hip next to her painting easel that's loaded for some reason

We know they made the models with physics in the game, really wish they'd just adjust them for the color palette shift - however [in]significant that would be - and release them

[cinder loom]

even more people would main her

[primal ivy]

https://t.bilibili.com/vote/h5/index?vote_id=562178#/result

[lone sierra]

Wait, is this official Strinova BillBilli account? Or just fan?

[blazing pewter]

Thats official

[lone sierra]

so, theoretically, they can came in to the game

[blazing pewter]

Its all just scrapped concepts at the end

[lone sierra]

the description of the new map says that it is located next to the fault to the sea of Strings, which means that the sea in the port of Euler, for example, is not a sea of strings, which explains why swimsuits exist

[stiff magnet]

The sea of strings is all around that's not stabilized and made into a "land", right?

basically - the space

[lone sierra]

It is also known that consciousness after the death of a Strynovian, if it has not been reconstructed, falls into a sea of strings (Meredith's story)

[stiff magnet]

Yes, it just floats in space

[lone sierra]

Opal - what kind of organization is this? It's supposedly the predecessor of PUS?

[dull elk]

As far as official material goes, they are one and the same, because Opal is the direct translation of 欧泊, which as best I can tell refers to what has been localized in Global to PUS.

There is the fan theory based on environmental details that PUS is simply the security arm of a larger Strinovan government referred to as PRISM, but as of now, there has been no explicit mention of PRISM or a larger government, just indirect hints.

[lone sierra]

Well, personally, I have my own theory about PRISM, that it's just a new name for the weapons testing department.

[dull elk]

Seems unlikely, as the Weapons Testing Department is already explicitly mentioned by name in Meredith’s Character Story.

[lone sierra]

It's just that if this is truly an organization that is higher than the PUS, then it's strange, because the PUS itself consists of a large number of departments.

[mild venture]

Well so does the Department of Homeland Security in America. Pretty sure several departments that existed before it now act under the leadership of the acting secretary over the DHS.

Also compartmentalization like this works for managerial-class bureaucracies who basically get to shield themselves whenever a department gets exposed as being "rogue" they don't have to take responsibility for it and at best will just replace the figurehead as some symbolic gesture to placate the public and let the department continue the crap it was already doing just a bit more discrete this time.

That or everyone has to agree on every decision made so that the blame is never on one person. The black comedy Death of Stalin highlights this (very funny movie might I add).

[graceful crown]

hey new lore direction soon. seems scissors are looking for the human corridor next season

[digital beacon]

fr

is this peak writing or flop writing

let's wait for it

[dull elk]

(we can hope. Please don't just be lip service...)

[blazing pewter]

pure copium

no lore is coming

[lone sierra]

This is not a new task for scissors, they originally wanted to open the corridor.

[graceful crown]

old task yes but it's the main focus for the next season

[lone sierra]

I know what will happen, they will collect enough Bablo crystals, one of the demonic lords of the crystallins (Lilith most likely) will come and absorb them.

[graceful crown]

eos announced too?

\j

[lone sierra]

No, it's just a funny theory.

[graceful crown]

hence the \j

can't do the classic slash j that means joke in reddit

/j

ok it worsk. just do the good ole \

[stiff magnet]

oooooor.... they will open corridor and we will have earth's connection with whoever remained alive there, allowing 4th - Earth faction

[lone sierra]

well, if they succeed, then just the whole of Preton (and possibly some of the other areas) will go to earth, trying to restore it with Bablo energy)

[stiff magnet]

We'll still have battle for resources

[sleek remnant]

They should add a 4th human faction so we can fulfil the fake one male per faction quota and get an extra playable dude in

[lone sierra]

well, we have a new Bethlehem (it's forsaken, but still...) and this faction

[graceful crown]

finally. more lore for ones.

maybe just maybe i'd come back

[lone sierra]

Even Raf doesn't know about this faction, the character's link table is the only place where it has met.

[lone sierra]

I suddenly wondered how to count the number of Bablo crystals? Do they have units of measurement like carats? if so, what is this unit called?

[granite fable]

What's Strinova lore even anyway

i think outbreak lore is canon

love your art ❤️ @ashen hearth

[digital beacon]

omg send link to send like

[lone sierra]

Yes, for now it's Canon

[primal ivy]

looking through the fanbook is really interesting

[ashen otter]

Fanbook? What?

[primal ivy]

idreamsky version of discord

also TIL Lyudmila was the old name for Yvette

[lone sierra]

wait 1947-1991, what...

[mild venture]

Is that chart the only place this symbol has been found? Are we sure the person who made it didn't just reuse some symbol from Ace Combat or something?

[mild venture]

Quick, someone start speculating reasons why people still on Earth wouldn't want anyone from Strinova coming back before the new season hits.

[dull elk]

Only other source for that symbol I could find is here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qQy042

[mild venture]

Oh so we do have a high rez version available, splendid, that saves me time from trying to recreate it

[lone sierra]

Wait, originaly Urbino was PUS?...

although this makes sense, because Hermes, who is the one who "Draws" the utopia, is in Urbino

[dull elk]

Judging from that ArtStation, it seemed to be old design stuff from the CBT, before the game had it's current design language/identity.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/o250nm

[mild venture]

dang, kinda wish we could find the full art for the rest of the canned character designs there

Also that particular art of Alpha Maddie, she seemed a bit more screws loose if that picture is any indicator

[lone sierra]

This concept shows that PUS has been an organization for a long time.

and here Urbino is called the Painting Utopia

[mild venture]

that is one loud coat man

[ashen otter]

Maddie having a switch on her waist

[mild venture]

Urbintendo Switch

right next to her painting easel that is loaded

nothing can possibly go wrong there

[dull elk]

"it gives it character" (also, pending Nintendo lawsuit)

[lone sierra]

Bai Group invests in all areas

[mild venture]

but at least she put a poncho around her waist to protect her shorts

"How do we signal she's a gamer and a painter to players?"
"I KNOW"

[dull elk]

-# "MOM I WANT STRINOVA FOR THE NINTENDO SWITCH!"

[mild venture]

Instead we get Nintendo Switch in Strinova

[atomic sand]

Seeing Alpha Michelle with P90 in hand is kinda insteresting.

[mild venture]

If you look at Michelle's other designs, it kinda feels like they went with the more boring option at least in regards to its presentation in game. It looks better in the Manhwa

[dull elk]

(also, rightmost is what would eventually become Ming, but with a Mk14 EBR instead of an AKM)

[mild venture]

yep

we should get that coat come up in a Ming skin at some point at least

[atomic sand]

Most alpha skins/character designs were actually great looking. Maddalena seriously needs to think at her former self. xD

[stiff magnet]

...Strinovians are Immortal, making them the Übermensch
Ties with my silly zohar theory that the universe of Strinova is essentially a string archive of human existence and memory. (Nietzsche says hi from chip skins)

[ashen otter]

This is strinovaaa

Technically the bodies can be modified at will etc

🤔

No?

[mild venture]

I was posting a few days ago about the Maddie Alpha design.

Also the only Nobu design I like outside of his default outfit (which is absolute peak) is his Alpha design

[dull elk]

...so then the people left behind on Earth hate them out of jealousy, basically. ("this is why we can't have nice things" logic)

[ashen otter]

Who's to say they didnt used to look like that lol and wanted a different outlook/personality wiped

[atomic sand]

i did saw that, but i rarely write anything anywhere in general.

[mild venture]

Well... wouldn't by converting back to flesh and blood by going back to Earth they'd be mortal again?

[stiff magnet]

more like they're scared that Mere with gang will want to rule the Earth. And given Meredith's character, she maaaay have some aspirations xD

[mild venture]

Go back to my theory that Earth Humans are Jealous of Strinovans because Strinovans made anime real

[stiff magnet]

xDDD

[atomic sand]

What if they do indeed find/fix the human corridor, but due to the time they were in Strinova, would cause their bodies to rapidly age/degrade to compensate for the 'immortality' they had when they return? Okay,.. i think too out of line.

[mild venture]

granny Meredith

[atomic sand]

i mean, she is over 100 years old at this time so..

[mild venture]

Meredith with a hearing aid, walker, and prune juice shouting about Akasha, Anubis, and Sea of Strings with her dentures falling out

[atomic sand]

'I remember being immortal, and be able to manipulate sand particles'
'Sure granma, let's get you to bed'

[lone sierra]

In the manhua, this was possible without outside intervention (That's what Ming did), but based on the Chinese lore video (here's a photo from there), this requires paying the artist.

[ashen otter]

When you your own painter

[lone sierra]

my theory is that the problem is Lilith, who can literally hypnotize people, and the only reason she hasn't started a full-scale takeover of Strynova yet is because she enjoys observing people. What if the corridor allows not only people but also Lilith to pass through?

Do we have at least one image of what the navigator looks like?

[dull elk]

Nope, because IDS has no aspirations besides having him be a faceless self-insert for all your harem fantasies.
-# /disgust

[stiff magnet]

" The mysterious pair of ears sprouting from Meredith’s head.
Some people speculate that she obtained them after modifying her own string sequence. This process is extremely dangerous and should not be attempted without expert knowledge. "

[lone sierra]

Oh...

[mild venture]

but then we have that one chip skin of Celestia with children and several have animal ears

Lore be whack

[mild venture]

look at Proxy from ZZZ
Adjutant from Snowbreak
Stella(right?) from Star Rail
And the WuWa player character

He looks like that

[stiff magnet]

you can request kemono avatar to be drawn for your kid

[lone sierra]

This is Elmond

[lone sierra]

I don't find it, do you have image of it?

[mild venture]

Ah it was only one

[mild venture]

pretty sure Elmond is also the city in the intro cutscene where Lawine gets blasted by her friend

[lone sierra]

Well, she ran away from headquarters, so it's quite possible.

Hmm, a DNA symbol, I think I've seen it somewhere.

[mild venture]

it's finally hitting me that Lawine's line about brightest memories shattering in Strinova is about her time with her friend that's lost due to her memory wipe and the fallout of her closest friend being perfectly fine with trying to kill her. Big reason why I like Sam Slade's portrayal of her because despite the cool calm there's an edge of pain to her delivery.

[lone sierra]

We have so many possible new characters, from Lawin's friend and the Artist from the Chiyo clan to the two remaining Sages from Scissors and a few more directors of Urbino.

[mild venture]

I need a term to describe the health of a strinovan body when struck by Bablo rounds since health sounds way too gamey and detached. Do we have any terms for it? Since it isn’t reversestring tearing at string sequences nor normal rounds producing physical pain and damaging the body normally. What can we call this?

Context if it helps:

“Drat!” She yelled before firing anyway in the general direction of her enemy. Yugiri stringified and became flat against the ground as all but two rounds missed her. One was absorbed by her partially recovered shield while the other struck her 2D form uninhibited.```

Only thing I can think to call it is something like “Frame Stability” but that sounds off

[ashen otter]

i like to go with fragments

uwu

like data fragments

[graceful crown]

she really likes dogs. wait whered you get that?

[mild venture]

Michele did speak of data transference in the Manhwa after the explosion so I'll figure some way to describe data in that way in a shorthand

[stiff magnet]

CN wiki.
And yes, she loves dogs.
Even has one named Nile xD

[mild venture]

while i'm on a small lore bit. Has the name of the phone equiv ever came up? I've been calling it Liteband

[dull elk]

Closest you’ve got to that is a Star Pad, used to refer to the tablets Astral Sanctuary uses.

[sleek remnant]

Meredith is a dog lover because she's based and she knows which is the superior household pet

[lone sierra]

Wait, the bablo bullets? Do we even have this type of bullet?

[mild venture]

Yeah I asked some questions about this about a month or so ago because there’s a ton of bullets flying in the fic I’m working on.

As I understand it:
Normal rounds: Hurt but can’t kill
Bablo Rounds: [Maybe] don’t hurt but can kill/deconstruct. These are the bullets used in every instance in multiplayer matches in-game.
Reversestring Rounds: Designed to literally kill a Strinovan (in a permanent sense), used for stage 3 collapse syndrome (or whatever stage they become basically enhanced zombies with guns)

[digital beacon]

bablo melee weapon?

[graceful crown]

guess thats the ninjato

[lone sierra]

Hmm, what if the explosion at the end of season 4 was the cause of the outbreak? besides the fact that Galatea could not have been in Bethlehem, what else contradicts this?

[dull elk]

The fact that Operation Restraint specifically cites the Komos Tower bombing as the cause of Outbreak.

A bombing orchestrated by The Scissors destroyed the Komos Tower in Preton, blurring the boundaries between the True Wilderness and the Stable Zone. Urbino has been entrusted with the reconstruction and repair effort, during which sightings of large creatures have been reported, and workforce members have gone missing. A new, aggressive, infectious force—the Crystallines—have emerged!

[lone sierra]

Bombing and the explosion... as we know, Elmond news not always saying truth)

[dull elk]

That's not a problem of unreliable narration from Elmond news, it's the literal event description.

The cause? Maybe. But not the chain of events, lest you're saying that the literal events people are seeing with their eyes are illusions.

[graceful crown]

funny retcon if they do do that

[dull elk]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

[graceful crown]

ibs do not have the guts for that. only the ones they let you rearra... my lawyers has informed me not to continue the statement

[dull elk]

...yeah, no. Not when the source material of that specific quote is [REDACTED] in [LOCATION EXPUNGED].

[graceful crown]

we can make a certain jeff's file joke out of this

[weak gust]

Urbino is the Exodus. Perimeter that very likely was a huge inspiration, has Exodus as the starting faction of the story.

[weak gust]

I think I saw this exact one in Stellaris

[weak gust]

There's no real competition here. Cats aren't pets in the first place

[novel marsh]

What is the general shape of Strinova as a place? Is it even a spherical planet in the first place? Or a dimension, like a DnD elemental plane? Is it an endless sea of the True Wilderness, with only occasional pockets of Earth-like geometry created by Komos towers? Or does it "spontaneously" fold into "normal space" by itself from time to time? Or is it completely the other way around, where it is a "normal" planet with "normal" and mostly stable geography, and the "string stuff" is a disturbance on top of it, like a separate biome or a weather event?

And if it's more on the "it's True Wilderness everywhere except here" side, then what's the point of Port Euler in specific? Where do the ships go once the local pocket ends and the sea stops? Do they just float above the cubes? Or do they carry mini-stabilizers along with them?

Oh, and if it's at all explained anywhere, when the "normal space" manifests one way or another, is it something like "removing the noise", i.e. it's already there intrinsically in some form or another, and the Komos towers simply make it manifest in a stable fashion? Or is it constructed by the towers using Bablo/strings/whatever as some kind of material, and impose it on top of the True Wilderness that is a formless baseline? If, hypothetically, a Komos tower would be destroyed and rebuilt anew, would it be "restoring what was always there", "imposing the same thing again" or "collapsing into something usable anew, we can't ensure it's a continuation or a repeat, but at least it will be something"?

[lone sierra]

[lone sierra]

the stable Strinova zone is already very large, most of the people from earth live in it (those who did not die during the disaster on earth), in my opinion, there should definitely be more than 1 billion

[lone sierra]

well, it's difficult to explain what the Strinova space is, but if you're familiar with physics, you might understand the term Calabi-Yau space. Additionally, there's a chip described as a "glow from the depths of string energy, resembling a sunrise."

Wait, so it's been a box of string sequence recordings all this time.

[dire grail]

I think ya all need to figure out why Eika is so crazy

[graceful crown]

yep. it's more like a plane of existence in a planescape or mtg way

[graceful crown]

anime

[dire grail]

Anime?

[graceful crown]

this is correct but euler works because the sea euler connects to is in "real space"

[graceful crown]

off hand comment. basically saying, "she seems crazy to us because she is tame in anime sense"

[dire grail]

This makes no sense to me

I don't even understand what you're saying

[graceful crown]

the way i see it, komos tower coheres the area so like removing noise but removing the noise basically means creating something from the chaos

[dire grail]

[graceful crown]

she is normal is all i am saying

[dire grail]

Huh

Right

[graceful crown]

just a normal kid who got powers while living in a relatively shitty town

[graceful crown]

so basically both coexist unless shiinake can correct me and base it on actual string theory this game likes to dress itself in (the cn name, calabiyau, is literally the name of a shape consequential to the study of irl string theory)

[lone sierra]

she literally grew up on Ming's stories, and that's why she wants to be just as cool, but after participating in the battle, she realized that it's really scary

[graceful crown]

yeah. forgot the "radicalized child joins insurrection too young"

[atomic sand]

Didn't she join, even if not fully because she still works for her family diner, because Ming suggested it for her as a 'good idea'?

[graceful crown]

well militias need to feed themselves

[graceful crown]

well she is fighting exclusively for scissors. she did join in my books

[atomic sand]

A presumably 16 years old girl, hearing adventurous and heroic stories by a good friend of hers, decides to help them when needed. How did she get her hands on a gun and how can she use it well? Scissors do have some questionable ethics toward young people..

[graceful crown]

well at least we know that mich's age is unknown

so pus undecided scissors 0

[atomic sand]

Didn't Michelle join by her own volition/and to protect her father from a 'shame' before he collapsed?? <Not sure about this one so don't bite me immediately.

[graceful crown]

well im just talking about ages

[atomic sand]

Except non cannon wiki stuff, the only somewhat reasonable age we know of, i think, is Meredith, which is over a 100. I could speculate that Michelle and Eika would have the same/similar age.

[stiff magnet]

She was born a after corridor was destroyed (s4 story), so her just like Eika are actually 16

[lone sierra]

and Lawine technically can't be 21 since she completed the Corridor when she was already of legal age

[mild venture]

yeah the ages make no sense in some cases as RAF has pointed out several times. Lawine is at least 34 (18+16) in terms of actual lived years. Strinova aging seems to slow to a crawl once you get around 16,17,18 as I just presume Kokona is older as well.

[merry epoch]

michele is supposedly 25-26

also isn't Meredith somewhere like 5x-6x?

because over 100yrs people start suffering collapse syndrome

[lone sierra]

Meredith is inherently more susceptible to collapse syndrome than others due to the nature of her string sequences, and she has not yet suffered from collapse syndrome.

[merry epoch]

then it proves my point

[lone sierra]

and it also doesn't depend on age, for example, Audrey, who is clearly not 100 years old, suffered from collapse syndrome, and also in Michelle's story there was a child with collapse syndrome

[merry epoch]

isn't Audrey the same case as George Lee (game lore)?

medically-induced collapse syndrome

[lone sierra]

Why? Wasn't Michelle already born in Strinov, like Eika?

[merry epoch]

wait, is her?

it's unlikely

[atomic sand]

Michelle was born on Earth, Eika in Strinova

[lone sierra]

Audrey's collapse syndrome was caused by a strong outburst of emotions.

[merry epoch]

probably her second time was caused by some kind of chemicals

her first time might be like that

but there is little known about her first time contacting the disease

[lone sierra]

Well, the second time the navigator cured her)

[mild venture]

Michele was born about the same time as the Sunset disaster and Eden's fall as her Dad says in s4. That makes her roughly 16

replying to @merry epoch

[merry epoch]

I think Michele was born shortly before Earth's fall

you can take Kokona as a scale

[mild venture]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1243451742050582568/1439898847282462732/image.png?ex=69aa93cd&is=69a9424d&hm=fd3b107b486f6c3402fc0e663d506ea3445fc53295bbdd926d4d87007dda75bd&

[merry epoch]

wait what

what seasonal story was that?

[mild venture]

s4

[lone sierra]

By the way, regarding birth, if people are capable of being born in Strinova, then what do they inherit from their parents? That is, in real life, half of each parent's genes are passed on, but in Strinova? Are some of the nodes of the string sequence copied?

[merry epoch]

human lives pretty much the same on Strinova as on Earth, so maybe

[merry epoch]

regarding this, I think either that was terrible lore-building or the Sunset disaster happened longer ago

but the second one is unlikely, due to Eika being a 16yo

[lone sierra]

In the fourth season, it was also said that the solstice cataclysm occurred 18 years ago.

[merry epoch]

in the manhua (non-canonical), Michele is already graduated from police school

[merry epoch]

what was it again?

I forgot

[lone sierra]

the destruction of Eden as a result of a massive reverstring storm

[merry epoch]

isn't the destruction of Eden = Sunset disaster?

[mild venture]

reread s4, the Sunset disaster happened, and then shortly thereafter Eden was swallowed in Reversestring Storms

[lone sierra]

Yes, I just didn't write the title quite correctly)

[merry epoch]

So something we did get from the convo:

• Eika was born two years later since the Sunset disaster
• Michele was supposedly born at that timeframe (shortly after the disaster), but the lore materials said otherwise
• If true, it is proven that both of them were born in Strinova

-# I don't care much about this as both of them can be my wife and none of that matters

But it also says that Strinovian society functions no differrent from Earth society

so it's very unlikely for a 18yo to be an official investigator

[lone sierra]

Young Bai mo

[dull elk]

This is not lore, but headcanon - I'd like to think that Michele, given her pedigree and father, is a bit of a prodigy and thus was fast-tracked into Investigator qualifications. That or the other theory that I run with that the "listed" in-game ages are non-canon and simply there as essentially "age reference artist's notes." Where the actual physical age of Strinovans either runs by Kydros' theory (aging conveniently slows around adolescence/early adulthoold) or Ahi's theory (awakening Superstring powers stops aging).

[sleek remnant]

The only characters age I feel like you can explicitly confirm to some degree is Eika's, because in pretty much all lore relevant content she appears in she's a high schooler which would match her given age

[lone sierra]

Perhaps Michelle was admitted faster because she is a Superstring, which is highly valued in the PUS

[weak gust]

Why would Strinovans age when the bodies can be easily made to order for any desired age?

I'm more interesting in how growing up works

How does the mental sequence change and how is it different from the memory sequences added to it

[ashen otter]

Id like to go with you got an empty harddrive with arbitrary storage value, some folks have less some are more and the once they cap out they finished growing up and then they modify/wipe certain sectors for memory building

So the young folks stopped aging early so that they could reprogram/use more memory/space for other stuff/ superstring powers lol

While older folks have less random shiz idk lol

[dull elk]

As a sort of answer to both, the running CN theory is that Strinovans have both a physical sequence (the body itself) and a consciousness sequence (the soul) - hence why physical destruction of the body via. non-Reverstring means doesn't result in death.

I'd probably wager that the physical body still grows/has all the normal bodily functions of a normal human being, except with anti-aging technology and/or some anti-aging properties with Superstrings.

Rule of thumb in my head is "presume X thing works like it does real life unless specified otherwise."

[ashen otter]

So like if you dont do maintenance you likely to crash and lose everything- collapse syndrome

[dull elk]

(actually, correction - the CN theory I'm referring to mentions three parts - physical, memory, and consciousness)

[ashen otter]

Young folks tad routinely maintain themselves hence delayed collapse syndrome

[weak gust]

That's exsctly why I want yo know tye difference

How does development discern between the two

[dull elk]

Physical = physical body. The more I think about it, it could be either a case of they don't age at all OR do. Canon doesn't really make a distinction nor explore that at all.
Mental = memories. This is the stuff that, at least according to PUS theories, leads to Collapse Syndrome when memory leakage occurs and thus gets reset w/ Restoration.
Consciousness = Essentially the soul/sentience of an individual human. Stays sane and undamaged unless hit w/ Reverstring or subsumed into Strinova via. Crystalline conversion.

Can't exactly be definitive about the physical side, as I do kinda like the Morsealworth idea that Strinovan bodies just don't age in the standard way. If so, then it has some potentially interesting ramifications on how childhood works.

It could be something like "once a child has been deemed to reach a certain maturity, they get transferred into a larger physical body to match" (and all the social ramifications it has when you introduce a timegated physical growth system and couple it with the probable monetary cost associated with creating new Strinovan bodies).

Or, heck, the question of "reproduction is obviously possible in Strinova, but how the heck does it work?"

(the easy way out is, as mentioned, the "presume X thing works like in real life unless specified otherwise," but the ambiguity around how "growing up" in Strinova works does leave room for theories like this)

[lone sierra]

We need a physicist who studies string theory to get some of the answers.

[graceful crown]

well im just talking about ages

[granite fable]

i don't even know what's their ages

I'll just assume that they're in their 30s.
and short agents in their 20s

[lone sierra]

So, in this comic, Nobunaga caught a cold, does this mean that Strynovians can get sick? and what does this lead to?

[ashen otter]

🤔

[mild venture]

just occurred to me that a real hack for Superstring maneuverability is to string glide but be carried by a drone kind of like a hang glider

Ofc Lawine in Season 1 just followed an updraft to Komos tower but the drone hack doesn't need an updraft to work

[dull elk]

Yep, albeit not without its downsides (insert EMP, hacking, or signal jamming here).

[atomic sand]

That got me curious. If someone stringifies, can someone else pick them up, bend them a few times and forcibly stuff them into their pockets? Meaning they wont be able to stringify back? Or it doenst work like that and i think too out of line?

[dull elk]

No, that’s a fair thought. I’d wager probably not to THAT degree. but there’s at least some ability to fold (given the in-game ability to run around corners Stringified).

[atomic sand]

Knocking someone out while they are stringified 'could' have a possibility to fold them around, unless it unstringifies them in the process. Not sure if it needs to be with consent, since i remember that Michelle's ultimate is in her pocket, always folded, ready to be used.

Infiltration would now have a whole different meaning. But i don't believe they themselves can fold that much, since we mostly see them fold at corners.

[lone sierra]

Michel stringified an inanimate object; all superstrings have this ability, so I think to pocket someone, you need their consent.

[lone sierra]

Hm, new supestrig, who glide on the drone like Lifeline from Apex

[mild venture]

believe me when I say I'm going to milk the idea of stringifying for everything it can/should do in the fic. There are at least 3 examples alone in Fragrans vs Yugiri fight i just wrote

[atomic sand]

go ahead, but at least tell me later how milked it got. xD

[mild venture]

i will happily show you (man I wish I could get this story done faster so I could share it rather than just talk about it)

[manic sundial]

what a gender of Kanami?

[dull elk]

[mild venture]

yes

[manic sundial]

yes

[blazing pewter]

Not ai generated meow

[manic sundial]

Kanami is a guy?

[blazing pewter]

Ok im rewatching some of the old PVs and what is katopia

I can guess its a merge of kachu and utopia but I have never seen this

[mild venture]

Do we have any idea how long before the Strinova migration Earth was royally messed up exactly?

It couldn't have been too long considering it seemed to have happened when Lawine was an adolescent if her biography is any indication

[merry epoch]

Probably 75-100 years before the game

[mild venture]

It couldn't have been that long as I pointed out

[graceful crown]

problem is lawiwi is one of the last few refugees and mich's dad rescued her

[mild venture]

She couldn't have been younger than say, 9, for an extreme example before the calamity struck

[fading pagoda]

don’t they stay the same age after they like enter the world

[mild venture]

Thats what I expect. but I stated earlier Lawine is at minimum 34 actual years old

it's been 16 years since the Sunset Disaster and she was a young adult by the time of the migration

[fading pagoda]

lawine is 21 based on files, so either there she is 21 and stays the same age or the games code is just a. stupid thing that doesn’t matter (i once asked nova and she said they do)

[mild venture]

We have talked about this a lot at this point, please review previous conversations by RAF or others

and I spoke of actual lived years, not her age by appearance or maturity

[dull elk]

1. Not really. It's a bit weird given how a lot of stuff is in the air due to omission of details, but given the existence of Strinovan-born children, there's definitely at least some mechanism of growing up from child -> adult. Also, no aging != eternal youth necessarily.
2. "Age information is non-canon. They are never publicly stated but are available in the game files." Those listed ages that enough inconsistencies between them that I'd like to believe it's more an internal reference number for art purposes as opposed to anything definitive. Again, Point 1 about the whole aging weirdness.

[mild venture]

we really need to be able to pin more stuff here

Or we put this all in the LK

[graceful crown]

it's mostly for artist most likely. we have lore as written were celestia is older in code to koko but lore as written, koko is older than celes

[lone sierra]

So, on the Windy City map there are boxes that have the "Prism" symbol on them, but they are labeled "Hermes"

[sleek remnant]

Deep lore? Or developers reusing assets without updating them?

[graceful crown]

hermes is a canon company so possibly reuse

[lone sierra]

I know about Hermes, they just have a different emblem.

[atomic sand]

I never read any lore, but if I can blindly speculate: It was formerly one humongous company before it split itself (without giving players the knowledge of it). Prism stayed as the main Strinova authoritarian rule, with P.U.S is the military(maybe) and investigative side, while Hermes became mostly the import export of Strinova.
I might, or surely am, wrong, but I like to theorise wildly.

[sharp badger]

One of these things does not belong there

[weak gust]

Speaking of Hermes, I only now noticed that the particle accelerator used for Reconstruction is made by them

These guys are as omnipresent as Hammond Industries in Titanfall

[eager sphinx]

theres a lore channel tf ? never noticed

[lone sierra]

On the same map there are boxes with the correct symbol of Hermes drawn

[atomic sand]

These can be the new Hermes boxes, since these ones aren't wooden. Maybe Prism still has some stuff from old Hermes that was still active part of them, just unopened or unused.

[sleek remnant]

or just developer laziness

[wise palm]

Windy is a museum. Maybe the old hermes box is just what some of the items were stored in and are still in use.

[lone sierra]

The Windy City is not a museum, it hosts an exhibition, so it is not permanently there.

[mild venture]

Lmao the Navigator calling out Audrey for her tsundere

[sharp badger]

@rich dagger LOL

We need more navigator BM whenever Audrey keeps pretending she's not a tsun

[stiff magnet]

Hermes has multiple branches, and each logo coresponds to what they make?

[granite fable]

make sense

[lone sierra]

A new neighborhood? Or a New city

[blazing pewter]

City

if your wondering Le Brun City is what im currently translating the new map above as for now

[graceful crown]

ok where this from

[blazing pewter]

also just like usual we are not getting season lore

[lone sierra]

Urbino is building a new city (again)

[crimson niche]

can't wait for LeBron city!

[obtuse rain]

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-sunshine-lebron-james-sunshine-sunshine-lebron-you-are-my-sunshine-you-are-my-sunshine-gif-509896211431970290

[dull elk]

(勒布朗城)

[manic plover]

Lebron city 😭

[dull elk]

Lebrun City:
*A rising coastal city in the south, Lebrun City is defined by its prime harbor and strategic location. As urban renewal accelerates, soaring skyscrapers stand across the street from aging residential blcks, marking the crossroads of two eras."

(In other words, it's a coastal city undergoing recent renovation projects. As to literally any other details...nothing.)

[lone sierra]

so it's most likely located on the Seed peninsula?

[dull elk]

Not necessarily.

[wise palm]

Neutroville was having some urban renewal and is near a shore, right? Would that be another place to guess?

[dull elk]

Could be, nearby, actually. Neutroville does border the sea and is listed to have buildings that are a mix between modern and old like how Lebrun City is described.

[lone sierra]

I'm confused by this part of the city, it looks like buildings on the Seed Peninsula.

[blazing pewter]

I got the name right

[hearty cloud]

i just noticed that big chrome building looks like a leg

[naive shard]

LEBRUN JAMES

[blazing pewter]

LeBulb James

[naive shard]

Nah im not the goat

[blazing pewter]

Yes u are lebulb

THEBulb

[digital beacon]

yed

lebrun james

[lone sierra]

I think you've heard of a game called PGR. Well, it features two characters, Alpha and Lucia, who are technically the same person with different histories. Is it possible to replicate this in Strinova's environment? That is, copy the sequence of consciousness and use it simultaneously for two bodies.

[low nebula]

anyone here>

??

[sleek remnant]

Nobody knows

[graceful crown]

not sure about the two characters bit but gala swaps between bodies at will

and technically when you die, you dont. your consciousness is freed from a "physical" vessel and that consciousness can be transferred into a new body

[atomic sand]

That's where we, the Navigator(s), do one of our jobs. We lead the consciousness/'soul' into their new bodies.

[sharp badger]

thought this might be worth dropping since we haven't had a continuation of the story in so long - an hour long playlist of the lore so far in CN Strinova
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16u411H7po

[graceful crown]

i am illiterate. ok the copying bit has no precedence in lore but should be possible

[muted mason]

Ty for this, lorewise I'm soon cooked and this may help me understand it

[blazing pewter]

its just all the cutscenes, you could read it on the wiki tbh

cutscenes and story

[stiff magnet]

Some old Strinova lore from waaaaay back in 2021
It had some interesting concepts.

In the future, as superstring physics continued to develop, the Strinova six-dimensional space became confirmed.

While repairing a damaged lunar orbit station, humans accidentally discovered an entrance to this six-dimensional space.

In this world called Strinova, time and the real universe exist in parallel. Humans who enter it exist in a special form called “superstrings.”

巴布洛人 / Bablo people/ Now Superstrings

They are are beings formed from the fragments of human consciousness that entered the world of Strinova

After taking physical form inside the six-dimensional space, they gradually evolved into a new species native to that world - Superstrings

They can sense the thoughts of humans in the real world and are naturally able to move freely within the Strinova's space.

On December 12 of the old calendar, the Strinova's world officially opened, and humanity established Sistine. (That's clever name, means sixth born)

Sistine gathered many members of the “Human Protection Organization” from around the world and declared independence in 2063, formally creating a governing body responsible for maintaining order in the Strinova's world - PUS (yay, we have year!)

---

As the population of Strinova increased, resources began to concentrate in the hands of a few. Social contradictions gradually intensified, and opposition to the Strinova's world began to grow, eventually splitting the world into two camps.

During a large-scale conflict known as the “Stringification War”a massive explosion occurred within the space. (Sunset)
Large numbers of Superstrings disappeared from the world of Strinova.

[sleek remnant]

Man I would play a game with the old Calabiyau artstyle, it'd probably be hard to translate into 3d tho

[stiff magnet]

not really... look pgr

[sleek remnant]

I mean pgr is similar but I think it's environments suffer due to the limitations of being a phone game

[stiff magnet]

anything is possible
Having less cutsy environments would be neat

[graceful crown]

yeah, back then it was very ak inspired but then genshin's impact and its consequences were a disaster to main stream chinese games

[gaunt heath]

thank god they didn't get named Bablo People in the finalized ver

[stiff magnet]

🥀

[dull elk]

It's still possible to write and explore heavier stuff even if the initial artstyle/hook is the more colorful Genshin stuff (case in point, some of the things Genshin itself does). Unfortunately, Strinova has done very little to explore that (because goooooooon).

[weak gust]

Arknights: Endfield has a similar artstyle, I think

[weak gust]

So:

1. EVERYONE is a Superstring, that is simply a name for the humans translated into Strinova Calabi-Yau manifold space physics
2. The Frame and the Spirits are one, Legate

BTW, here are some P-files

https://vangers.fandom.com/ru/wiki/П-Файлы

Not necessarily easy to google-translate

If anyone needs, I could probably go and translate them myself, though it would take time

[lone sierra]

Everyone are superstring only in concept, for now it's not true

[weak gust]

If I understand right, Everyone is a Superstring, and the playable characters are Superstring agents

[stiff magnet]

Strinovians + those who awakened innate powers and have mark on the back of their neck being Superstrings.

Regular Strinovians can't fold into 2D, and have no enhanced abilities

[weak gust]

According to this text, a Strinovian and a Superstring are synonyms

[stiff magnet]

That was the ooooooooold lore. Before game existed.
And they were bablo people xD

[dull elk]

(canon makes a distinction between Superstrings and non-Superstrings. Insert the first CNY event and this)

[graceful crown]

that was 2021. now its different. superstrings are those who can flatten themselves

[lucid viper]

Damn, old Calabiyau had such a cool dark vibe

I do like the newer designs more though

But it wouldn't have been all that bad to keep some of the old dark atmosphere

[dull elk]

(me too, social_storm, me too)

[sleek remnant]

Endfield does not, OG arknights does but endfield is significantly lighter in tone

[mild venture]

A Russian Grandmother in OG Strinova is a Bablooshka

[stiff magnet]

I hate that I laughed at this xD

[dull elk]

ba dum tiss

[weak gust]

"Bablo" is uncountable for "babki", which is the (plural of) less polite form of the same word as "babooshka"

The term originally comes from coded language used by criminals

THen it turned into slang

[mild venture]

so I reverse engineered a pun w/o realizing it. Neat

well that's more like a recurve but w/e

[weak gust]

Yep

There's also a version that the original "babka" was Katherine the 2nd, as her portrait was on ruble notes during her reign (and she was the one to introduce paper money as one of economy reforms)

[past roost]

Do you think Navigator suffered from Collapse Syndrome? After all he at Celestia's Astral Sanctuary right? Could it be?

[mild venture]

he doesn't seem to remember his resume says he's well studied in Collapse Syndrome from university when Celestia brings it up during the og story so that's a strong possibility.

Also considering the game itself starts with Celestia sorta reminding the player who they are, there's that angle to look at it as well

[lucid viper]

Maybe the Navigator is Mr. John Strinova himself

[graceful crown]

as mich as that is a joke, the devs are taking it seriously

[red folio]

Why does Meredith have ears?

[dull elk]

IIRC some sort of "customization option" or a result of self-experimentation based on CN stuff that I can't recall the exact source of.

[red folio]

like, when she was resurrected?

or after she was resurrected?

She's straight up the only one with legit furry ears on her base outfit compared to literally all the other Superstrings.

[sleek remnant]

She just freaky like that

That stoic demeanor can't contain her desire for headpats and belly rubs

[lone sierra]

She likes Dogs

[sleek remnant]

I know

That is part of the joke

[cobalt owl]

хеллоу

[lean comet]

why does meredith have the strap in the middle that says 'STOP ENTER'

[stiff magnet]

Her old character file

[lone sierra]

According to the rules of the server, you can only speak English in the main channels.

[lone sierra]

This is a very necessary part of a high-tech combat uniform.

[lean comet]

elaborate pls.

[night pond]

Where U Guys Read strinova lore

[wise palm]

There’s a doc of the basics in the pins and it has links to other docs such as the translated character stories.

[stiff magnet]

bilibili

[arctic minnow]

WYM, now we got ugly fortnite

I'll rather PGR than Fortnite

[dull elk]

(if only)

[lone sierra]

I found a photo of some kind of location, I think it will be from Lebrun.

[stiff magnet]

Cute girls on banner

[lone sierra]

There Ming on PUS Banner...

[stiff magnet]

It's not Ming, but looks very similar

[lone sierra]

Oh, it's just old Strinova Map(

[sleek remnant]

Wow that artstyle is way different

[granite fable]

STRINOVA COOKING TIERLIST

Thank you for your help @stiff magnet
||source: #general-chat message||

reiichi's goated

[lone sierra]

The only thing Flavia knows how to cook is enemies.

[lone sierra]

Hm, why Fuchsia not with Kokona? She eats only tayaki

[granite fable]

true

fuchsia dorm when

[lone sierra]

she literally measures the amount received for a task in tayaki portions (this was in the Bai Mo story)

[merry epoch]

looks and feels like western tactical shooter

its closest eastern relative would be battle teams 2, a relatively dead game

(at least the VNese version)

[merry epoch]

somehow gives off pjsk vibe

[mild venture]

Hmm, what would be a good western equivalent of Celestia's/Xinghui's surname? I know it's Zhaolu which Papago says it's Morning Glory from the event title I grabbed off Billibilli

[dull elk]

Zhaolu seems like the most logical one to go with based on that one event, unless you want to go with the other, far more on the nose option of Starsong (which is from another one of those CN-only in-game events with fluff text).

[mild venture]

I am slightly peeved at this point just how often the word star is around Celestia. I know it's her thing but it's like being hit on the head with a wooden mallet with the word STAR on it.

[blazing pewter]

I would just use Hui Xing and take celestia as a nickname

[dull elk]

Respectfully, I disagree with that idea.

[mild venture]

I was aiming for the Anglicized foreigner name schtick for the purposes of what I'm working on. Like how some Asians in America have names like Zhiliang but say "Just call me Leon" (this was a guy I worked with) and then give their kids Anglo names but retain their surname

[blazing pewter]

The other name like zhaolu is kind of iffy though, xing is something I would use if I have to give her a family name

like you said the other events have other names

[mild venture]

When I was living in Korea, I did similarly and made my name pronounceable in Hangeul

[blazing pewter]

which already kind of puts the name in question

[dull elk]

As it is with a lotta things relating to Strinova lore, you can kinda do whatever. CN true name with Anglicized given name from the sound of it (though there are the obvious exceptions of those with surnames in both CN and EN - namely Michele Lee and the Leary sisters).

[hoary laurel]

We don't have this map though

[wraith parrot]

It looks like the beta version of the Campus map

[muted mason]

Praying for it to be next

https://tenor.com/view/lauma-praying-gif-genshin-gif-17728436496361832304

[stiff magnet]

Literally anyone can be next at this point 'cause they changed the queue.
Lawine would be nice, as she has a lot of character development in her dorm stories.
Or Kokona 'cause of the card game.

[mild venture]

as much as I want Lawine to be next, if they finally do a Scissor dorm I would put money on it being Kanami (if getting the VA back on isn't an issue)

[lone sierra]

Question: is Michelle's father also George in China, or is he pronounced something else?

[stiff magnet]

George Lee

[merry epoch]

probably Hongkonger with that name

if true, then his name would still be George

[mild venture]

y'know if the animals in Strinova are all actually simulacrum (or at least most of them) what's stopping someone from making some kinda of machine/monster in a similar way? Like forget the restraints of Earth Physics or technological limitations, you could create some kind of hologram polygonal snake beast thing that moves like a swarm of bees and can swallow people whole.

[weak pier]

someone probably smarter than yvette or meredith can I think

[dull elk]

In theory, nothing’s stopping you from making a digital Kaiju beside the obvious thing that PUS would probably shut it down once they find out given its threat to global…dimensional? order.

[wise palm]

Thinking of the Recreation program from the tabletop game Infinity, there could very well be a Strinovan equivalent for making simulacrums based off of creatures of legend (or other fictions).

Maybe this means some of the legendary gun skins styled off of dragons or other creatures are actual things in the city with questionable amounts of legality.

[manic plover]

wtf actual gritty tactical shooter

[manic plover]

omg so cute

[granite fable]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/898434065252876321/1485673888208916582/mara_hungry.gif

[lone sierra]

What are Lilith's abilities? She can definitely control the energy of Bablo, as she created her own bodies (she calls them her exoskeletons), and she can also hypnotize and become invisible. What else am I missing?

[stiff magnet]

She creates dreams, basing on your desires.

[merry epoch]

breeds you until you fall on your knee and beg her to stop

[graceful crown]

bruh

[fierce prawn]

Kokona dorm wen

[fierce prawn]

Game used to be different concept

[fierce prawn]

Mnnhh…cielle cooking

[frank idol]

in the lunar new year event where you can get those 3 bablo loot bags, it actually says bai mo can cook lmao

though you probably right that he prefers ubering lol

i think in the urbino lunar new year party bai mo and audrey had a cookoff

[sleek remnant]

Wasn't the "cook off" just Bai Mo ordering takeout?

[dull elk]

He was going to, but then Audrey challenged him to a cook off.

"Using someone else's food to show your 'heartfelt' thanks? The Bai family etiquette is truly... unique."

[lone sierra]

So, now we need to understand what kind of neighborhood this is, it looks like Neutroville after all.

[weak pier]

lore accurate tier list

[stiff magnet]

Brasil/Australia

ngl, upside-down map would be funny

[sleek remnant]

Definitely brasil, the soccer field is right there

Australia isn't as colourful

[stiff magnet]

bbno$ funded map

[weak pier]

seems like neutroville to me

[lone sierra]

Although this sea is similar to the one in Strian.

[stiff magnet]

Seems like new area, that will bring unafliated characters to the stor....gameplay.

[merry epoch]

italy 2.0?

I don't hope so

[night pond]

What call that map

[lone sierra]

Dont know

[night pond]

Its Beta Test Map?

Before they change name into Strinova

[lone sierra]

Alfa test

[night pond]

Look Like Port Eular

Similiar

[night pond]

Ouhh kk

Ia there Gonna Be New Agent After cielle?

Just Curious

Ermm guys

I Just See Old Strinova Looks like what

And i found this

BRUH I CANT SEND IMAGE

[granite fable]

i have no idea who that is

[night pond]

Well Actually Its Urbino

First time i see this i thought it was Maddel, but im wrong

Cuz Old Maddel look like this

Well bit suprised See Old Audrey look like what

Also who this 😭

[blazing pewter]

It says Audrey

Its an old design

Really old

[granite fable]

old lawiwi are just angy

[blazing pewter]

That looks like a scrapped character

[night pond]

Which one

[blazing pewter]

The one you said who is this

[night pond]

This?

[blazing pewter]

Yeah thats the image you attached it with

[granite fable]

yes

[night pond]

Ahh Yeah After you notice that

I saw her hair style same like rn

But why she so short

Lmao

[night pond]

Bit Curious With all her ability

[night pond]

Approve its Audrey

[blazing pewter]

It literally says audrey idk what needs approving

[night pond]

Im Dont Translate her name that why i dont know

I mean yeah it audrey

[granite fable]

from GFL to genshinfied

[night pond]

How Old Lobby Look like

That Map look like similiar with port euler

[night pond]

Just color she Hair to red

Lmao

[night pond]

Talk About Audrey, She From UK?

Cause Her Accent Look like british

[granite fable]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182960034263613440/1437947899353763850/618fafc3a6badfb5d4a7163c0d42c16523381726.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1465305304567644160/1487162454751445052/falling5tar.gif

audrey gunnhildr

[night pond]

Now she look like jean

[livid linden]

queen on england

[night pond]

Ouhhh

[graceful crown]

man

[granite fable]

gala dorm is real @sharp hamlet

[cinder loom]

😭

[livid linden]

gah dem, I mean "queen of England" lol, why the keyboard auto correcting to on, so weird

[livid linden]

04/29

[sharp hamlet]

True

[lone sierra]

LeBrun description

[stiff magnet]

LeBrun city is located along the southern coastline, backed by mountains and facing the sea. It also has excellent natural harbor.
It's a rapidly growing new city.
As the old town renovation plans continue to advance, towering skyscrapers rise from the ground, standing side by side with the old apartment buildings, forming uniquely layered skyline.

[dull elk]

(In other words, what we already knew)

[crimson niche]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-lebron-james-starting-5-shouting-yelling-gif-13955809540164079004

[muted mason]

https://tenor.com/view/flight-reacts-lebron-james-nba-you-are-my-sunshine-gif-8349638988177908200

[stiff magnet]

Lebron city... but they give us football (soccer) field and a ball

[dull elk]

-# no basketball 4 u git dunked on luhmao (IDS maybe)

[blazing pewter]

guys is this lore accurate

[primal ivy]

real

[lucid viper]

real

[lucid viper]

I didn't know Strinova had a sea

Also, the new map looks like Overwatch's Paraiso

[lucid viper]

[blazing pewter]

I mean we literally have a map called port euler

Which is one of the oldest maps in this game

[dire grail]

Port ewwler

[lucid viper]

Oh, true

[wraith parrot]

its so ew hasnt been in ranked rotation for like almost a year

[granite fable]

i need scissor badge

[stiff magnet]

there are... some

[lone sierra]

i think its Lie, she already eat all chocolade

[blazing pewter]

Lies