Another Main Character

'' "You're fucking ugly. For one of us, at least." - Syrus introducing himself.''

Appearance: Standing at a normal 5'6" height, his eyes glow a noxious, neon green and his teeth are sharp and irregular. His brown hair never seems to change shape or form, not even ruffling in the wind or becoming limp when 'wet'. A true anomaly indeed. He has tan skin with white scars littering his arms and torso from self-mutilation attacks. He only sports three clawed fingers on each hand, with double-jointed thumbs. If someone were to examine his hands, they'd see a faint stitched line stretching from his first knuckles down to the tip of the middle finger. This was where his ring and middle finger were melded together for a test to see if he had advanced skin regeneration. He has the ability to rip apart those fingers, but it'd ruin his ability to use that hand since the bones are surgically connected together.

He's commonly seen wearing a muted green t-shirt with black basketball shorts with white stripes going down the sides. He wears a variety of shoes, seeming to favor a custom order he bought that resemble "The Great Papyrus '" personal boots. Though the boots are grey and white instead of red and black, but he seems to love them the same. In his photo albums, there are pictures of him wearing prison attire, a straight jacket, a dead person's skin (disturbingly enough) and finally, a torn picture of him wearing a white shirt, rainbow scarf and beige cargo pants. Any other photos depict him in some hospital garb- the time where his fingers were fused and he was tested on. Other times, in his realm, he wears a white t-shirt, white shorts, white shoes and black gloves. Personality: Syrus is an immature man with a sense of humor that borders on disgustingly horrifying. Just a little funny in the head, that's all. As the only non-romance route in the visual novel, Syrus is the route with the most backstory trauma for plot convenience. He often tries to employ 'tough love' onto the reader, despite protests, in an attempt to drive them away. A common thing that his brother, Chavil, seems to do as well. Though he holds no real affection for the reader at all, he will still try and befriend the protagonist for his own benefit.

He enjoys simple puzzles and jokes, occasionally attempting to recreate crudely built puzzle traps from videogames and books. This usually fails because of his nervous twitch and stutter- side effect of extensive damage to his prefrontal cortex and his nervous system- causing the traps to backfire on himself instead of an intended target. Syrus also often suffers from panic attacks: leaving him hostile and angry at anyone who comes too close for the rest of the day. He's alos a tad forgetful, often asking what they were talking about or wondering why they're in a specific stage.

Syrus is also one of the few characters that many undermine. Most think he's just a hostile egomaniac hellbent on murder, only loving himself and rejecting others who try and be friendly towards him. This is wrong. After being locked away in a realm bordering on humanity's fears and wishes, sacrificed for riches and immortality, Syrus yearned to feel the emotions he didn't have before he died and began to mimic the people he saw in his realm. Anger, fear and general negativity are common human emotions that feed the beasts. The Syrus depicted here is not the same Syrus locked away, as this Syrus in the novel is merely a clone.

* More on this will be explained once the creator fully codes the visual novel right... Main Story: Syrus is the only character capable of resetting the protagonist's progress back to the very beginning of the game. The only way to work around this is to load a save file, and Syrus will remember the routes the player had already chose in his route if they go back to him. He calls it 'Resetting', often telling the player that he despises those who look down on them like they're nothing more than fictions of imagination. Syrus can also change a character's attitude towards the player, often making the player switch through different routes for the fun of it. The player can stop this if they kill him. Another Syrus will appear and apologize for the former's actions, acting like the opposite Syrus the player was first introduced to. Syrus' route will no longer be available if the player kills him.

Since the player doesn't interact with Syrus that much unless they choose his route specifically, they only see him whenever either Rose or Chavil is present. Syrus despises Chavil for all the grief the older man causing over Syrus' well being, often complaining to the protagonist (offhandedly) that he finds Chavil's 'mother hen' attitude annoying. Chavil has a different opinion on this topic, and will tell the protagonist about it if they get close enough. Otherwise, Syrus ignores the player in favour of bothering others if there is a lull in conversation or asking the protagonist if they want to eavesdrop on Double S and Chavil's conversations from the ventilation corridors in the ceiling. *More to be added. Backstory: Syrus grew up in the same lab that he, Chavil, Lea and Lush were abducted to when he was an infant. He knows little to nothing of the world outside and can confess to the player that he didn't know that the sky was blue until he escaped. He was also the only one immune to the X-Serum, the same thing that transformed the lab's subjects into mutants and decaying zombies. He can recall talking to shadow figures in the morgue, telling them of how lonely he was since he was removed from his age group and isolated in a metal cell devoid of natural light. He also doesn't know that he has siblings- being raised alone and told he was an orphan so that he didn't have a reason to try and disobey his head doctor: Dr. Terrance. He was compliant and curious as a child, often questing Dr. Terrance why he wasn't allowed to talk to the other kids or why his eyes changed colour. These questions were brushed off and unanswered. From this, Syrus developed a alternate world in his dreams where he can do whatever he pleased and had people to interact with...eventually meeting Scarlet F. and then 'dying' multiple times to the entity. Syrus befriended Scarlet, and now takes the invisible being wherever he goes. Scarlet was the one to prevent Syrus from lashing out during invasive medical exams or surgeries that ensured that the serum was doing it's job- and Syrus it grateful for it. But Scarlet couldn't save Syrus from the torture: rounds of electrocution, stabbing, submerged in freezing waters or drugged and tossed into morgue without food or water for days at a time. From these tests, he has gained the ability to not eat or drink for a week straight, and toxic blood. His skin absorbed all the chemicals that killed off so many subjects before him, leaving behind the purified version of the serum that gives powers. Chavil wasn't as lucky.

He killed his first victim during the nightly checkups on the subjects who were given the XZ-Serum. He remembers the way the nurse tried to fight against his strength, the way her eyes reflected the neon glow of his eyes in the darkened cell... Dr. Hook was the only one able to overpower Syrus during the younger's 'episode'. Syrus is now afraid of Hook for what the doctor had done to him as payback for killing his wife.

Syrus is 24 at the beginning of the visual novel. He is 10 years younger than Chavil, and eight years younger than his sisters. Syrus' aging also stopped when he turned 20, like Chavil, but will still show signs of aging in other ways. (Hormones, lower stamina, mental problems/difficulties). Syrus often acts younger then he actually is unconsciously, giving Chavil another reason to baby him, due to his lack of maturation from isolation. His education is a little lower than a average high schooler's as well. Trivia: - Syrus cuddles Chavil in his sleep. (Much to his chagrin)

- Syrus can run on all fours and is double-jointed.

- He digs empty graves outside of the location the novel starts in, player can interact with them to see names carved inside.

- He's mentally unstable, sometimes confusing reality for his dream world and claims to see ghosts.

- Syrus is able to talk to the dead.