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| My not so secret playground for lore organisation. Original Chinese and localised English text will be referenced. The aim is to build the most comprehensive profiles for profiling and timeline without disrupting main wiki with random edits. While most names here follow English, some are retained in Chinese because they are the Male Lead or there is lore tied to their names. Conversion will be to English names if shifted to the relevant pages.
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| =Story=
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| ==Prologue==
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| [[Main Character|MC]] awakens.
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| *Location: Dreamscape (forest; day)
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| [[Main Character|Main Character (MC)]] awakens. She was doing something but is experiencing amnesia. Looking around, she is in a forest area with paved steps leading uphill. [[Luke Pearce|Xia Yan]] appears to be a few steps away. A bird craws in the background. She calls for Xia Yan but he doesn't appear to hear her while looking at a key in hand. A bird with dark plumage flutters by her face and he disappears. Xia Yan's key is on the ground and a locked box on a small table can be seen ahead. The key opens the box opens to reveal bright light.
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| *Location: Dreamscape (art studio; day)
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| The scene has changed. Littered around are pieces of abstract art in a studio with large slanted windows; the view outside is the ocean and a lighthouse can be seen in the distance. In the studio, [[Marius von Hagen|Lu Jinghe]] is painting in front of a standing easel. MC calls out but he does not hear her, perhaps engrossed in painting as usual. Moving closer, he disappears. MC moves to look at what Lu Jinghe was painting -- but it is covered in a layer of white paint. The paint flakes off and a portrait of MC is revealed. It is a painting of the MC smiling in a white dress with flowers in her hair while holding a small bouquet. MC feels dizzy, the scene darkens, and the painted MC is now weeping. The scene changes again.
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| *Location: Dreamscape (cemetery; rain)
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| It is a cemetery. Unmarked and unnamed tombstones all around. Looking around, [[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]] is nearby observing a tombstone while holding a bouquet of pastel blue and purple hyacinths. He does not hear MC's call. It is unknown whom he is visiting. Going closer, MC is startled from stepping on a branch and during distraction, Zuo Ran has disappeared. The hyacinths are now on the tombstone. There is a card with the flowers, but the words are illegible. This tombstone appears different to the others - the symbol of balance scales is etched on it and a decorative 3D tome is embellished on the tombstone surface. But before MC can do anything, her head hurts. The scene fades to black.
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| A voice can be heard: "Do not worry, I am here." Sounds of clock ticking, and MC opens her eyes.
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| *Location: Dreamscape (study room)
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| MC knows this person: [[Vyn Richter|Dr Mo]]. Mo Yi explains MC had a nightmare and MC concludes what was seen earlier was all a dream. Dr. Mo continues: "How does one distinguish dream from reality? That just now was a dream, but this also might not be reality."
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| MC ponders but is dizzy. Mo Yi asks about a key for a chest of memories, asking if the the answer seen was the answer desired. MC has no clue what he speaks of. Mo Yi also speaks of painting to hide the truth.. "but while you can fool the eyes, you cannot fool the heart." and "There is irony adhering to convictions though it betrays the heart, though in the end, it was all for naught." MC's head hurts and she cries out. The place shakes.
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| Mo Yi asks: "If the world was against you, would you still stand by your choices?" He doesn't need an answer now and lulls MC into a deep sleep.
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| MC is tired. Before losing consciousness, a pocket watch with the time 12:47 swings her vision like a pendulum. The scene goes dark when the time is reaches 12:48.
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| Mo Yi: "Words are empty, action over words. Time will reveal the answers."
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| ===Characters===
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| *[[Main Character|MC]]
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| *[[Luke Pearce|Xia Yan]]/Luke
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| *[[Marius von Hagen|Lu Jinghe]]/Marius
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| *[[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]]/Artem
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| *[[Vyn Richter|Mo Yi]]/Vyn
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| ===Locations===
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| *Dreamscape (forest)
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| *Dreamscape (art studio)
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| *Dreamscape (cemetery)
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| *Dreamscape (study room)
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| ===Notes and Trivia===
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| *Lighthouse: a symbol for strength, safety, individuality, mystery, and existentialism.<ref>Psychology Today: [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-meaningful-life/202106/guiding-yourself-and-others-meaning Lighthouse]</ref>
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| *Hyacinths: Flowers related to the lily family, they are a symbol for sorrow and jealousy. In the flower language for hyacinth colours, blue hyacinths mean sincerity while purple hyacinths mean regret and yearning for forgiveness. There are many colours besides, but these are one noted for appearance.
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| *The present time is unknown
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| *Xia Yan: Memories
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| *Jinghe: Concealment
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| *Zuo Ran: Conviction
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| *Mo Yi: Reality
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| ==主線第一章「人情冷暖」 | Main Story Episode I: The Hand that Feeds==
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| 2030: End of July, beginning of August
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| ===Characters===
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| *[[Luke Pearce|夏彦 (Xia Yan)]]
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| *??? (Raven's communicator)
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| *[[Main Character]]
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| *Courier (Pax Express)
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| *[[Artem Wing|左然 (Zuo Ran)]]
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| *鲁海洋 | [[Pedro Brooks]]
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| *薛欣然 | [[Winnie Cooper]]
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| *方远 | [[Vernon Green]]
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| *翟星 | [[Celestine Taylor]] (voice only)
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| *[[Vyn Richter|莫弈 (Mo Yi)]] (voice only)
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| *Judge
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| *蔡昊雨 | [[Howard Syter]]
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| *[[Marius von Hagen|陆景和 (Lu Jinghe)]]
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| *Pax Capital Manager
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| ===Locations===
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| *Material Storage, Industrial Zone (night): 01-01
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| *Outside the Law Firm (day): 01-01
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| *Law Firm Front Desk (day): 01-01
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| *Pantry (day): 01-03
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| *Central Business District (day): 01-05
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| *Penny's Comfort Food (day): 01-06, 01-07, 01-09, 01-10, 01-12, 01-13
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| *Restaurant 2F: 01-09
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| *Antique Shop: 01-14
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| *Themis Law Firm (day): 01-14
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| *Courtroom (day): 01-16
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| *Artem's Office (day): 01-17
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| *Pax President's Office (day): 01-17
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| ===Interactions===
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| *01-09
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| **[Contaminated Spring Water] + [Customers' Medical Reports]
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| **[Dispenser - Fingerprints] + [Smart Lock - Fingerprints]
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| *01-14
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| **[Failed Hard-Sell] + [Pedro's Performance Pressure]
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| **[Vernon's Testimony - Water Delivery] + [Pedro - Entry/Exit Times]
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| **[Receipt - Purchaser's Account] + [Records of Financial Support for Pedro]
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| *01-16
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| **Insecticide 330 Receipt
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| **Fingerprints on the receipt
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| **Front Door Surveillance Video
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| **Water Dispenser
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| **Audio Recording of Pedro's Confession
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| **(either)
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| ===Notes and Trivia===
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| *An email was received with suspicion towards "Professor". Zuo Ran does not believe that "Professor" would betray NXX with one email as evidence.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| *Zuo Ran inquires about [[Vernon Green]]'s mental state after consuming many Heirson effervescent packets.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Chinese name of Episode I: 人情冷暖
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| **人情 | human emotion, feelings, relationships
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| **冷暖 | change of temperature, well being, a person's comfort
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| **Fluctuations of human relations.
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| *English name of Episode I: The Hand that Feeds
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| **May be a reference to the proverb: "Biting the hand that feeds." Turning against someone who helped or helping you, to the point of harming them. "The hand that feeds" may be a reference to [[Vernon Green]].
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| ==主線第二章「无法承受的爱」 | Main Story Episode II: The Unbearable Love==
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| 2030: August, following [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds]]
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| ===Characters===
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| *[[Main Character]]
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| *[[Marius von Hagen|陆景和 (Lu Jinghe)]]
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| *[[Vyn Richter|莫弈 (Mo Yi)]]
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| *[[Darius Morgan]]
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| *[[Estelle Marino]]
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| *[[Jen Mendoza]]
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| *[[Vincent Kim]]
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| *CSI Officer
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| *On-Duty Manager
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| *[[Kiki Bennet]] (voice)
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| *[[Janus Beaufort]]
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| *Groupie
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| *Police Officer A
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| *Police Officer B
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| *Bar Owner (Abyss)
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| *[[Celestine Taylor]]
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| *[[Artem Wing|左然 (Zuo Ran)]]
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| *Judge
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| *Prosecutor
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| *Journalist A
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| *Journalist B
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| *Journalist C
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| *[[Luke Pearce|夏彦 (Xia Yan)]]
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| ===Locations===
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| *Outside Vyn's Residence (day): 02-01
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| *Vyn's Residence (day): 02-01, 02-02
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| *Vyn's Residence study: (02-02)
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| *Interior of car backseat: (02-02)
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| *Vyn's Residence (night): (02-02)
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| *Outside the Law Firm (night): 02-02
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| *Interior of car front-seat: (02-02)
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| *Stellis University: 02-03
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| *Exhibition Hall (day): 02-04, 02-06
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| *Crime Scene (corridor): 02-08
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| *Room 1817: 02-08, 02-19, 02-21
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| *Crime Scene - Room 1818: 02-13, 02-15, 02-16, 02-18
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| *Police Station: 02-21, 02-23, 02-24
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| *Meeting Room: 02-21, 02-23
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| *Coffee Shop: 02-26
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| *Themis Law Firm (day): 02-26
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| *Waiting Room: 02-27
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| *Criminal Court: 02-27
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| *Courthouse Corridor: 02-28
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| *NXX Headquarters: 02-28
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| *Artem's Office (day): 02-28
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| *Courthouse Backstreet (day): 02-28
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| *Street by the Law Firm (day): 02-28
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| *Vyn's Study: 02-28
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| ===Interactions===
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| *02-10
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| **[Estelle Eating Chocolate] + [Tetrodotoxin Content]
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| *02-15
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| **[How Estelle Died] + [Lost Phone]
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| *02-16
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| **[Beverage Menu] + [Water Stains on the Wine Glass]
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| **[How the Chocolates were Returned] + [When the Wine was Delivered]
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| **[Ill-Fitting Clothing] + [Jen - Generous Salary]
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| *02-21
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| **[Cover Image of Janus] + [Silk Traces on the Chocolates]
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| *02-27
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| **Acquisition Malfeasance Documents
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| **Jen's Testimony I
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| **Poisoned Red Wine
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| **Lab Report on the Silk Gloves
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| **Tetrodotoxin Transaction Info
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| **Unblooded Alcohol Wipe
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| ===Timeline of events===
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| *18:00 - (Saturday) Mode de Vénus celebrates victory at Stellis Fashion Week with a banquet at Manning Palace Hotel.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *18:30 - Lu Jinghe arrives as the last guest with a gift of boxed chocolates. He directly gives this to [[Estelle Marino]].<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *19:00 - Manning Palace Hotel's On-Duty Manager gives Estelle a Romanée-Conti as a celebration gift, directly sending it her hotel room, Room 1818.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *19:00 - [[Janus Beaufort]] checks into Manning Palace Hotel Room 1817 booked by [[Jen Mendoza]]. He requests the connecting door keys for Room 1818, 1817, and 1816 from the front desk.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *19:15 - At the banquet, Estelle chats with Lu Jinghe and eats a piece of chocolate from his gift.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> Lu Jinghe leaves the banquet after this exchange to return to his art studio,<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> he parks his car at the Stellis University campus car park.<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref>
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| *19:20 - Mr. Zane, organiser of the banquet, delivers a speech.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *19:30 - Jen enters Estelle's room, Room 1818, to refrigerate chocolates before returning to the banquet.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *19:40 - Jen has an accident with a chocolate tower and returns to her room, Room 1713, to medicate for chocolate allergy and to change clothes.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *20:00 - Jen returns to the banquet.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *20:30 - Banquet ends.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *21:00 - Estelle and Jen part ways at the elevator.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *23:00 - A guest checks into 1816.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| *01:40 - (Sunday) Janus has a hot shower and gets ambushed by a groupie hiding in his room.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| *07:20 - Janus checks out of Room 1817.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| *07:40 - Discovery of Estelle's body in 1818 in the morning by Jen who has come to find her.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *07:45 - Police receive the report and immediately instruct hotel to lockdown the scene.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| *07:55 - First officers arrive. The scene was not compromised.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| ===Notes and Trivia===
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| *Documents from Zuo Ran to Mo Yi were likely to be evaluation information about MC. But enough information was acquired though first meeting interaction, thus Mo Yi cast aside the documents much to MC's confusion.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref>
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| *Box of chocolates gifted from Lu Jinghe to [[Estelle Marino]] was a collectors box of chocolate with 12 pieces, depicting the fallen angel Lucifer. This was a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost Milton's "Paradise Lost"] when Lucifer, representing Pride, refused to serve Jesus and betrayed God, and thus cast into Hell. Lu Jinghe was mocking Estelle's arrogance and conceit when dealing with [[Pax Group]].<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *Zuo Ran reports to NXX Headquarters in regards to more connections to Heirson.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| *Real world references:
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| **Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, also known as Romanée-Conti or shortened to DRC, is one of the most expensive wines in the real world. It has an average price of US$26,000, with exceptional years such as those bottled in 1945 auctioned up to US$1.05 million. It has a rose petal aroma with red fruit notes, notably cherry and cranberry.<ref>Vinovest: [https://www.vinovest.co/blog/romanee-conti Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Burgundy]</ref>
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| **Tetrodotoxin is a real world marine neurotoxin with no known antidote. Exposure is through consumption. Poisoning from Tetrodotoxin may either rapid (10 - 45 minutes) or delayed (generally within 3 - 6 hours, but rarely longer).<ref>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750019.html Tetrodotoxin: Biotoxin]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Name of the episode is the same in Chinese and English. The episode name is in reference to [[Janus Beaufort]] who could not bear the burdens of love, from fans and his wife.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| *CN: the box of chocolates was called a box of trouble. EN called it Pandora's chocolate box.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| *CN: (Estelle) would never joke about personal life. EN: (Estelle) would never treat marriage as a game.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *Chinese numerology
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| **1818 (Estelle's room number): Lucky number combination, as the number eight (八 bā) sounds similar to the word for fortune/development (发 fā). Reading the numbers together sounds like: 一发一发 (yīfāyīfā), prosper after prosper. Much like the recent climb of Mode de Vénus.
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| **1713 (Jen's room number): Seven (七 qī) is homonym to 起 (qǐ), and three (三 sān) is homonym to life (生 shēng). Reading the numbers sounds like 一起一生 (yīqǐyīshēng), meaning "together for a lifetime," well wishing towards a relationship. Much like the hope Jen had for Estelle and Janus.
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| =Characters=
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| ==Main Character (MC)==
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| | Age || 24 (in 2030)<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| | Height || <180 cm<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| | Occupation || Lawyer<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || [[Themis Law Firm]]<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| ===Background===
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| A local to Stellis City,<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> MC was a competitive academic and a high achieving liberal arts student.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> In Junior High School, she was ranked second only to Xia Yan until he left for the capital.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> Her tertiary education was at [[Stellis University]]'s famous Law School.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>. After graduation, MC became a lawyer at [[Themis Law Firm]] with speciality in commercial and economic law.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> She presently studying for a bar advancement exam.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| Zuo Ran, her senior at Themis<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> sees potential in her, and after a discrete psychological evaluation,<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> offers her the opportunity to be working partners. She is honoured and ecstatic to work with him.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> It is also through this opportunity MC is able to meet Mo Yi. She greatly admires him for his work and contribution in the field of criminal psychology.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| MC is quick witted,<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> fast reacting,<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/> and has good observation and deductive skills.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref> In addition, MC has some investigative savvy, such as knowing how to lift fingerprints for evidence.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> In the past, she liked detectives though she initially had a closed world view on investigators, thinking they only solve cold cases.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> MC stubbornly believes in physical evidence. Though she will consult a criminal psychologist for hypothetical scenarios, she will only agree to a definitive conclusion when the evidence is before her. She considers this her duty to her client and to the truth.<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref>
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| Sometimes, MC drifts into thoughts about food.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> She has always loved seafood from youth, especially now that she is older because it is low in fat and she can eat it without gaining weight.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> As a treat, she will eat desserts.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> In regards to beverages, all wine look the same to her.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| MC has talent in the arts as she had learned and played the violin since she was young up until she started university. She has excellent understanding and appreciation of music and knowledge on music history.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref> She is also familiar with Greek mythology.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| ====Family====
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| Both of MC's parents are research fanatics. During the time MC was in university, both parents were recruited as researchers in a secret research project. While they are not allowed contact with the outside world, they still regularly send MC holiday postcards and money.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| ===Cases===
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| *Represented the defendant, [[Vernon Green]], owner of Penny's Comfort Foods in a [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|lawsuit regarding food poisoning]].
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| *In [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|MC's first criminal case]], she was the defendant for Lu Jinghe.
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| ===Trivia===
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| *During Themis Law Firm's 2030 Annual Meeting game session, MC won the grand prize.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/>
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| *Pretty good at on-the-spot role-play.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref>
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| *Neat handwriting.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref>
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| *MC is afraid of crawlers such as worms and cockroaches since youth and will also avoid talking about them.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *MC's personal mobile phone is pink in colour. Tactile typing<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref> and vibration setting,<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> and pop up holographic push notifications functions.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| *Attire:
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| **MC's outfit in Court is reminiscent of China's lawyer uniform, particularly because of her necktie
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| **Wears glasses in Court<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref>
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| **Usually wears heels<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref>
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| *Things carried in her purse:
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| **Tablet<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| **Alcohol swipes when doing on-site work<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *A co-worker is allergic to mushrooms<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *Used to hide in closets when playing hide-and-seek<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| *Empathises with celebrities who have their privacy invaded<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Different language settings have a different player dialogue box label and narrative perspective. English may have combinations of first and third person descriptions during internal dialogue.
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| **CN: "我" I/me
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| **JP: "私" I (polite)
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| **KR: "나" I/me (casual)
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| **EN: "You"
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| ==夏彦 | Luke Pearce==
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| ''"I also have mysteries I cannot solve, for example -- You."''<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref>
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| | Age || 24 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Xia Yan">[[Big Data Lab#Luke Pearce]] | 夏彦</ref>
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| | Height || 180 cm<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Xia Yan">[[Big Data Lab#Luke Pearce]] | 夏彦</ref>
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| | Blood type || O<ref name="Big Data Lab: Xia Yan">[[Big Data Lab#Luke Pearce]] | 夏彦</ref>
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| | Occupation || Private Investigator<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref>
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| | S.CN CV || 金弦 (Jīn Xián; Titus Jin)<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref>
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| | First appearance || [[Main Story 01-01]]
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| | First encounter || [[Main Story 01-05]]
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| <p>'''Meeting you again is the best thing thats happened'''</br>
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| I never thought that I would meet you again, here and now.</br>
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| The carefully concealed photo album holding the light of childhood memories, opens on many new blank pages waiting to be filled.</br>
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| Even if fate is playing a joke, every minute and every second with you is incomparably precious.</br>
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| Before this mystery is solved—-</br>
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| ''”Please, give me a little more time...”''<ref name="夏彦个人PV | 与你重逢，是最美好的事">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12266345 夏彦个人PV | 与你重逢，是最美好的事] | Xia Yan PV: Meeting you again is the best thing that has happened</ref><ref name="Luke Pearce Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100244 Luke Pearce Character PV]</ref></p>
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| ===About Xia Yan===
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| Xia Yan is the dear coral eyed-coloured<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> childhood friend of [[Main Character]]. After eight years of separation, they are finally reunited. During the eight years Xia Yan was away from [[Stellis City]], MC is unaware of what he has been up to, but he has learnt many skills including: tracking, sniping, fighting, tactical driving, and wilderness survival skills... skills useful for a private investigator. No matter the job, he will complete it cleanly and excellently under the eyes of the law.<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦"/><ref name="Character Profile - Luke Pearce">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100124 Character Profile - Luke Pearce]</ref> There's almost nothing he's not good at... all except for expressing his love for the girl he grew up with... After reuniting after many years of separation, deep down, Xia Yan is still the same old cheery but shy boy.<ref name="Character Profile - Luke Pearce">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100124 Character Profile - Luke Pearce]</ref> In the past, MC had thought Xia Yan would become a bioengineer.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> With his intelligence, it would not be a problem to go in this direction... But, maybe something unknown occurred that altered the career shift.<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦"/>
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| An outgoing private investigator who brings light and hope to everyone around him.<ref name="Character Profile - Luke Pearce">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100124 Character Profile - Luke Pearce]</ref> Xia Yan lives in a three-story building left to him by his parents.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> The first floor is [[Time's Antiquities]], an antique store he operates, specialising in acquisition, restoration, and sales of antiques from the last century.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Time's Antiquities">[[Big Data Lab#Time's Antiquities]] | 时光古物店</ref> It is famous within the cultural circles of [[Stellis City]] and favoured by collectors.<ref name="夏彦古物店探访">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11401960 夏彦古物店探访] | Visiting Xia Yan's antique store</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Time's Antiquities">[[Big Data Lab#Time's Antiquities]] | 时光古物店</ref> He uses the second floor as his office<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> for his investigation agency.<ref name="Luke wants to say...">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1397009546783174656 Luke wants to say...]</ref>
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| :''After being reunited with you, every day together is worth celebrating. Every corner of the city we have turned, helping those in need, wandering through restlessness and hiding a restless heart, and through the moments of thrills and excitement together... You are the one I instinctively understand and the one I want to protect forever.''
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| :''There are things hidden in my heart for a long long time, but here and now, I just want to tell you-- because of you, I will never give up.''
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| :''But please, just give me a little more time...''<ref name="夏彦个人PV | 与你重逢，是最美好的事">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12266345 夏彦个人PV | 与你重逢，是最美好的事] | Xia Yan PV: Meeting you again is the best thing that has happened</ref></p><ref name="Luke Pearce Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100244 Luke Pearce Character PV]</ref>
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| ===Background===
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| Xia Yan's parents passed away when he was young.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref>
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| Xia Yan was always top of the class in Junior High School and at 16 years of age, was admitted into the country's best university, [[National Central University]] in the capital.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> He initially kept his acceptance secret from MC as he didn't know how to tell her, exclaiming he was worried about upsetting her by leaving the city. He chose to major in Bioengineering, briefly alluding that it would have delighted his mother if she knew.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> On admittance, he entered into a confidential national project where outside contact was prohibited, eventually losing contact with MC and her family.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> Eventually, he graduated with a Masters in Bioengineering with flying colours.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| It was a childhood dream of Xia Yan's to become an investigator,<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> and now that he is, he is not an ordinary private investigator.<ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref> He has the authority to certify formal reports as evidence to be submitted into the Court of Law.<ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref> Xia Yan uses Time's Antiquities as a front of his investigation office due to zealous investigators confusing people to mistake investigators as paparazzi, and most clients would prefer confidentiality when visiting a private investigator.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Xia Yan also carries out infiltration missions under code name Raven.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> He also undertakes commissions as an investigator to do company credit and background checks.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> His skill set includes: Tracking, sniping, fighting, tactical driving, wilderness survival,<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref> and stealth.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| ===Relationships===
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| ====Main Character====
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| MC and Xia Yan were long time childhood friends who had lost contact with one another<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref> when he left for the Capital at 16.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Xia Yan eventually returned to Stellis City on a mission in 2030.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Their reunion was when he was hired as a Private Investigator in the [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|same case she was investigating]].<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| ===Personal Schedule===
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| ''"It's not that I don't want to sleep more, it's just that..."''
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| | 21:30 || Write in diary, call some contacts
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| | 23:00 || Wash up and sleep
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| ===Trivia===
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| *Big Data DAVIS comments: Xia Yan is obviously from Stellis City, but why is there so little information on him?<ref name="Big Data Lab: Xia Yan">[[Big Data Lab#Luke Pearce]] | 夏彦</ref>
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| *Used to have a habit of sitting on windowsill while reading<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| *Doesn't like being called pale and very pleased with his light tan, but MC thinks he's still very pale<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| *Rides a motorbike<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Names:
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| **In Chinese, Xia Yan's name is 夏彦 (Xià Yàn).
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| ***Family name 夏 (Xià) means Summer, and is also the same character used in "Sherlock" (夏洛克 Xià Luòkè).
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| ***Personal name 彦 (Yàn) may mean accomplished or elegant.
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| **In Japanese, Xia Yan's name is 水无瀬夏彦 (Minase Natsuhiko).
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| ***Personal name 夏彦 (Natsuhiko) are the same characters as his full Chinese name.
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| ====Gadgets and misc.====
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| *Smart terminal (watch)<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *Handy Analyser Mark IV: Portable chemical analyser that can identify common chemical substances. Augmented and modified by Xia Yan<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *Magnetic powder for lifting fingerprints<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *Tablet<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *Toolkit<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| *Recording pen<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| *High-tech work station at [[Time's Antiquities]]<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| *Xia Yan likely chose National Central University as a conscious choice. Though he thinks the world of MC, he chose to separate from her at 16, the best years of youth, saying he found it difficult to tell her his decision. In addition, he mentions that his mother would've been pleased with his major<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>. This alludes perhaps he is following in his mother's footsteps. He may have known more at the age of 16, to have come to such a decision, in addition to quick admittance into Central's Secret Research Project. If he thinks the world of MC, surely he would not part so readily unless there was a big matter.
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| *Though MC's parents were also recruited as researchers in a secret project, there appears to be difference where they are allowed to have some sort of contact family, but Xia Yan was not allowed any contact at all.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| ==左然 | Artem Wing==
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| ''"You are a profound and exquisite legislation, worth a lifetime of study."''<ref name ="人物档案-左然">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6953816 人物档案-左然] | Character Archive: Zuo Ran</ref>
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| | Age || 29 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| <p>'''You Are My Themis'''</br>
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| In the path of life’s trajectory, you inadvertently entered into my orderly life.</br>
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| You are like the first ray of Spring's sunlight, pleasantly bringing forth new life.</br>
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| Like how a sprout yearns to break through soil, I want to become a better me to support you through any adversity.</br>
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| Ahead is a new world with you, maybe it means new unknown and challenges—-</br>
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| ''”But to give up so easily now, I would not be be the Zuo Ran you know.”''<ref name="左然个人PV | You Are My Themis">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12515491 左然个人PV | You Are My Themis] | Zuo Ran PV: You are my Themis</ref><ref name="Artem Wing Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100247 Artem Wing Character PV]</ref></p>
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| ===About Zuo Ran===
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| Lawyer Zuo Ran is very strict. [[Themis Law Firm]] with this senior has extremely high work standards.<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/> The media's evaluation of him is an emotionless defence machine. But there are many who aspire to become a lawyer as good as he is.<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/> He has staunch belief that a lawyer's judgement should not be influenced by feelings before the Court of Law.<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref> Young, promising, and handsome. There are many women who want to get to know Lawyer Zuo Ran. It is a pity he is used to being alone and does not enjoy personal contact with others except for work circumstances. Many of his clients are young women who want cross paths with him.<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/>
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| In [[Stellis City]], Lawyer Zuo Ran is a legend in the industry. He is one of the few elite lawyers with an expansive expertise and a win rate of 99%.<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/><ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> He is an individual who is able to maintain absolute rationality and cool headed at all times, treating himself with such high standards akin to self abuse. It is no wonder he reaches these achievements.<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/> Little do they know, this is because Zuo Ran has grown used to suppressing his emotions and impulses. No one can even begin to imagine the kind of past he bears...<ref name="Character Profile - Artem Wing">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100126 Character Profile - Artem Wing]</ref>
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| :''Previously, I had meticulously established rules for my life, but that was before. Everything in work and all routines were driven by what was measured as success by other people. I never considered deviation or change until... you appeared.''
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| :''You showed me new possibilities, beyond only reason- warmth, colour, and simplicity -- you captivated me. So much that I decided to break through the rules I had established to live life, to be someone who can hold up a part of the world so you can soar, and be warmth in your life.''
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| :''I had never really thought about it, but perhaps to me.. you are the one who can only be encountered but not sought for. But to give up so easily now, I would not be the Zuo Ran you know.''<ref name="左然个人PV | You Are My Themis">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12515491 左然个人PV | You Are My Themis] | Zuo Ran PV: You are my Themis</ref><ref name="Artem Wing Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100247 Artem Wing Character PV]</ref>
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| ===Background===
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| A graduate of [[Stellis University]] with a Doctorate in Law.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> Zuo Ran comes from a family in Law where both parents are leaders in the field, but his outstanding abilities are his own. According to [[Big Data Lab]], Zuo Ran with his win rate of 99% has already surpassed his parents in popularity and is a rising star in the judicial world.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> In 2029, 28 year old Zuo Ran cleared the 1%-pass-rate advanced bar exam. He became the youngest lawyer to do so since the country's establishment of the qualification system.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| In 2026, Zuo Ran was invited by Celestine as a Senior Partner to Themis Law Firm.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> After joining, the scope of the firm significantly increased and the firm quickly rose in industry ranks.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref> No one has heard of him losing a case during his time in Themis, so there are speculation that it occurred before he joined Themis.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> Among his expansive expertise,<ref name ="人物档案-左然"/><ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> he has speciality in criminal law.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref> At times, he may be difficult to contact as he handles equity cases which take place in buildings with signal shielding.<ref name="Main Story 02-26">[[Main Story 02-26]]</ref>
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| Zuo Ran enjoys cooking when he is in a good mood. When he has free time, he likes to watch movies or go out for a car joyride to relax. He also enjoys routine in daily life such as having the same meal at same place around the same time for lunch during work days.<ref name="左然·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10637424 左然·工作日行程] | Zuo Ran workday schedule</ref>
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| Zuo Ran is MC's senior at Themis.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> After [[Celestine Taylor]]'s insistence to find a work partner to lessen work load and seeing potential in MC's capability,<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref> he sends her to Mo Yi for a discrete psychological evaluation as a candidate.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> Zuo Ran's secondary reason is to recruit MC into NXX Investigation Team, believing a new member may help lessen present bias of opinions within the current team.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> He also believes NXX will give her more experience. MC accepts the offer, honoured and ecstatic to work with him.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| He calls MC "我的搭档"|My Partner.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11895920 左然生日快乐]</ref>
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| Business associates.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| ====Lu Jinghe====
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| Business partners, as [[Pax Group]] and [[Themis Law Firm]] have signed a collaboration agreement.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref>
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| Zuo Ran comes from a family in Law where both parents are already leaders in the field.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> His mother is a lover of Chinese Opera and sings often enough that Zuo Ran also knows how to sing Chinese Opera too.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/>
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| ''"I had breakfast at home, no need to prepare for me."''
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| ===Notable Cases===
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| *Represented S&J Jewellery and won an astronomical copyright lawsuit.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *During Themis Law Firm's 2030 Annual Meeting game session, Zuo Ran was selected for Truth or Dare. A question for Truth was posed by [[Kiki Bennet]]: "Among people [within the Law Firm], is there someone you have interest in? Please say their name!" Very put on the spot, [[Celestine Taylor]] gives him the option to sing a Chinese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangmei_opera Huangmei Opera] song 《夫妻雙雙把家還》(Husband and Wife Return Home) instead. MC attempts to buy time for Zuo Ran, but Celestine asks if MC was offering to sing too as the song is a duet. Zuo Ran immediately jumps to MC defence saying he'll sing- "don't bully MC". Initially, he purposely sings the wrong lyrics to end the game, but scolded by Celestine who is disbelief someone like High Standard Senior Lawyer Zuo Ran would get something wrong. MC speaks with Zuo Ran who gives a sheepish sigh and sings the song properly.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/>
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| **[https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E5%A4%AB%E5%A6%BB%E9%9B%99%E9%9B%99%E6%8A%8A%E5%AE%B6%E9%82%84/7577080 《夫妻雙雙把家還》](Husband and Wife Return Home) is a Chinese Huangmei Opera song. Huangmei operas are rural folk dance and music that have been around for centuries, and is one of the more famous and mainstream typing of Chinese Opera. This opera song tells a story of Dong Yong, a poor man, who sold himself as a slave for three years to bury his father who recently died. The seven fairy daughters of the Jade Emperor playing on the Magpie Bridge were peeping into the human world, when the youngest fell in love with Dong Yong and went to earth to marry him. To assist in buying out the man's three year slave contract down to 100 days, seventh fairy recruited sisters to help weave 10 silk brocades overnight for the husband and wife to return home. When the emperor found out, infuriated, he ordered the seventh sister to return home immediately by threatening Dong Yong's safety. She had no alternative except to leave, suffering regrets, for eternity. During Zuo Ran's rendition, he ends after the line "husband and wife return home."
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| *In the eyes of those around him, Zuo Ran is strict but doesn't treat people unfairly.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> An unexpected surprised to those at Themis Law Firm's 2030 Annual Meeting, his singing talent is very good.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/>
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| *Zuo Ran isn't usually at work during the weekends,<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> but if he's busy, in addition to pulling all nighters,<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-26">[[Main Story 02-26]]</ref> he'll even work into the Lunar New Year holidays.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref>
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| *Personal phone is black and uses vibrate function<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| *Drinks coffee as beverage of choice<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *Uses a fountain pen to write notes<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *Has a car drivers licence and owns a car<ref name="左然·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10637424 左然·工作日行程] | Zuo Ran workday schedule</ref><ref name="Work Itinerary — Artem Wing">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1415128917287968770 Work Itinerary — Artem Wing]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Names:
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| **In Chinese, Zuo Ran's name is 左然 (Zuǒ Rán)
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| ***Family name 左 (Zuǒ) means left (directional)
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| ***Personal name 然 (Rán) can mean correct, thus, "like this", "in this manner"
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| **In Japanese, Zuo Ran's name is 左京静真 (Sakyo Shizuma)
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| ***Family name partially follows Chinese surname 左
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| ***Personal name 静真 (Shizuma) is similar in meaning to his Chinese name: calm, not-moving (still); truly, really (as such)
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| *Tag line differences:
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| **CN: "''You are a profound and exquisite legislation, worth a lifetime of study.''"<ref name ="人物档案-左然">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6953816 人物档案-左然] | Character Archive: Zuo Ran</ref>
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| **EN: "''You are one comprehensive lexicon that I'd dedicate my life to study.''"<ref>HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en-us/character Tears of Themis Characters preview page]</ref>
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| *Terms used to describe [[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]]'s profession:
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| **CN: 大律师<ref name ="人物档案-左然">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6953816 人物档案-左然] | Character Archive: Zuo Ran</ref> (Barrister): Barristers are a type of lawyer in common law jurisdiction who may represent in court, as well as provide legal services. They deal with more complex legal problems and may be court specialists.
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| **CN: 高级律师<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref> (Senior Lawyer): an individual who works with a legal team to provide legal advice, particularly for difficult cases. In addition, they may take on leadership roles and mentor lower level lawyers.
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| *"Professor" mentioned in [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds]] is 老師|Teacher in Chinese
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| ==莫弈 | Vyn Richter==
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| ''"Do not be afraid, I only want to look clearly into your heart."''<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| | Birthday || 27th September<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| | Age || 27 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| | Height || 178 cm<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| | Blood type || AB<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| | Occupation || Psychologist<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref></br>Professor<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || [[Giannovyn Mental Health Research Center]] (founder)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref></br>[[Stellis University]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| | S.CN CV || 姜广涛 (Jiāng Guǎngtāo)<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| <p>'''You are the quietly blooming secret at the bottom of my heart'''</br>
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| Day after day, people of this world stage a constant play of joys and sorrows, but only you are different from the rest.</br>
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| During my voyage through the labyrinth of human hearts, the moment I met you, a rose bloomed in my heart.</br>
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| I believed everything was under my control and never would have thought to be unexpectedly “reckoned” by you.</br>
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| Willingly, I fall into the trap known as “you,” incapable and unwilling to turn back, so—-</br>
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| ''”My rose, you must take responsibility for me.”''<ref name="莫弈个人PV | 你是我心底悄然绽放的秘密">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12995939 莫弈个人PV | 你是我心底悄然绽放的秘密] | Mo Yi PV: You are the secret blooming at the bottom of my heart</ref><ref name="Vyn Richter Character PV">[https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100248 Vyn Richter Character PV]</ref></p>
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| ===About Mo Yi===
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| If you think the witness may be hiding something, [[Vyn Richter|Dr Mo]] may be the person to ask. Mo Yi is the country's top psychology expert and many universities desired him a lecturer.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> After declining an olive branch from everyone, he returned to Stellis City to be a psychologist.<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈"/> Dr Mo has a very gentle temperament, but he is not what one may imagine as a weak scholar. He is very reliable in critical moments. Weakness of a person who is able to maintain a perfect disposition is unknown. Though Dr Mo is young, he is a distinguished visiting professor at [[Stellis University]].<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref><ref name ="人物档案-莫弈"/> If he cannot be found in the [[Giannovyn Mental Health Research Center]], one may find him at Stellis University.<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈"/>
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| Are you are anxious about your secrets being seen through by a psychologist? Don't be afraid. Dr Mo has always appeared elegant and calm. Those who are calm, gentle, and humble will get along with him very well. Dr Mo is able to face any situation with ease and skill, giving those around him a sense of serenity, so that individuals involuntarily open their hearts to him and display their truest self. If one's heart has secrets, it most definitely will be discovered by him.<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈"/> Words on a document do not necessarily reflect reality. Dr Mo wishes to know a person's true heart.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1398459203988119552 Vyn wants to say...]</ref> However, as someone who had always observed the volatile human emotions from the outside, he never expected himself to become one with the same emotions.<ref name="Vyn Richter Character PV">[https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100248 Vyn Richter Character PV]</ref></p>
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| :''The human consciousness is a place of immeasurable depths. But through carelessness and micro-expressions, secrets from the bottom of the heart may be revealed. When I carefully observe myself in this way, what I suddenly discovered as the secret at the bottom of my heart-- was you.''
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| :''You are the first girl to ride the back of my horse, the first audience to my magic card tricks - previously, I had never used my cards like this. I am willing to block all dangers for you, even if it scars me. I also cannot help reveal my vulnerabilities to you, for your warmth and smile.''
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| :''All evidence point to one conclusion: the 'love at first sight' that I disdained and disbelieved has already occurred. It is you, who has changed me. My rose, you must take responsibility for me.''<ref name="莫弈个人PV | 你是我心底悄然绽放的秘密"/></p><ref name="Vyn Richter Character PV">[https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100248 Vyn Richter Character PV]</ref></p>
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| ===Background===
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| A world renowned expert on psychology,<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref> Mo Yi is a young and genius psychologist with double Honorary Doctorates in Science and Pedagogy from the University of Svart, School of Psychology. His outstanding appearance and speeches have attracted media attention to pry into his life experiences, but no accurate news has been uncovered. Mo Yi also has a practising psychology licence and an international hypnotist certificate.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| Mo Yi's original nationality is from Kingdom of Svart, but he migrated to Stellis City in 2028 to be a naturalised citizen, for reasons unknown.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> He has since focused on criminal psychology and published many academic papers.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref> He has also presented lectures on criminal psychology to the police and considered as an external consultant. During his time studying criminal psychology, he has dealt with many cases and suspects<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> and greatly experienced in the flow of interrogation.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| In 2028, Mo Yi and Lu Jinghan jointly co-founded the Giannovyn Mental Health Research Centre where he is the chef researcher.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| Searching for a needle in the ocean, is how Mo Yi describes what he often does. As in this world, there is nothing as deep and profound as the human heart, much like the mysterious depths of the ocean, exploring the secrets within one's heart to discover the subtleties.<ref name="Main Story 02-18">[[Main Story 02-18]]</ref> It is a habit for him to analyse human behaviour and its associations,<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> and though he does not enjoy misleading others, he will deceive individuals to obtain a reaction or response.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> This is useful during suspect questioning as he observes their reactions to discover weak points.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> Mo Yi is able to identify when an individual is lying through their micro-expressions and micro-reactions.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> Despite situations lacking physical evidence, Mo Yi is very confident in his psychological assessments.<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref> He feels it is lamentable that even if the way is known, rules and regulations act as shackles: "The road ahead is something that can be hoped for, but cannot be reached."<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| Cautious by nature, Mo Yi keeps suspicious individuals at a distance during questioning.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> He is also a gentleman to the bone and cannot bear to let a lady look through the dustbin during investigation, offering to do it instead.<ref name="Main Story 02-18">[[Main Story 02-18]]</ref>
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| Mo Yi believes a man's true charm comes not from his appearance but from his temperament and manner of speech,<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> and his stance on love is mutual support and acceptance of each other.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> Calm, graceful, and elegant, like his hobbies.<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref> Mo Yi enjoys listening to classical music to relax.<ref name="莫弈·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11018267 莫弈·工作日行程]</ref> He also enjoys making red wine in his spare time<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> and familiar with high-end cognac.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref> At the end of the day, he records a work diary as habit as he can assess his own mental state from quality and tone of his voice.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| ===Relationships===
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| ====MC====
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| MC had previously known of Mo Yi due to his fame as an expert psychologist. Their first encounter was when Zuo Ran, under the guise of delivering documents, sends MC to his residence for a psychological evaluation for suitability to be Zuo Ran's partner and their team member.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> After their first interaction, he finds her exceptional.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref> Then after an [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|investigation]] together with MC, Mo Yi determines she far exceeds his expectations. She has many desirable attributes: courage to break free, discerning eye for detail, a compassionate heart, yet able to maintain rationality. Previously, he had reflected on collaborating with NXX as independence would offer more freedom, but now all his doubts are fading as she joins. He is thankful that he decided to stay.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| ====Zuo Ran====
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| Business associates.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> Mo Yi does psychological evaluations for Zuo Ran. On first discussions about MC, Mo Yi sees that Zuo Ran has great expectations for MC and believes he should not shield her too much to give her room for growth.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref> But Mo Yi acknowledges that Zuo Ran has keen sight and chose an impressive partner. He thinks highly of MC, believing she may eclipse Zuo Ran's accomplishments in the future as their only disparity is experience.<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref>
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| ====Lu Jinghe====
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| Mo Yi is hired by [[Marius von Hagen|Lu Jinghe]]'s father, Lu Yuanxi, to tutor Lu Jinghe once a week after he deemed it necessary for his son to be educated in the fundamentals of psychology.<ref name="莫弈·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11018267 莫弈·工作日行程]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| ===Personal Schedule===
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| ''"You need not be at a desk to engage in thought."''
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| ===Trivia===
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| *His two-story home has a smart front door, fitted with smart terminals within the house. The interior is decorated like an old English Manor with wooden flooring, where a vintage wall clock with a pendulum is in the entryway.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref> There are French windows in the living room.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref> The second floor has a Study Room to the left of the stairs. There is a phonograph-style stereo in one corner of his Study.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref>
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| *He serves black tea in his home.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref>
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| *Previously regarded idol chasing only as a topic for psychological research until seeing MC utilising a network to track a celebrity for investigation purposes.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *Uses a black fountain pen.<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref>
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| *Carries around plastic poker cards with a gilded pattern on its backing and knows how to do cartomancy.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref>
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| *Familiar with black markets and their dealings, where value is determined by difficulty in acquisition rather than the price.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref>
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| *Drinks red wine.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| ====Language Notes====
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| *Names:
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| **In Chinese, Mo Yi's name is 莫弈 (Mò Yì)
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| ***Family name 莫 (Mò) means none/there is none
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| ***Personal name 弈 (Yì) is the classical term for the board game Go
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| **In Japanese, Mo Yi's name is 森月黎 (Moritsuki Rei)
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| ***Personal name 黎 (Rei) is similar pronunciation to his personal name in Chinese. There is no connection in meaning.
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| *Mo Yi's speech appears refined
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| **CN: formal, with some classical, speech and tone
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| **EN: formal English through choice of vocabulary and no contractions, with precise and impersonal tone.
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| *Both Mo Yi's double doctorates are honorary doctorates (荣誉博士学位) in CN, while doctorates in EN.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| *Abyss Bar Owner heard that...
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| **CN: Psychologists are people who know how to do divination.
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| **EN: Shrinks are practically modern magicians.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref>
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| *Terms used to describe [[Vyn Richter|Mo Yi]]'s profession:
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| **Occupation varies between text language selected: CN: psychologist; EN: psychologist/psychiatrist
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| **CN: 心理学专家<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref> (psychology expert): An expert in psychology.
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| **CN: [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%AD%B8%E5%AE%B6 心理学家]<ref name="First meeting">[[Main Story 02-01]] First meeting between Mo Yi and MC; Mo Yi's profession</ref> (psychologist): A scholar who studies psychology. May also be used as an umbrella term for any individual studying any branch of psychology.
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| **CN: [https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F/1311199 心理医生] (psychologist): A professional who practices psychological counselling and psychotherapy. Focus is through psychotherapy (talk therapy) to assist patients.
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| **CN: (有)临床心理学执照<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>: (He has a) licence for clinical psychology.
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| **Dialogue differences in English localisation, original Chinese, and direct translation in [[Main Story 02-01]] (as of 2022-01-30):
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| | {{SL|Vyn| Greetings. I am Vyn Richter.}} || {{SL|莫弈| 你好，我是莫弈。}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| Hello, I am Mo Yi.}}
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| | {{SL|Vyn| As this is our first encounter, how shall I address you?}} || {{SL|莫弈| 初次见面，怎么称呼？}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| First time meeting, how may I address you?}}
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| | {{SL|You| Greetings, Mr. Richter. I'm (Y/N) from Themis Law Firm. I came here on behalf of Artem Wing to deliver these documents to you.}} || {{SL|我| 莫弈先生您好，我是忒弥斯律所的(Y/N),来替左律师送文件。}} || {{SL|Me| Greetings Mo Yi-xiānshēng, I am Themis Law Firm's (Y/N), delivering documents on behalf of Lawyer Zuo.}}
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| | {{SL|Vyn| Mister? I presume that Artem told you that I am a psychologist?}} || {{SL|莫弈| 莫弈先生？左然是不是和你说，我是心理学家？}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| Mo Yi-xiānshēng? Did Zuo Ran tell you that I am (in the) psychologist (profession)?}}
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| | {{SL|Vyn| "Psychologist" is not wholly correct.}} || {{SL|莫弈| 心理学家这个说法，不太准确。}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| Psychologist is a way of saying it, but it's not accurate.}}
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| | {{SL|Vyn| To be precise, I am a psychiatrist.}} || {{SL|莫弈| 我准确的职业是，心理医生。}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| My profession to be accurate is, (practising/patient seeing) psychologist.}}
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| | {{SL|Vyn| As such, please address me either as Vyn or Dr Richter.}} || {{SL|莫弈| 所以，你叫我莫弈或者莫医生就好。}} || {{SL|Mo Yi| Therefore, it is better to call me Mo Yi or Dr Mo.}}
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| | {{SL|You| All right, Dr Richter.}} || {{SL|我| 好，莫医生。}} || {{SL|Me| Understood, Dr Mo.}}
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| **[https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%AD%B8%E5%AE%B6 心理学家] (A scholar who studies any branch of psychology; psychologist) is translated as psychologist.
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| **[https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BF%83%E7%90%86%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F/1311199 心理医生] (A psychologist who sees patients; Clinical Psychologist) is localised as psychiatrist. This is mistranslated as psychiatrist in Chinese is [https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%B2%BE%E7%A5%9E%E7%97%85%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F/3038637 精神科医生].
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| **先生 (Xiānshēng) is the default title for any gentleman. It is a polite but vague term for a male which may mean mister, teacher, or doctor.
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| **Mo Yi gives MC a more precise term for his profession: 心理医生 (psychologist, but one who sees patients), where there is more specificity that he meets with clients as a psychologist, therefore the title 医生 "doctor" may be used.
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| ***It may be of note he is fine with his [full name] (formal) or [titled full name] (also formal, but more specific to his profession).
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| ***In Chinese, one who treats clients in any health assistance capacity may use the title 医生 (Yīshēng; Doctor) while 博士 (Bóshì) is the title for those who have earned a doctorate. There is no title for those with honorary doctorates.
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| ***In English, both medical doctors and individuals who have earned a doctorate are all titled Doctor. While there is also no title for those awarded with honorary doctorates, 医生 as Doctor title has been kept for English localisation.
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| **It may be of note that diaspora Chinese use 心理医生 for both psychologist and psychiatrist, resulting in confusion for two very different professions. In addition, much like rest of the world, Chinese who do not have higher education or awareness also use 心理医生 for both psychologist and psychiatrist as a blanket term for doctors of mental illness. This is because there is extreme public stigma and negative association with mental health in general in China, thus the general ignorance of mental health and related professionals by the common people.
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| ==陆景和 | Marius von Hagen==
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| ''"You seem to have the wrong idea. I have never thought of you as 'elder sister', never."''<ref name ="人物档案-陆景和">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6970457 人物档案-陆景和] | Character Archive: Lu Jinghe</ref>
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| | Birthday || 21st June<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| | Age || 21 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| | Occupation || Acting-President of [[Pax Group]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref></br>Student<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || Pax group<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref></br>Stellis University<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| | Relationships || 陆元希 (Lù Yuánxī), Austin von Hagen (father)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref></br>陆景瀚 (Lù Jǐnghàn), [[Giann von Hagen]] (older brother)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref></br>
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| | S.CN CV || 杨天翔 (Yáng Tiānxiáng)<ref name ="人物档案-陆景和">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6970457 人物档案-陆景和] | Character Archive: Lu Jinghe</ref>
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| <p>'''To My Princess'''</br>
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| I never cared about all sorts of prejudiced labels stuck on by other people, I only care about your opinion.</br>
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| It is because I understand that a sincere and genuine heart is the most precious treasure of all.</br>
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| Like a proud cat facing someone who truly cares for me, only then will I reveal the side of my true self.</br>
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| But also like a stubborn cat, I will only recognise one person, forever never letting go. Therefore, you best be prepared—-</br>
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| ''”My Lovely Princess.”''<ref name="陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13250841 陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主] | Lu Jinghe PV: To My Little Princess</ref><ref name="Marius von Hagen Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100418 Marius von Hagen Character PV]</ref>
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| ===About Lu Jinghe===
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| There is a lot of media news about [[Marius von Hagen|Lu Jinghe]], his information is no secret. As the heir of a [[Pax Group|conglomerate]], everything he does is exposed by the paparazzi or media, and often headlined. Among the citizens of [[Stellis City]], he is extremely popular. But excessive popularity is not always good as paparazzi often like to make explosive allegations while news reports him as a frivolous and rebellious young master. The outside world calls into question of whether or not Lu Jinghe has the ability to inherit such a large family business.<ref name ="人物档案-陆景和"/> But the head of [[Pax Group]] and Lu Family does not comment, resulting in various speculations in public opinion.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| It is difficult to understand this second young master. The daily inconvenient demands Lu Jinghe must deal with is unimaginable. The public and secret battles against the top executives of the family conglomerate is not for the faint of heart. Moreover, he dislikes hypocritical social rules and refuses to give face to those who flatter and fawn. Perhaps instead of inheriting the family business, he would rather be free and unconstrained in creating art. Lu Jinghe has completed an undergraduate course majoring in oil painting at a world famous academy and presently studying in the art department of [[Stellis University]]. One may think this kind of young master is ignorant and incompetent, but Lu Jinghe's paintings are absolutely amazing. If one has the chance, it is highly recommended to check out his exhibitions.<ref name ="人物档案-陆景和"/>
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| If one doesn't see news or photos of Lu Jinghe but meets him on the streets, one may not necessarily recognise him. Lu family's second master's usual dressing appears like an ordinary person, rarely wearing luxury brands. Most of the time, he wears unbranded clothes. As a young man who only recently reached 20s... Regardless of the burdens and responsibly being heir to the family's group and being a gifted and talented artist, only before those he is close to, will he express his childish side.<ref name ="人物档案-陆景和"/>
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| :''I am this planet's king, under the worshipful gaze of my subjects, even though I'm just a cat. You are probably wondering why humans would worship a cat? Haha~ The reason is simple, because in their eyes I am not a cat, but a symbol of wealth and power. Originally, I thought all of humanity was greedy and boring, but then... I met her.''
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| :''She is a person who really understands cats, indulging childishness and tolerating wilfulness. She is willing to go on adventures with me, and in her own way protect me with sincerity. Of course, there are times when she loses her temper with me, but the sight is also like a haughty cat, charming me. Ah~ My little princess, how I wish to have her to myself, so that in her eyes there is only me and no one else. Mmm.. say, should I show her my true self? It's just like the fairy tales: with a light kiss the prince and princess seal their eternal bond.''
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| :''--- Ah! I heard you. You said 'yes', right!? Then from now on, we are the only one for each other. Don't play dumb, you know I'm talking about you, 'My Lovely Princess'.''<ref name="陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13250841 陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主] | Lu Jinghe PV: To My Little Princess</ref><ref name="Marius von Hagen Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100418 Marius von Hagen Character PV]</ref>
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| ===Background===
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| As a son from the most prominent family in the country, Lu Jinghe received elite education in childhood.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref> He is extremely passionate about art and oil painting<ref name="陆景和·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10831124 陆景和·工作日行程] | Lu Jinghe workday schedule</ref> and before the age of 18, was admitted into one of the world's top art academies, Florence Academy of Art, to major in oil painting.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref> In 2029, Lu Jinghe completed his undergraduate studies in advance and obtained a bachelor's degree with excellence. When his older brother, Lu Jinghan, went on a confidential business trip,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref> he returned to [[Stellis City]] to take over as Acting-President of [[Pax Group]].<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> Though he took up office, he continues to pursue art. In 2030, Lu Jinghe enrolled into Stellis University School of Art after passing the postgraduate entrance examination.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| Lu Jinghe is one of the wealthiest people alive, with no criminal record. However, he was implicated in a [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|homicide case]] when he attended a business banquet.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> Unfortunately, he had no alibi as he left for his art studio.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> Lu Jinghe was willingly apprehended as a possible key suspect without proper procedure due to the immediate media pressure,<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> displaying that Pax Group and Lu family, while extremely affluent, would never use money to tip the scales of justice.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> Growing up under media attention, he is knowledgeable about the law and media manipulation and how to protect reputation.<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref> He shows disregard about affecting company stock value and more frustrated with company board members.<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref> He was later acquitted and it was revealed that he was framed by a Pax Group employee.<ref name="NXX-New002">NXX-OS >Case Files >Other >NXX-New002 Murder of Estelle Marino, CEO of Mode de Vénus</ref>
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| Lu Jinghe has always been honest about his feelings and smartly avoids scandals, choosing to remain silent, ignoring irrelevant questions in face of the media.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> But it is impossible to prevent candids photos of celebrities, and some of his personal photos have surfaced on the internet.<ref name="NXX-OS Jen Mendoza">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Jen Mendoza</ref> After he was implicated in a crime, his name also started appearing in Judicial Journals.<ref name="NXX-New002">NXX-OS >Case Files >Other >NXX-New002 Murder of Estelle Marino, CEO of Mode de Vénus</ref>
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| Regarding business matters, Lu Jinghe refuses to support companies that carry out immoral actions and deception.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> During the second quarter of 2030, Pax Fashion & Design attempted to acquire Mode de Vénus but the acquisition did not go through as they never intended to sell. In addition to leaking information to the media, they feigned interest for two months before officially rejecting the offer, using media hype to boost net worth and popularity to the forefront of the industry.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> It was his first major undertaking after becoming Acting-President, placing him under immediate pressure due to the amount of company resources wasted.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> [[Estelle Marino]], CEO of Mode de Vénus, noted his business skills were nothing out of the ordinary.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref> but time will tell after more experience. A little later during the third quarter of 2030, Lu Jinghe removed Pax Capital's manager for nepotism and funding an immoral business.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| ====MC====
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| Lu Jinghe and MC's first encounter was when they bumped into one another at [[Stellis University]]. He tells her to look where she's going, calling her Little Miss|小姐姐 (Xiǎo Jiějiě). He picks up her badge and realises she is from [[Themis Law Firm]], from recent news about a [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|trial]]. She in turn realises his identity when Mo Yi, whom had appeared, calls his name.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| After witnessing MC's capabilities in defending him in a [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|homicide case]], Lu Jinghe is impressed and she receives his vote to join NXX Investigation Team.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| ====Zuo Ran====
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| Business partners. [[Themis Law Firm]] is the legal attachment to [[Pax Group]].<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref>
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| ====Mo Yi====
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| Once a week, Lu Jinghe is tutored by [[Vyn Richter|Mo Yi]]<ref name="莫弈·工作日行程">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11018267 莫弈·工作日行程]</ref> as his father deemed it necessary to be educated in the fundamentals of psychology and personally hired Mo Yi.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| ''"Of course one must save time for leisure. For example, time for art."''
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| ===Trivia===
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| *Hair colour has been described as midnight blue<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| **CN: 冷冽的香味 | piercing cold fragrance, EN: brisk smell<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| *News headlines
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| **"War of Romance! Pax President Marius von Hagen versus Fashion Designer Estelle Marino!"<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| ***This scandal was fabricated by media from business exchanges between Pax and Mode de Vénus during Fashion Week<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| **"Pax Group President Commits Murder"<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref>
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| *He has a personal assistant, [[Vincent Kim]].<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *Extremely talented painter with great spatial awareness, able to correctly estimate a person's shoe size after a glance.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *Art studio is somewhere on campus.<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref>
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| *The Lu family does not believe in business marriages.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *Though he often attends them, he dislikes business banquets.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| *[[Estelle Marino]] has noted Lu Jinghe's taste in chocolate was impeccable.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| *Has car drivers licence and brought a car when he returned to Stellis City. The car has two keys, one he keeps on his person and the other is in his private bank safe. He keeps a Pax Pharmaceutical first aid kit in the trunk.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| *Does a little bit of wood carving.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref>
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| **In Chinese, Lu Jinghe's name is 陆景和 (Lù Jǐnghé)
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| ***Family name 陆 (Lù) is a surname (predominately in Southern China) with history, with meaning regarding water and continent.
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| ****陆 (Lù) is a common trope surname in Chinese media for president stereotypes. If one consumes Chinese media, one may have read media pertaining to 陆总|President Lu many times...
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| ***Personal name 景和 (Jǐnghé): 景 (Jǐng) means sunlight, bright, or scenery as a bound term, while 和 (Hé) is together (with), union, and peace.
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| ****Lu Jinghe shares the character 景 as a generation name with his older brother, [[Giann von Hagen]]| 陆景瀚 (Lù Jǐnghàn)
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| **In Japanese, Lu Jinghe's name is 和泉景 (Izumi Kei)
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| ***Personal name 景 (Kei) is the same character as his Chinese generation name
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| ***Family name 和泉 (Izumi) partially follows his Chinese personal name, in addition to 泉 meaning small water stream.
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| **It can be seen that many variant of his names has a common theme with water.
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| ***姐姐 (Jiějiě) literally means older sister, but it is also commonly used by someone younger towards an older girl within a similar age bracket. Outside of familial meaning, it is also used as an gentle endearment like "Miss".
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| ***A direct explanation where him calling MC 姐姐 has nothing to do with familial sibling hierarchy. "Do not be mistaken [I don't mean it in that way]".
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| **EN: "Calling you 'Missy' doesn't mean I take you for a diva."
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| **Chinese mentions he is in 研究生|Post-Graduate studies, while English specifies this as Masters study<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| **CN: Cheapest items from the brand he wears cost at least five-digits<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| **EN: Even the cheapest clothing from this brand is in the thousands<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| ==Xia Yan==
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| ''In future, the sun, wind, and rain, will be experienced together with him.''<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13953309 全平台公测倒计时，4天！] | Countdown to open beta: 4 days</ref>
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| Xia Yan is a dear childhood friend<ref name ="人物档案-夏彦">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6939000 人物档案-夏彦] | Character Archive: Xia Yan</ref> and an integral part of MC's youth, but he vanished eight years ago when he left for admittance into [[National Central University]]. MC and her parents contacted him early on, only to discover he was selected for a secret research project which prohibited outside contact, and eventually lost contact altogether.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> Though Xia Yan eventually returned to [[Stellis City]],<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> reunion with MC was around mid-to-late 2030 when he was hired as a Private Investigator in the [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|same case she was investigating]]. Initially, MC was shocked that he was now a private investigator<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> as he had had gone to National Central University study Bioengineering.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> She thinks he is a bit tanned compared to the past, and is confused how one can get a tan when working in a laboratory for the last few years.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| Zuo Ran is MC's senior at [[Themis Law Firm]].<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> He takes the intuitive in offering assistance for her studies, organising review outlines.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> Noticing MC's reservations, he reassures her to be more confident as only the best are accepted into Themis.<ref name="Artem wants to say...">[https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1397734374678880256 Artem wants to say...]</ref> While he thinks that MC is someone readily swayed by emotion, he praises her ability to cast that aside in the Court of Law as a professional lawyer.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>. After [[Celestine Taylor]]'s insistence to find a work partner to lessen work load and seeing potential in MC's capability<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref>, he sends her to Mo Yi for a discrete psychological evaluation as a candidate.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> Zuo Ran's secondary reason is to recruit MC into an Investigation Team, believing a new member may help lessen present bias of opinions within the current team.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| Towards MC, he praises when she does well in professional setting, but also careful to warn against complacency when she is moved.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| Zuo Ran appears to be a bit uncharacteristic after MC meets Mo Yi: waiting for her return, rushing to greet her, apologising, and then offering to take her home. Meanwhile, he notes that she has interest in classical music. MC feels that Zuo Ran is wary of Mo Yi.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref>
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| During MC's first criminal case trial, he returns to the city early to support her. He sees through her worries and anxieties of disgust in obtaining a key piece of evidence and gives her encouraging words she needed to hear. What she did was for justice and intention was not for invasion of privacy.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| ===Analysis===
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| A man who has always had rigid structure in his life. On encountering MC, there is realisation of something more. His theme is Fate. It can be seen in his reoccurring lines.
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| *The idiom 可遇(而)不可求|an encounter that cannot sought for, is reoccurring for Zuo Ran. It is similar but not the same as serendipity (an accidental encounter to something good) and more a fateful encounter that may or may not be serendipitous.
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| **"你对我來说, 也许是可遇而不可求的." | "To me, perhaps you are an encounter that cannot sought for." - Zuo Ran Character PV<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uf4y1U7ks 左然个人PV：You Are My Themis] Zuo Ran PV: You are my Themis</ref>
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| **"能当你镜孑的人可遇不可求好吗!" | "Can the [person you want as partner] not be someone you can only find but cannot be sought for!" - Celestine to Zuo Ran.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref>
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| ==Mo Yi==
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| ''Eyes of molten gold, he is waiting, writing the prologue of an encounter.''<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13996908 全平台公测倒计时，2天！] | Countdown to open beta: 2 days</ref>
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| As a world renowned expert in the field of psychology, MC has heard of Mo Yi before and he is someone whom MC has long wanted to meet.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> She admires him greatly and has the utmost respect for him.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> She encounters an opportunity to meet him when Zuo Ran sends her to him for a psychological evaluation under the guise of delivering documents.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| During their initial meeting, Mo Yi is in his study room stacking a tower of cards using Ace of Hearts. He requests MC to remove a card from the card tower while maintaining its structural integrity. MC notes it can theoretically be done, but she would only topple it. Mo Yi notes her judgement was correct, asking "If you could foresee the outcome, would you [still make the same choice]?" Expecting a refusal, he is surprised that MC would still try. Her answer tied to Haydn's String Quartet in C Major, Emperor - The belief the only constant in the world is change. Therefore, regardless of knowing what could happen, the slightest change in repeating a scenario with even the slightest deviations could result in a different outcome. MC has the belief that we shape our own outcomes -- upon hearing this response, Mo Yi is shaken for a moment as it's the best answer he has heard. He tells MC he finds her exceptional, and hopes even if the world is against her that she would still stand by her decision.<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref>
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| After the initial conversation, Mo Yi is extremely warm and forward towards MC. He likens MC to a rare wild rose, believing that through trials and tribulations will her spirit and resilience become more brilliant. When MC expresses interest in discussing criminal psychology, Mo Yi tells her he is often at the psychology research institute. For her, no appointment is required if assistance is required. Then promptly requests if she has interest in arts to visit the Art Gallery at [[Stellis University]] in the coming weekend.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref> But when his student, Lu Jinghe, is also present and wants to follow in the art gallery visit, Mo Yi displays displeasure by lightly mocking him as a child who likes to follow others.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| Mo Yi's habit of analysing human behaviour and its associations often shows.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> Though he does not enjoy misleading others, he asks MC hypothetical to obtain a reaction or response.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> When MC expresses her interest in learning criminal psychology from him, he asks, what if he did not want to teach her because he did not want to consider her as a student?<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> While she wishes to learn from him, he too, encounters and is amazed at new experiences with her, such as utilising idol chasers as a way to locate a celebrity for an investigation case. Previously, he had thought groupies were only a topic for psychological research, but now realises now that no community should be scorned.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| Mo Yi teases MC, saying he believes a degree of mysteriousness may add to charm for a witty woman like her.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> He is attentive to her comfort. During an investigation, he brings a stool for MC to rest on.<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref> The first time MC sees Mo Yi break demeanour and panic is during their first investigation together. MC loses her balance while inspecting broken glass and almost topples over. He pulls her up just in time by her wrist and shoulder.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| ===Analysis===
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| A man who did not believe but has fallen deep.
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| In their first meeting, Mo Yi is building a tower of cards with Ace of Hearts. In cartomancy, the Ace of Hearts represents House of True Heart. It is also a symbol for relationships and love, and breakthrough in feelings.
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| He is clear about drawing lines. When MC continually expresses her interest, he does not want to teach her as he does not want to think of her as a student (In EN: "I do not want you to regard me as your professor.")<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| Mo Yi's theme of love is Love at First Sight. It can be seen in how was extremely receptive towards MC and immediately planned for their next meeting in the following weekend after their first encounter.<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref>
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| *Mo Yi often tries to ease those around him, saying 不用害怕/别怕 | Do not be afraid
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| **(担心被心理医生看穿心底的秘密吗?) 不用害怕 | (Are you worried about been seen through by a psychologist?) Do not be afraid - Mo Yi character description<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| **"别怕, ---" | "Do not be afraid, ---" - Tag-line<ref name ="人物档案-莫弈">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/6982679 人物档案-莫弈] | Character Archive: Mo Yi</ref>
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| **"不用擔心... 要我在." | "Do not worry, there is me here." - Mo Yi in Prologue
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| *心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇 | In me, the tiger sniffs the rose - Mo Yi while evaluating MC joining NXX
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| **This is reference to the poem "In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet", by Siegfried Sassoon. The tiger represents masculinity and the rose represents femininity. The two sides of human nature.
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| ==Lu Jinghe==
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| ''An encounter during midsummer in [[Stellis City]], begin a new journey with him.''<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/14019233 全平台公测倒计时，1天！] | Countdown to open beta: 1 day</ref>
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| MC's first encounter with Lu Jinghe was when they bumped into one another at [[Stellis University]]. He tells her to look where she's going, calling her Little Miss|小姐姐 (Xiǎo Jiějiě). He picks up her badge and realises she's from [[Themis Law Firm]] and had heard of her from recent news about a [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|trial]]. Lu Jinghe is quite careful in assistance, holding MC gently after their accident and requesting her to double check for no injuries before letting go. Unfortunately for him, MC realised his sweaty and dishevelled appearance, that he must've run into her instead. Playfully, he admits he thought he almost got away with it. When MC requests his student ID, he teasingly dangles it before her. Noticing MC's pout, with a mischievous smile he teases if she's enchanted into silence from his good looks. She is shocked and only realises his identity as Acting-President of [[Pax Group]] when Lu Jinghe's name is called out by an acquaintance.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| But soon after their initial meeting, Lu Jinghe was apprehended as a possible key suspect [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|in a homicide case]] without proper procedures due to pressure from media.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> He knows he is innocent and is calm about the matter, believing that justice will be found.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> Lu Jinghe finds MC interesting and believes she will discover the truth and hires her as his defence attorney, after she agrees in light banter.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> While this is ongoing, he is also extremely attentive. He sends his [[Vincent Kim|personal assistant]] to gift MC a pair of flat shoes, as she would be tired after a long day of moving around.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> As the investigation becomes more serious with more media attention, he is willing whatever the result to protect MC as he recruited her into the case. He does not want her credibility attacked. MC in turn, is moved in his faith and his extremes to protect her at the cost of his reputation. While Lu Jinghe is often silent and ignores media, when her ability was questioned, he immediately threatens them against slander. He then uses himself as bait to lure media away so that she may exit the scene.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> Slowly, she sees him not as a celebrity, but maybe half a friend.<ref name="Main Story 02-23">[[Main Story 02-23]]</ref>
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| Lu Jinghe knows well what the public thinks of him, but he wishes that MC will see him for who he really is, and curious to know her thoughts after knowing him.<ref>Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1399184003115126785 Marius wants to say...]</ref> For MC's assistance in investigation and trial, Lu Jinghe offers her a painting. While it is his first time offering a painting to anybody, she refuses thinking it's too much. He playfully teases that he will have to seduce with his handsome looks and endless wealth instead.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> He also playfully jokes that perhaps he isn't enough of a hedonistic son from wealthy parents as he isn't embroiled in scandals<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> when she defended him against fake media accusations.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| ===Gifts MC has received===
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| *Pair of flat shoes.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| ===Analysis===
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| A young man who wants someone to see him for whom he is, beyond everything. A man who has it all but does not have it all.
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| *"让她的眼中有我的存在, 容不下旁人" | "...so that in her eyes there is only me, and no one else" - Lu Jinghe Character PV<ref name="陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13250841 陆景和个人PV | 致我的小公主] | Lu Jinghe PV: To My Little Princess</ref><ref name="Marius von Hagen Character PV">HoYoverse: [https://tot.hoyoverse.com/en/information/all/detail/100418 Marius von Hagen Character PV]</ref>
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| =Other Characters=
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| [[File:Character relationship chart.jpg|thumb]]
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| Beneath the tranquil surface of [[Stellis City]] is the surging undercurrents of dark tides. The relationships between people are twisted and intertwined. As the cases progress forward, the people behind the circumstances gradually become evident, relationships tangled in interest, the concealed identities... Push aside the deep fog, what kind of truth will you discover? Perhaps the person who can point you in the right direction is closer than you realise.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13661840 人物关系图] | Character relationships</ref><ref>Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1418028021638832128 Relationships]</ref>
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| ==初代 | DAVIS==
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| | S.CN name || 初代 (Chūdài)<ref name ="我是初代">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11360417 我是初代] | I am DAVIS</ref>
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| The Ultimate AI Assistant, DAVIS: Data Analytic Virtual Intelligence System, is the holographic brand ambassador of [[Stellis City]]'s [[Big Data Lab]]. His appearance is a young blonde hair, blue eyed boy. He wears a white shirt with gold embellishments on the collar and a grey vest, matched with dark coloured shorts.<ref name ="我是初代"/><ref name="The Ultimate AI Assistant">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1384869704582549505 The Ultimate AI Assistant]</ref>
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| Every year, the [[Big Data Lab]] supercomputer costs [[Pax Group]] millions to maintain.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> The database is conveniently accessible via the 6G mobile device. Searchable information are categorized into one of six categories: figures, works, culture, society, academia, and geography.<ref name="Stellis Big Data Lab">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1404982070946979843 Stellis Big Data Lab]</ref>
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| ***代 (Dài): substitute/representation, to replace, "acting for", an era/generation
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| ****"First generation representation" of Big Data Lab
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| ===Trial of the Goddess===
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| [[Trials of Themis|Trial of the Goddess]] 《女神的试炼》 is a pixel adventure game promoting legal rights, developed and launched by [[Big Data Lab]]. Within a short time, it became very popular in [[Stellis City]]. According to back-end data, 80% of Stellis residents have installed the game. Great rewards can be won as prizes.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11563722 普法类冒险游戏风靡全市] | Popular Legal Game</ref><ref name ="Trials of Themis">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1400995889699823617 Trials of Themis]</ref>
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| In this adventure, you will encounter rebel warriors, criminal soldiers, and wicked enslavers... At the crossroads of your adventure, what will you choose? Your next opponent is up to you.<ref name="女神的试炼">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/12375146 女神的试炼] | Trials of the Goddess</ref><ref name ="Trials of Themis">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1400995889699823617 Trials of Themis]</ref>
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| *On the road to becoming a God: The reincarnated Goddess Themis, with the blessing of Mother Earth, is on a journey to defeat an evil god. A righteous journey to revive Olympia's Glory.
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| *Generous rewards: Open priesthood's treasure chest to obtain rich rewards.<ref name="女神的试炼"/>
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| *Police Officer's Crest: Lightreach Star
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| **The residents feel safe when they're around.
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| **Hesperus: Also known as the Evening Star, it appears over the eastern horizon before dawn, standing fast in the darkness to herald in the light.<ref name ="Police Officer's Crest">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1400271056246607872 Police Officer's Crest]</ref>
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| *Prosecutor's Crest: Coltsfoot Mirror
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| **Bronze Mirror: Perspicacious and impartial in judgement, everything unlawful will be exposed under the bronze mirror, with nothing overlooked.
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| **Coltsfoot: A symbol for justice, the coltsfoot and its leaves coil around the bronze mirror, signifying that its radiant reflection will never be obscured.<ref name ="未名人物（一）"/><ref name ="Prosecutor's Crest">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1398821587890155520 Prosecutor's Crest]</ref>
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| *Judge's Crest: Sword of Judgement
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| **Sharpened Sword: A blade that not only cleaves the evil and unjust, but also reminds the judge to wield their power with care.
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| **Lily: A symbol of purity and solemnity. It signifies the incorruptible purity of the law and the unwavering solemnity of the court.<ref name ="未名人物（一）"/><ref name ="Judge's Crest">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1399546253437018113 Judge's Crest]</ref>
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| ===严巍 | Darius Morgan===
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| ==翟星 | Celestine Taylor==
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| Celestine is a [[Stellis University]] Law School graduate with a Masters in Law,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref> Zuo Ran's mother was her teacher.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会"/> Celestine is a Senior Lawyer with high win rate and outstanding ability, given the nickname 'Queen of Commercial Law.'<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/678303966297724 封面人物：翟星] | Cover Figure: Celestine</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref> In 2024, she founded [[Themis Law Firm]],<ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref><ref name="Celestine Taylor">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1396284802236653571 Celestine Taylor]</ref> and in 2026, invited Zuo Ran as a Senior Partner.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| *Enjoys teasing [[Main Character|MC]] and [[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]]. During [[Themis Law Firm]]'s 2030 Annual Meeting game session, she purposed a Dare on Zuo Ran to sing 《夫妻雙雙把家還》(Husband and Wife Return Home), poking fun at his expressions. Initially, Zuo Ran sang the wrong lyrics in an attempt to stop early, but Celestine saw through his excuse in disbelief "How could that be 'it's about right' for someone like High Standard Senior Lawyer Zuo Ran?" Later, she jokes that anyone has an easy time escaping Single Life compared to Zuo Ran, while winking at MC.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref>
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| *Not good with Criminal Cases as they are not her speciality.<ref name="Main Story 02-26">[[Main Story 02-26]]</ref>
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| ==程澄 | Kiki Bennet==
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| | Character name (CN) || 程澄 (Chéng Chéng)
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| | Age || 23 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref>
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| | Occupation || Assistant Lawyer<ref name="封面人物：程澄">[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/683787385749382 封面人物：程澄] | Cover Figure: Kiki</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || [[Themis Law Firm]]
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| | S.CN CV || 筱筝 (Xiǎo Zhēng)<ref name="封面人物：程澄">[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/683787385749382 封面人物：程澄] | Cover Figure: Kiki</ref>
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| A graduate of [[Stellis University]] Law School and presently an Assistant Lawyer at [[Themis Law Firm]], Kiki joined in 2029,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref><ref name="封面人物：程澄">[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/683787385749382 封面人物：程澄] | Cover Figure: Kiki</ref> and started working in 2030 as MC's junior.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> Her appearance is like a youthful carefree university student.<ref name="封面人物：程澄">[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/683787385749382 封面人物：程澄] | Cover Figure: Kiki</ref>
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| Kiki has a peach tablet with a cartoon sticker of an idol adhered on the back of the tablet shell with News push notifications. Sometimes she is a little scattered brained, forgetting where she previously placed an item.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref> She enjoys gossip, chasing celebrities, and really likes window shopping.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref><ref name="封面人物：程澄">[https://www.facebook.com/TearsofThemis.cnt/photos/a.663178507810270/683787385749382 封面人物：程澄] | Cover Figure: Kiki</ref><ref name="Kiki Bennet">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1395378899002003461 Kiki Bennet]</ref> She is in circles with other celebrity fans and fan apps that track idol schedules. Though she chases idols and follows their schedules, she draws the line at interfering in their private lives. She was a fan of the actor [[Janus Beaufort]]. She also likes to watch shows until late, sometimes until the sun comes up, and then sleep into the afternoon.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *Kiki enjoys teasing [[Main Character|MC]] and [[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]], setting up Themis Law Firm's 2030 Annual Meeting's game session's Truth question to coax a confession.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref>
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| *Big Data says Kiki joined Themis in 2029,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref> but mentions she started working in 2030.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| ***Family name 程 (chéng): order, rule and regulations
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| ***Personal name 澄 (chéng): clear (transparent), to purify
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| ***Clarity in rule and regulations/(law and) order
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| ***Generally, homonym names are very cute!
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| *CN: She calls apps "A-P-P"<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| ==蔡昊雨 | Howard Syter==
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| [[Howard Syter]] is a co-founder of [[Baldr Legal Office]] with [[William Lewis]].<ref name ="未名人物（二）">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10290713 未名人物（二）] | Stellis Figures (2)</ref>
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| *Represented the six victims in the class-action lawsuit against Penny's Comfort Foods where due to faulty management, insecticide contaminated water was used to make Seafood Tofu Soup, causing victims to seek medical attention for abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Damaging health and causing severe psychological trauma, unable to enjoy food without concerns. $30,000 compensation was demanded for each victim, for a total of $180,000.<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref>
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| **CN: 20万 compensation each victim, for a total of 120万.
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| ==刘炜 | William Lewis==
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| [[William Lewis]] co-founder of [[Baldr Legal Office]] with [[Howard Syter]].<ref name ="未名人物（二）">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10290713 未名人物（二）] | Stellis Figures (2)</ref>
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| ==罗羽 | Ingrid Rosworth==
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| Further developed [[Baldr Legal Office]] to what it is today.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Baldr Legal Office">[[Big Data Lab#Baldr Legal Office]] | 巴德尔律师事务所</ref>
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| ==鲁海洋 | Pedro Brooks==
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| | Age || 27 (in 2030)<ref name="NXX-OS Pedro Brooks">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Pedro Brooks</ref>
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| Pedro was a high school drop-out who studied to change his destiny.<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref> Supported by [[Vernon Green]], the owner of Penny's Comfort Foods, he was able to complete his studies and settle in [[Stellis City]].<ref name="Pedro Brooks">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Pedro Brooks</ref> As a student, he was sponsored $300 every month from 2024 until June of 2029, when he graduated from university.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> In the past, Pedro was also a part-timer at Penny's Comfort Foods while studying.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> Pedro has known Vernon for six years.<ref name="Main Story 01-09">[[Main Story 01-09]]</ref>
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| Pedro has a great fear of poverty, working hard to make ends meet and remain in the city. He had difficulty maintaining a job until he worked as DeliCart's Sales Manager for the district where Penny's Comfort Foods was located. Pedro was subjected to DeliCart's humiliating "motivation boosts" of 50 slaps to himself in front of his team when he was $70,000 short from target sales.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> Going to Vernon for help resulted in Vernon angered and wanting to pursue legal action, but Pedro was desperate not to lose this job and return to manual labour. Eventually, Vernon purchased a membership to assist. Given an inch and taking a mile, Pedro kept returning to sell membership upgrades but was continuously rejected. In anger, Pedro hired ghostwriters to review bomb Penny's Comfort Foods.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Pedro Brooks">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Pedro Brooks</ref>
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| Pedro believes that Vernon only cared about him because of similarities to Vernon's dead son, Peter, thus the support and encouragement to go to university. But relocation and survival in a hyper-city was difficult, barely earning enough for rent and food.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Believing that Vernon would not take action against him,<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> he continued to take advantage. Shamelessly announcing: if Vernon sees him as a son, it is only right that he provides for him too.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> This eventually resulted in intentional sabotage to Penny's Comfort Foods.<ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref> Pedro secretly contaminated Penny's Comfort Food's spring water with an agricultural grade insecticide, resulting in six cases of food poisoning and a filing of a class-action lawsuit against the restaurant.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> During the lead up to the court summons, he appeared in good will to sell DeliCart PR Premium Services to remove bad press,<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> but also hired [[Baldr Legal Office]] Lawyers to apply pressure.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| However, Pedro's actions were eventually discovered on numerous evidence tying him to the scene and crime.<ref name="Main Story 01-09">[[Main Story 01-09]]</ref> When confronted and motivations exposed, he attempted to destroy evidence.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> In the end, the key evidence from kitchen surveillance that Pedro himself had suggested installation lead to his own conviction. While his actions showed hesitancy that he may have been conflicted about his actions, ultimately the desire for monetary gains won over.<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref> Pedro was convicted and sentenced, liable for victim compensatory damages. In addition, the testimonies during the lawsuit also brought to light the shady and illegal practices of DeliCart.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| ***Family name 鲁 (Lǔ): a surname. Same word used in bound form to mean stupid or rude
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| ***Personal name 海洋 (hǎiyáng) means ocean
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| *CN: [[Vernon Green]] sponsored Pedro 2000元 per month as a student<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| *CN: Pedro was 50万 short from monthly target, thus 50 slaps<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| ==薛欣然 | Winnie Cooper==
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| | Age || 19 (in 2030)<ref name="NXX-OS Winnie Cooper">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Winnie Cooper</ref>
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| Winnie is a student who received a full scholarship to [[Stellis University]] in 2030. Originally not from [[Stellis City]], she arrived one month after accepting the offer to seek work as first steps into her own independence... only to encounter Penny's Comfort Food's poison incident while assisting "Grandpa" [[Vernon Green]].<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> She is thankful towards Vernon, her sponsor,<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> for success in getting into Stellis University and spares no efforts to help him. She cares deeply for and assists in his health checks.<ref name="Main Story 01-09">[[Main Story 01-09]]</ref> She first appears at [[Themis Law Firm]] to hire a lawyer for Penny's Comfort Foods as Vernon was unwilling to trust lawyers after encountering [[Baldr Legal Office|Baldr]] lawyers. She attempted to offer all her living expenses and the month's salary,<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> but the case qualified for pro bono and the fees were waived.<ref name="NXX-OS Winnie Cooper">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Winnie Cooper</ref> In addition, she hired a [[Luke Pearce|private investigator]] whom also waived payment.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| *Winnie uses a canvas purse<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| ==方远 | Vernon Green==
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| | Age || 70 (in 2030)<ref name="NXX-OS Vernon Green">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Vernon Green</ref>
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| Vernon Green is the founder and owner of Penny's Comfort Foods, a high-end private restaurant, opened in memory of his late wife and son. In 2003, Peter, the son of Vernon and his wife Penny, was accepted into his dream school, [[Stellis University]]. Tragically, he passed away in an accident during a celebratory trip. To cope with their grief, Vernon and Penny started helping under-privileged students so that Peter's dream of university could be lived through others and their hard work. Unfortunately, Penny never recovered from the loss of their son and passed away soon after in 2005.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| Penny was a passionate gourmet. Among Vernon's book collection are recipe books published over 30 years ago in French, Russian, Japanese, Thai, and other languages.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> Vernon quit his job to open Penny Comfort Food so that everyone could enjoy food she enjoyed.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> The first floor of his home in Central Business District was renovated into a restaurant<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> while second floor remained as his living space.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> The entrance is scented by camellias he had planted for his late wife.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref> Majority of profit from the restaurant is used to support under-privileged students.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> Many students they previously sponsored are now financially independent and live very good lives.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| Around mid-2030, an incident occurred at Penny's Comfort Foods where six customers suffered from mild food poisoning after ingesting Seafood Tofu Soup. Vernon initially wanted to settle in private. However, when people attempted to extort him for large sums of money, he refused, even when they hired lawyers from [[Baldr Legal Office]] to file a class-action lawsuit.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> Vernon, already in poor health,<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> was angered and suffered from a heart attack. The behaviour of Baldr lawyers left such a bad impression, he became distrustful of lawyers in general and refused to hire any.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> He pretended to be ill to avoid questions during an investigation.<ref name="Main Story 01-09">[[Main Story 01-09]]</ref>
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| It is later revealed that Vernon already knew [[Pedro Brooks]], a former sponsored student, was the one who poisoned customers since a Food Safety Bureau inspection<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> but he deliberately shielded the suspect.<ref name="Main Story 01-09">[[Main Story 01-09]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> He could not bear to ruin Pedro's life, due to the striking resemblance in appearance and personality to the son he had lost. Vernon did not actually care about lawyers, he only did not want Pedro to go to jail because he blames himself for pushing Pedro into walking a bad path. Vernon wanted to continue helping Pedro, believing DeliCart was the one that made him poison the water. He understood that Pedro has a great fear of poverty and purchased membership of $300 a month as support in 2029 March.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> Pedro kept pushing for membership upgrade to $4500 a month, but it was too expensive and Vernon could not afford it.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> Though DeliCart continued to review bomb Penny's Comfort Foods, Vernon continued to pay the $300 membership fees.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> With the poison incident at Penny's Comfort Foods, Pedro came again to offer DeliCart Premium PR Services.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| Vernon's heart issue is chronic<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref> and had been taking Heirson effervescent packets, but far exceeding the recommended daily dosage. MC thinks it might only work as a placebo effort for him. Xia Yan cautious if there are side effects, it may still be damaging.<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref> Vernon has since has been diagnosed with depression,<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> the exact cause unknown.<ref name="NXX-OS Vernon Green">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Vernon Green</ref> It was noted by Mo Yi that Vernon's actions towards Pedro were an example of transference<ref name="NXX-New001">NXX-OS >Case Files >Other >NXX-New001 Food Poisoning, Penny's Comfort Foods</ref> where feelings towards his son was redirected to another person.
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| *2029 Champion of Stellis Angling Competition<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| *Wine enthusiast and collector. A sizeable collection of alcohol is on display in Penny's Comfort Foods<ref name="Main Story 01-07">[[Main Story 01-07]]</ref>
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| *CN: DeliCart membership is 2000元 a month<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| *CN: DeliCart premium membership is 3万块 (30,000元) a month<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| ==陆元希 | Austin von Hagen==
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| | Age || 57 (in 2030)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| | Occupation || Retired since 2026<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || [[Pax Group]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| | Relationships || 陆景瀚 (Lù Jǐnghàn), [[Giann von Hagen]] (first son)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref></br>陆景和 (Lù Jǐnghé), Marius von Hagen (second son)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| Lu Yuanxi is the head of [[Pax Group]] and current head of the Lu family, the most prominent family in the country. He has two sons: Lu Jinghan and Lu Jinghe. In 2026, he announced his retirement, but is only semi-retired.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| ***Family name 陆 (Lù) is a surname (predominately in Southern China) with history, with meaning regarding water and continent.
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| ***Personal name 元 (Yuán) currency; original; first; primary + 希 (Xī) hope/admire
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| ==陆景瀚 | Giann von Hagen==
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| Lu Jinghan was given the position of President of [[Pax Group]] in 2026. But in 2029, he left for a confidential business trip leaving his younger brother, Lu Jinghe, as Acting-President.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref>
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| ***Personal name 景 (jǐng) bright/circumstance/scene + 瀚 (hàn) ocean/vastness (literary)
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| ****Vast brilliance
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| ****Lu Jinghan shares the character 景 as a generation name with his younger brother, [[Marius von Hagen]]| 陆景和 (Lù Jǐnghé)
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| ==柳亚 | Christopher Cromwell==
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| | Organisation(s) || Crimson Biotech Ltd. (founder)<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref>
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| Liu Ya is the Head of the Liu family, the second largest family in the country. He is the founder of Crimson Biotech Ltd., leading the world in biotechnology. During establishment of Crimson Biotech Ltd., Liu Ya spent a large amount of money to buy the company name.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref>
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| **"Crimson Biotech Reveals New Anti-Cancer Drug, Leaving Its Name in Medical History!"<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| ***Family name 柳 (Liǔ): a surname (not common but also not rare in Southern China; old surname); willow
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| ***Personal name 亚 (Yà): (a loan sound); second (ordinal)
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| **CN: Liu Ya spent a large amount of money to buy the company name 亚宁.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref>
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| ***亚宁 is the combination of two names: 亚 (Yà) and 宁 (Níng)
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| ***亚 (Yà) is the same in 柳亚 (Liǔ Yà)
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| **EN: Christopher Cromwell spent a large amount of money to secure the name "Crimson Biotech" when it was founded.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref>
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| ==沈曦 | Estelle Marino==
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| | Occupation || Fashion Designer<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref></br>CEO of Mode de Vénus<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| Estelle was the eldest Miss of the Marino family from the neighbouring province,<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> they are extremely affluent, but still incomparable to the Lu Family.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> Estelle herself was a talented fashion designer with business savvy<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> and in 2025, founded Mode de Vénus, a premium women's clothing brand.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> She had two assistants and a secretary for business affairs.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> During mid-2030, she used her talents in business and under the guise of feigned interest in Pax Fashion & Design's acquisition of her company, clashed with [[Pax Group]]'s Acting-President, Lu Jinghe, and skyrocketed Mode de Vénus in fame and market value.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref>
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| During the third quarter of 2030, Mode de Vénus won Stellis Fashion Week and held a celebration banquet at Manning Palace Hotel.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> Estelle gave a toast, thanking Lu Jinghe for his unexpected attendance and gift of chocolates, and ate piece in good will.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref> But in the morning after the banquet, her secretary, [[Jen Mendoza]], discovered she had passed away.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> Her body was found in front of the connecting door in her room, likely to have fallen while facing the desk with her back against the door, as if she had left the bed and moving towards the desk.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> Her death was confirmed some time between 9:00 pm Saturday to 2:00 am Sunday. Cause of death was ingestion of liquor chocolates laced with tetrodotoxin.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> As the chocolates were a gift from Lu Jinghe, she had believed he was the culprit and in her last moments, scribbled "Lu" on a note to implicate him.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| During the investigation of Estelle's homicide, it was revealed she had connections to the actor [[Janus Beaufort]].<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> Estelle and Janus meet many years ago and fell in love at first sight. They were deeply in love and while abroad, secretly married two years ago in 2028.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> Her husband, active in the entertainment industry, wanted to keep their relationship a secret.<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> Though this secret would not affect Estelle, she was fiercely protective of Janus and fired two of her three secretaries to safeguard their relationship.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> She knew her remaining secretary was loyal not to her, but to Janus as a fan. Fans that were not jealous could be rational and would help her protect him.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| Although Estelle appeared strong, over time she became insecure about her relationship with Janus. They could not live together as he was often away for work, and they were more often apart than together. While she could accept that he had to be far for his work and often unable to meet, she could not accept that they must always meet in secret.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> She hated how as he became more popular, the entertainment circle tried to manipulate him and media created scandals headlining him with other women. Yet she, as the wife, could not be seen with him.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> She also blamed his fans.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> Estelle also saw how cumulative stress was affecting Janus, giving him psychological damage, so she found him a private clinic and accompanied him to get treatment.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> She believed there was nothing wrong with wanting the world to know about their marriage,<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> and attempted to force his hand to reveal their relationship by arranging paparazzi during the clinic visit. However, Janus reacted negatively and they fought.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> She did not understand why he would be adverse to her support through the fashion industry.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| Janus had a few days break during the time of Estelle's celebration banquet, so she asked him to visit.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> He checked into Room 1817, next door to her room.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> During her banquet, he entered her room through their connecting door and injected tetrodotoxin via syringe into a bottle of gifted Romanée-Conti and chocolates left in her room.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> The wine was confiscated early by Jen who was ignorant of his plans,<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> but Estelle ate a piece of tetrodotoxin laced chocolate later in the evening and died from poisoning.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> Post autopsy revealed Estelle's fingernails were broken, matching the marks on the connecting door.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> She had attempted to contact Janus in her last moments but received no response, without a thought her husband was her murderer.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| ===Trivia===
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| **"War of Romance! Pax President Marius von Hagen versus Fashion Designer Estelle Marino!"<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| *Winner of 2030 Stellis Fashion Week<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| *Phone is teal green in colour with fingerprint unlock<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| ==厉舟 | Janus Beaufort==
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| | Occupation || Actor<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref>
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| | S.CN CV || 孙晔 (Sūn Yè)<ref name="主线案件相关角色cv公开">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/13171538 主线案件相关角色cv公开] | Main Story CV</ref>
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| Janus was a talented and kind-hearted man who worked towards being an actor since 2024. Through perseverance and positivity, he eventually became a top celebrity.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> In recent years, his movies and TV shows were very popular<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> and he was invited to grace covers of entertainment and fashion magazines. Many are interested in his personal love life, especially when he and his female leads are crowned "best on-screen couples". In mid-2030, he starred in a movie as a magician, looking quite dashing wearing silk gloves.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| Unbeknownst to the public, Janus was already in a relationship with [[Estelle Marino]]. The two meet many years ago and fell in love at first sight. They travelled abroad in 2028 to register their marriage in secrecy.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> Janus was unwilling to publicise their relationship in fear of impacting his value and to avoid negative fan reactions.<ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref> He believed his martial status could not be revealed<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> as he has been threatened numerous times by fans on suspicions he was with a woman in the past,<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> and many fans consider an idol's career to be over when they are in a romantic relationship.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> Janus was insecure and also did not want the media to twist his achievements, attributing his success to his wife's influence. This feeling may have been borne due to a lack of confidence in his own abilities.<ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref>
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| Janus and Estelle were often apart due to his work. They fought to find balance as Estelle was insecure in their secrecy, and with the additional pressure of extreme fan harassment, the mental pressure led to Janus becoming emotionally unstable. He took Heirson's Effervescent Packets and received checkups at Heirson Medical Centre. Janus' poor psychological health became apparent to those around him in 2029. He would become angry with minor matters, and other times, cry like a child because of something at work.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> Accompanied by Estelle, he sought treatment at a private clinic and was diagnosed with depression.<ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref> He was prescribed medication and told to avoid alcohol.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| During late 2030, Janus had a few days break and met with Estelle at Manning Palace Hotel.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> He checked into Room 1817 with a connecting door to her room,<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> obtaining the key from the front desk with the reason he did not want paparazzi or fans pestering him.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> While Estelle was busy, he injected tetrodotoxin via syringe into a bottle of Romanée-Conti. The wine was confiscated by Estelle's concerned secretary, [[Jen Mendoza]], who was unaware of the tampering but saw him with the bottle and knew his medication was incompatible with alcohol.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> With the removal of wine, he injected the remaining tetrodotoxin into nine of the 11 chocolates left in her room.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| Jen and Janus are not unfamiliar with each other. Jen was an early fan of his since his early talent days in 2024. Their encounter was during one of his morning runs as she was disheartened during job hunting. He shared words of encouragement after looking through her designs. He gave her hope the next company would recognise her worth and reminisced his early auditions for several minor roles without a callback, encouraging perseverance.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> Jen assisted in the secrecy of Janus and Estelle's relationship, and was the one who booked his room for him.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| Around midnight in Room 1817, Janus was ambushed by a fan who paid a large sum to book his adjacent room, 1816. They picked the lock of the connecting door to enter with the plan to take candid photos and his items as memorabilia. Janus was distressed, gave up a pile of clothing, and the intruder left.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> Janus could not sleep and left the hotel the following morning for Stellis Airport to return to his hometown. But when his blood was discovered in Estelle's room after her death from poisoned chocolates and his connection to her revealed, he was taken into police custody.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> A pair of costume silk gloves that belonged to him was also discovered, smeared with chocolate.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| With key evidence and probable motive, Janus was taken to court for the murder of his wife. Before the trial, it was requested Janus' mental state to be reassessed. Though regardless of the outcome, it was likely the end of his entertainment career. Janus confessed he killed Estelle because could not control his emotions, feeling chaotic and impulsive, but evidence indicated towards a premeditated murder.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> He had visited an underground bar, Abyss, around mid-2030<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> to purchase potassium cyanide. As his offer was not high enough, he brought tetrodotoxin.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref>
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| Janus was crushed by inability to reciprocate feelings: unable to respond to Estelle's pressure and his fans' level of adoration.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> Everyone was pushing him in the name of love.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> Though Estelle said she loved him the most, he believed she was using him for her needs.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref> He was unwilling to accept his wife's criticism and thought she was trying to hurt him, his thoughts amplified by his unstable mental state. He was also easily jealous and angry at Estelle's association with other men, even if it was a passing mention.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref> They sought each other for selfishness. Not love, but possessiveness.<ref name="Main Story 02-28">[[Main Story 02-28]]</ref> Their last fight in Manning Palace Hotel Room 1818 was because of Estelle's tip off to the paparazzi during his clinic visit<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> and her confrontation with his medical records. She wanted to take care of him, but he saw it as an excuse. He swept a glass in anger but accidentally cut himself. She gave him first aid.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| Professional mental health authorities re-evaluated Janus' mental state and updated his depression diagnosis as bipolar disorder.<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref> Lack of proper medical care and push to reveal his marriage placed him under pressure, leading to mental struggles. Over time his love turned into resentment, eventually resulting in tragedy.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref> Mo Yi notes there are still some doubts on his condition and will follow up on Janus' case.<ref name="NXX-OS Janus Beaufort">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Janus Beaufort</ref>
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| **"Monday Reveal! Top Idol Janus with Midnight Mystery Woman At Private Clinic!"<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| ***Janus is the Roman God of beginnings and endings, gates and doors (passageways), duality, and time.
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| *EN: His fans call themselves "J-Fan."<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| | Age || 27 (in 2030)<ref name="NXX-OS Jen Mendoza">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Jen Mendoza</ref>
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| | Occupation || Secretary<br>Fashion Designer<ref name="NXX-OS Jen Mendoza">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Jen Mendoza</ref>
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| | Organisation(s) || Mode de Vénus<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| The chocolates were a gift from Lu Jinghe who attended the banquet on behalf of Pax Fashion. The invitation was sent as a taunt but neither Jen or Estelle expected him to appear.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref> In Estelle's last moment, she believed he poisoned her and scribbled "Lu" on a note to implicate him. Lu Jinghe was taken in as a suspect. Jen was also a suspect as she held onto the box of chocolates for majority of the evening,<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref> but her allergy to chocolate was revealed.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> During the banquet, a chocolate tower fell onto her arm resulting in a large rash. She changed her clothes and medicated. Jen elaborated rashes appear when she consumes or contacts chocolate. The first occurrence of the allergy was when she was young after eating a lot of chocolate and had difficulty breathing. She avoids contact with chocolate, but she is not allergic to the smell. While she held onto the box chocolate for the night, they were melting towards the evening. Estelle instructed her to place them into her room's fridge a little before 7:30 pm.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref>
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| Jen had been been a fan of Janus since his talent selection in 2024, and in 2025, Jen encountered Janus who was on an exercise run. She was a fresh graduate seeking employment, but lost motivation after six rejections citing her designs as mediocre. His words of encouragement and about his own experiences in persevering through failure pushed her to keep trying. Her next attempt in seeking employment was a success and she joined Mode de Vénus.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Jen Mendoza">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Jen Mendoza</ref> She is a fan who truly cares for Janus, thankful to him for her job and livelihood.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref> Jen believed if it was not for Janus, she would have given up. Ever since the encounter, every time she had troubles, she would think of him.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| MC noted Jen's clothing was too large for her and relatively plain in appearance. Unfitting for a fashion designer.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> This may have been due to stress and weight loss, not realising her older clothing was size too large for her. While it was theorised she was not being treated well,<ref name="Main Story 02-16">[[Main Story 02-16]]</ref> Jen affirmed she received a generous salary from Estelle and was treated well at work. Even when it was busy, it was not bad, and usually no overtime during vacation.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref> The reason for Jen's ill-fitting clothing was for Janus.<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref> Her loyalty to Janus was the reason Estelle kept Jen by her side, to protect him. Janus was extremely popular where paparazzi and groupies followed him a lot. Some groupies stalk and invade privacy with fanatical fervour and some managed to take pictures of Estelle and Janus together. Jen is extremely grateful for Janus' words from the past. In return, she protected the secret of Janus and Estelle's relationship and marriage, going to lengths such as purchasing paparazzi photos with own money. Her actions obtained Estelle's favour.<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Jen Mendoza">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Jen Mendoza</ref>
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| ==未名市 | Stellis City==
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| Generally clear skies, 28 ~ 32°C, with a westerly breeze. The sun is bright and beautiful, ocean wind by the seaside is cool and refreshing.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/7874678 未名市天气预报] | Stellis City Weather Report</ref> There are many festivals and celebrations held. Every year, the changeover between Summer and Autumn is celebrated with a festive Temple Fair.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/14241958 今年的夏天，会有怎样的回忆呢？] | What memories will you have during this year's Summer?</ref> There are also celebrations such as for Dragonboat Festival.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/18313385 粽意与你] | Zongzi (Want to be) with You</ref> School season begins in September during Autumn.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/14797521 未名开学福利] | School Starting Welfare</ref> Stellis City also has its own amusement park where it may host event festivities such as Halloween.<ref>[https://www.taptap.com/topic/15575265 惊奇万圣节] | Halloween Surprise</ref>
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| Stellis City has been described as a hyper-city.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> It is the home of two of the country's largest families: Lu<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref> and Liu<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref> and their respective multinational company headquarters. Stellis City also has an airport.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *文华区 (Education District) | Hemingway Heights
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| *锦兰区 | Orchidshine
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| *嘉南区 (Jianan District) | South Stellis
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| *金湾工业区 (Golden Bay Industrial Zone) | Golden Beach Industrial Zone
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| ***2030 winner: [[Estelle Marino]]'s Mode de Vénus<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| ====和印集团 | Pax Group====
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-01]]
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| In 2029, Pax Group signed on [[Themis Law Firm]] for their legal services.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref>
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| **'''Pax & Co.'''<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| **'''Pax Capital''': Fund company<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref><ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| **'''Pax Entertainment'''<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| **'''Pax Express''': A delivery service that requires in-person signing for packages<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| **'''Pax Fashion & Design'''<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/><ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref>
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| **'''Pax Food'''<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| **'''Pax Pharmaceuticals'''<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref><ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| **'''Pax Real Estate'''<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent"/>
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| Pax Capital was a legacy from Lu Jinghe's mother.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> In 2030, Pax Capital manager abused his position by providing investment funds to a relative who owned DeliCart, an online food review app.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> While this did not mean Pax Group was officially investing and endorsing them,<ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref> DeliCart spread rumours that Pax Group was backing their company to intimidate the public.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Pax Group does not support companies that are involved in deception. When Penny's Comfort Food poisoning case exposed DeliCart's operations, upper management was investigated, the manager removed, and investments revoked.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| ====亚宁生物科技公司 | Crimson Biotech Ltd.====
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| ====海奥森保健品有限公司 | Heirson Health Products Co. Ltd.====
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| ====雪玉珠宝 | S&J Jewellery====
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| ====胄萍私房菜 | Penny's Comfort Food====
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| *Location: Central Business District, Kensington Lane, not far from Themis Law Firm
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| Mode de Vénus was founded in 2025 by CEO [[Estelle Marino]] as a premium women's clothing brand.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> Estelle was a talented fashion designer with business savvy and led Mode de Vénus to great heights.<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> Early 2030, Pax Fashion & Design was interested in acquisition.<ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref> Estelle feigned interest for two months, leaked information to the media, and skyrocketed Mode de Vénus' net worth and popularity to the forefront of the industry.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-11">[[Main Story 02-11]]</ref><ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref> Later that same year, they won Stellis City's 2030 Fashion Week.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| After the passing of Estelle, [[Themis Law Firm]] received a commercial dispute regarding Mode de Vénus. It is likely major changes will occur. Lu Jinghe, who had led Pax Fashion & Design's interest in acquisition, noted Mode de Vénus cannot exist without Estelle.<ref name="NXX-OS Estelle Marino">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Estelle Marino</ref>
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| ===滨河区 | Waterfront===
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| The most well known lawyers in Stellis City are gathered under two law firms: [[Themis Law Firm]] and [[Baldr Legal Office]]. The two circles often represent either side, plaintiff and defendant, of the same case, meeting in Court.<ref name ="未名人物（二）">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/10290713 未名人物（二）] | Stellis Figures (2)</ref>
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| *Lawyer Badge: Bramble Scales
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| **Scales: Symbol of Impartial Justice.
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| **Brambles: Maintaining impartial justice is like constantly cutting a path through thistles and thorns, unafraid while breaking through hardships. Simultaneously enduring the system to punish evil and injustice.
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| ***Senior Lawyers: Gold badge
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| ***Intermediate Lawyers: Silver badge
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| ***Junior Lawyers: Bronze badge<ref name ="未名人物（二）"/>
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| =====忒弥斯律师事务所 | Themis Law Firm=====
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| *Location: Stellis Waterfront<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref>
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-01]]
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| From difficult establishment, to today's fame throughout the city, the achievements of Themis Law Firm are inextricably linked to the achievements of Lawyer Zuo Ran. During 2024 when Themis Law Firm was first established,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref> many people thought [[Celestine Taylor]] was too young and the firm would not be around for long. But when she convinced Zuo Ran to join as a Senior Partner in 2026, all doubts disappeared.<ref name="忒弥斯律师事务所">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/7682963 忒弥斯律师事务所] | Themis Law Firm</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref><ref name="Themis Law Firm">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1385231967541678085 Themis Law Firm]</ref>
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| For several years, Themis has done very well and has become one of Stellis City's most famous law firms. Initially, Themis Law Firm only took on commercial disputes, but after Zuo Ran joined, the scope significantly expanded and the firm quickly rose in industry ranking. When Themis Law firm was founded, the "Themis Public Welfare Fund" was also established to provide free legal aid and pro bono to individuals unable to afford rights protection or litigation costs. Themis' positive reputation is not unrelated to the effective operation of this fund.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref>
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| The Law Firm has rented a two-story building in City Centre.<ref name="忒弥斯律师事务所"/> There is only one headquarters with no branches. As the second largest law firm in Stellis City after [[Baldr Legal Office]], it is the goal and the dream of many young lawyers in the city, country even, to work at there.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref> But those who are able to pass Queen of Commercial Law Celestine, and industry legend Zuo Ran's double exam, are few.<ref name="忒弥斯律师事务所"/>
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| Baldr Legal Office has a one-sided conflict against Themis Law firm after their two aces lost to Zuo Ran.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> Baldr marked Themis as its arch-enemy and has been targeting them at every opportunity but has been continually defeated every time.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Howard Syter">[[Big Data Lab#Howard Syter]] | 蔡昊雨</ref> Themis ignoring them only bruises their ego more.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| In 2029, Themis Law Firm signed a partnership and became the legal attachment to [[Pax Group]].<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref><ref name="Main Story 01-14">[[Main Story 01-14]]</ref>
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| ======Affiliated======
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| *[[Celestine Taylor]] (commercial law)
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| *Zuo Ran (multiple expertise)
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| *MC (commercial and economic law)
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| *[[Kiki Bennet]] (assistant lawyer)
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| *Themis Law Firm was named by Celestine after Themis, the Greek Goddess of Law and good counsel. While the name is meaningful, it is difficult for the average citizen of Stellis City to pronounce.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *Themis Law Firm holds annual meetings. Aside from the meeting, activities also include dinner, Red Packet Snatching (a popular Lunar New Year virtual game to collect red packets to obtain money gift), and other game sessions with prizes. Highlights of the 2030 Annual Meeting was Zuo Ran selected in Truth or Dare, organised by [[Kiki Bennet]], where Zuo Ran was dared to sing《夫妻雙雙把家還》(Husband and Wife Return Home), a Chinese Huangmei Opera song. It was the first time for many to hear him sing.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref>
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| **Those at Themis Law Firm are in high admiration of Senior Lawyer [[Artem Wing|Zuo Ran]] and are amazed with his singing and take great delight that even someone like him has awkward moments. They made recordings of his singing during the Themis Law Firm's 2030 Annual Meetings and confess they would like to hear him sing more. Many are in agreement, resulting in consideration of a singing competition in future.<ref name="忒弥斯律所年会">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/9459092 忒弥斯律所年会视频流出!] | Themis Law Firm Annual Meeting</ref>
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| *Entrance to Themis Law Firm has a doorbell. Facilities at Themis Law Firm includes a pantry with a coffee machine.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| =====巴德尔律师事务所 | Baldr Legal Office=====
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| *Location: Stellis Waterfront<ref name="Big Data Lab: Baldr Legal Office">[[Big Data Lab#Baldr Legal Office]] | 巴德尔律师事务所</ref>
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-03]]
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| Founded by [[Howard Syter]] and [[William Lewis]], further developed by [[Ingrid Rosworth]] to new heights, the most famous and largest law firm in Stellis City is Baldr Legal Office. Their concept is "追求极致，客户至上"|"Pursue perfection, customer first," hoping to spread light to all corners of Stellis City.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Baldr Legal Office">[[Big Data Lab#Baldr Legal Office]] | 巴德尔律师事务所</ref> While it is the largest legal office in Stellis, after their two aces lost to Zuo Ran, Baldr marked Themis as it's arch-enemy and has been targeting them at every opportunity. They have been defeated every time. Themis ignoring them only bruises their ego.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Howard Syter">[[Big Data Lab#Howard Syter]] | 蔡昊雨</ref> At the very least, their quarter profits by far exceed Themis Law Firm's.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Howard Syter">[[Big Data Lab#Howard Syter]] | 蔡昊雨</ref>
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| *[[William Lewis]]
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| *[[Ingrid Rosworth]]
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| *Baldr is the Icelandic god of beauty, light, joy, and all things positive.
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| *In Norse mythology, Baldr is the summer sun.
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| ====曼尼大酒店 | Manning Palace Hotel====
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 02-06]]
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| Manning Palace Hotel is a well known five-star resort in Stellis City. It is located downtown, situated beside the Stellis River to offer its guests a grand view. It is the venue of choice for various receptions and banquets.<ref name="Main Story 02-08">[[Main Story 02-08]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Manning Palace Hotel">[[Big Data Lab#Manning Palace Hotel]] | 曼尼大酒店</ref> The resort also offers spas, afternoon tea, manicure, and other services.<ref name="Main Story 02-18">[[Main Story 02-18]]</ref> Staff are always available 24/7, and calls are kept on record.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> The hotel is situated 40 minutes away from Stellis Airport.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| The hotel has long history in Stellis City. There are connecting doors in each of the hotel rooms installed according to regulations at the time, to be used as a fire escape and firebreak for partitioned walls. As they no longer serve their purpose, they are usually locked to protect the privacy of guests. There are two keys for each locked door, one kept at the front desk and the other with security.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> In 2029, hotel renovations began to remove all connecting doors on Floor 17 and below. Renovations for Floor 18 to 30 continued in September 2030.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> There are at least 30 floors with various types of rooms,<ref name="Main Story 02-10">[[Main Story 02-10]]</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> and standard and deluxe hotel rooms on each floor.<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| A deluxe room offers French windows with beautiful views. The rooms are decorated with abstract art on the wall, pot plant for ambience, extremely comfortable feather down sofas, designer tea tables, and beautiful carpet rugs. For those who enjoy drinking, their wine glasses are made with exquisite amethysts with the flute supported by a ring of amethyst near the top the hollow stem. The room service bar tab offers: Tea, soda and yoghurt. There is an extremely large holographic TV in the middle of the room partitioning living and rest space.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> In the rest area, a desk sits with a collection of financial magazines and a box of unscented tissues. The beds are queen sized with a connecting door nearby.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> Smart controls for the room are also located bedside.<ref name="Main Story 02-18">[[Main Story 02-18]]</ref> A first aid kit can be found in the storage cabinet.<ref name="Main Story 02-18">[[Main Story 02-18]]</ref> Complimentary gifts are placed on the bed. This includes a welcome card, a bottle of essential oil from a luxury brand, and a bar of soap with hotel's logo.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref>
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| A business banquet was held here by Mode de Vénus' Estelle Marino for their success at Stellis Fashion Week, around mid 2030.<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref> There was great fanfare and a Romanée-Conti was a welcome gift personally arranged by the on-duty Manager in celebration.<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref> <ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref> Romanée-Conti is one of Burgundy, France, finest red wines. It is also known as the "wine of dreams."<ref name="Main Story 02-13">[[Main Story 02-13]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Romanée-Conti">[[Big Data Lab#Romanée-Conti]] | 罗曼尼．康帝</ref>
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| ===文华区 (Education District) | Hemingway Heights===
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| The Education District was one of the municipal administrative districts established in 1970s with the purpose of promoting higher education. Many institutions of higher education, including by Stellis University, are located in this district. In addition, many academic institutions and scientific research laboratories are also located here. The environment of Education District is quiet and elegant. A major feature in the area are the boulevards of French plane trees. Many teachers working in higher education and universities choose to live in the education district. Mo Yi's residence and research centre, and the residence of Zuo Ran's parents are in this district.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Hemingway Heights">[[Big Data Lab#Hemingway Heights]] | 文华区</ref>
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| **Education (District), 文华 "Wénhuá" 区(qū) meaning magnificant culture/language/education, is hyonoym to 文化 "Wénhuà," the term for culture and education.
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| **CN: 法国梧桐 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_%C3%97_acerifolia ''Platanus × acerifolia''], French Plane Tree
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| **EN: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_occidentalis Sycamore]
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| **''Platanus × acerifolia'' is a hybrid from Sycamore and Oriental Plane Tree. The most notable difference of ''Platanus × acerifolia'' from its parent Sycamore is the colour of the under-bark exposed as the tree matures: plane trees have a lighter green-yellow under-bark while sycamore are commonly bone-white.
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| ====NXX====
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| Seemingly unrelated cases are inextricably linked. So-called truths shrouded in a fog of suspicion and deceit. Missing persons, psychological aberrations... The number of anomalous cases in Stellis City has dramatically increased since 2027. NXX investigates and analyses these anomalies as an unofficial investigation team. Treading dangerous territory to uncover the truth at all costs. It is their mission to shoulder these responsibilities to prevent future tragedies.<ref name="NXX Investigation Team">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1389044555039875074 NXX Investigation Team]</ref><ref name="File Room—Case Analysis">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1404257368364535810 File Room—Case Analysis]</ref>
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| **A raven is on Xia Yan's pipe. The pipe itself represents his love of Sherlock Holmes and alludes to his profession as a Private Investigator.
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| **Zuo Ran's scales are balancing the Sun and Moon (representing good and evil) on the Sharp Sword of Justice (relating to the Court of Law). The symbol is also reminiscent of the Bramble Scales, the Lawyer's Badge.
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| **The symbol for Mo Yi is Psi (ψ), the 23rd letter from the Greek alphabet. Psi is the symbol used to represent psychology and all its branches, directly referencing his profession as a Psychologist. Within the spaces of the symbol and following the markings, a silhouette of an owl can be seen.
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| **Jiaolong coils into the shape of infinity for Lu Jinghe. Symbolising the Lu Family and eternity. A wave may also be assumed from the shape behind, a reference to the water origins in Lu name, where jiao come from.
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| *《未定事件簿》 the Chinese name of the game, meaning undetermined and unsolved cases.
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| ***CN: 蔷薇 (Qiángwēi), EN: Rosa
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| ****蔷薇 means wild rose; Rosa is Latin for rose.
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| **Xia Yan:
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| ***CN: 渡鸦 (Dùyā), EN: Raven
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| **Zuo Ran:
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| ***CN: 天秤 (Tiānchèng), EN: Libra
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| ****天秤 is balance scales (天秤座 is the Libra constellation and zodiac sign). Libra may have been the choice for a one word EN codename.
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| **Mo Yi:
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| ====未名大学 | Stellis University====
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| *Location: Higher Education District, Hemingway Heights
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-03]]
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| Stellis University has a history of over two hundred years. Located in the Higher Education District with a serene environment with convenient transportation. It is one of the top universities in the country with an extensive range of programs. It is internationally distinguished for its Literature, History, Art programs, and Law School. In recent years, the addition of renowned psychologist Mo Yi resulted in ranking increase for their Psychology Department.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Stellis University">[[Big Data Lab#Stellis University]] | 未名大学</ref><ref name="Stellis University">Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/2274043882854032/posts/2903337869924627 Stellis University]</ref> Due to the active role criminal psychologists plays in various criminal cases, higher education institutions in Stellis City have opened relevant courses and majors to both promote in-depth studies and cultivate new talents in the field.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Criminal Psychology">[[Big Data Lab#Criminal Psychology]] | 犯罪心理学</ref>
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| For decades, Stellis University has been a strong competitor against the National Central University for the national university rankings. Many stories have been born from Love-Hate discussions by the public as students flaunt endless accomplishments to establish their respective alma mater as the best university in the country. National Capital University has produced superior results in scientific and engineering research. But with the 2030 enrolment of the Pax Group's second heir, Lu Jinghe, Stellis University became a hot topic of discussion. Everyone knows that this rivalry will continue for many years to come.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Stellis University">[[Big Data Lab#Stellis University]] | 未名大学</ref><ref name="Stellis University">Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/2274043882854032/posts/2903337869924627 Stellis University]</ref>
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| There are programs that offer full scholarships to Stellis University, [[Winnie Cooper]] is a recipient.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| *[[Celestine Taylor]]: Alumni; Masters in Law<ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref>
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| *Zuo Ran: Alumni; Doctorate in Law<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| *[[Main Character]]: Alumni; Graduate in Law<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| *[[Kiki Bennet]]: Alumni; Graduate in Law<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref>
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| *Mo Yi: Visiting Professor; Psychology<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| *[[Winnie Cooper]]: Student<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| *Lu Jinghe: Student; Masters in Art<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref><ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| =====Stellis Exhibition Centre=====
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| *Location: Stellis University Campus
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 02-01]]
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| Built in 2029, the Exhibition Centre also doubles as Stellis City Art Gallery. Located on the campus of Stellis University, it is the newest art gallery in Stellis City. There are three large lecture halls used for academic exchanges or small and medium-sized cultural performances. It also offers the most advanced and comprehensive 24/7 digital library, providing services such as information on its catalogues and online exhibitions. The Stellis Art Gallery is also the designated venue for graduation exhibitions for art students of Stellis University.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Stellis Art Gallery">[[Big Data Lab#Stellis Art Gallery]] | 未名市市立展览馆</ref> Students with ID are allowed to enter Exhibition Hall for free.<ref name="Main Story 02-05">[[Main Story 02-05]]</ref>
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| The Exhibition Centre frequently exhibits representative artworks from domestic and abroad and holds special exhibitions from time to time. [[Pax Group]] sponsors exhibitions for Stellis Art Gallery, displaying famous artworks such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Watch "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Card_Players "The Card Players" by Cézanne], and more.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Stellis Art Gallery">[[Big Data Lab#Stellis Art Gallery]] | 未名市市立展览馆</ref>
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| *There are two art galleries on campus. An older art gallery and an exhibition hall which doubles as a large art gallery.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| *DAVIS: Somehow, the online booking is always full... <ref name="Big Data Lab: Stellis Art Gallery">[[Big Data Lab#Stellis Art Gallery]] | 未名市市立展览馆</ref>
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| *In a background depiction for Stellis University, the number 211 can be seen on a plaque. This may be a reference to China's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_211 Project 211], a project that began in 1995-2019 now superseded by the Double First Class University Plan. The aim of Project 211 was to increase research standards and to cultivation of socio-economic development of high-level universities. There were a total of 140 universities in this plan, 5% of all higher education institutions and thus representing China's most elite higher education.
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| **The founders of miHoYo: Cai Haoyu, Liu Wei, and Luo Yuhao, were students of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a university in Project 211.
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| ====莫氏心理健康研究中心 (Mo Mental Health Research Centre) | Giannovyn Mental Health Research Centre====
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| *Location: Higher Education District<ref name="Main Story 02-02">[[Main Story 02-02]]</ref>, Hemingway Heights<ref name="Big Data Lab: Hemingway Heights">[[Big Data Lab#Hemingway Heights]] | 文华区</ref>
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| Founded in 2028 by Mo Yi and Lu Jinghan,<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref> the Giannovyn Mental Health Research Centre is an advanced scientific research institution devoted to the study of human psychology and mental health; it has made several achievements and strides in the field. In addition to scientific research, the research canter is attached to an appointment-based psychiatric clinic that integrates medical treatment, healthcare, and rehabilitation. Mo Yi is the owner of the Mo Mental Health Research Centre. As the principle investigator, he is responsible for leading, development, and management of all projects at this research centre.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Mental Health Research Centre">[[Big Data Lab#Giannovyn Mental Health Research Center]] | 莫氏心理健康研究中心</ref> Mo Yi can be found here on most weekdays.<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| **CN: 莫氏| Mo (clan/family) 心理健康|Mental Health 研究中心| Research Centre
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| **EN: Giannovyn Mental Health Research Centre
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| ***The name references both founders of the Research Centre: [[Giann von Hagen]] and [[Vyn Richter]]
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| ===锦兰区 | Orchidshine===
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| *[[Austin von Hagen| 陆元希 (Lù Yuánxī)]] - Chairman of the board, semi-retired
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| *[[Giann von Hagen| 陆景瀚 (Lù Jǐnghàn)]] - First son, President of [[Pax Group]]
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| *[[Marius von Hagen| 陆景和 (Lù Jǐnghé)]] - Second son, student, current Acting-President of [[Pax Group]]
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| =====Family Crest: 蛟龙 | Jiaolong=====
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| Family motto: 潜蛟破云，翔龙在天。 | The hidden jiao pierces the clouds, a soaring dragon in the sky.<ref name="陆氏家徽">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/15732429 陆氏家徽 | 潜蛟破云，翔龙在天] | Pax Family Crest: The hidden jiao pierces the clouds, a soaring dragon in the sky</ref>
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| Pax Group's multinational achievements is number one in the world. Chairman of the group, Lu Yuanxi, for many years has topped the list of the most rich and powerful person in the world. His second son, Lu Jinghe, is presently Acting-President while his eldest son is abroad.<ref name="陆氏家徽"/><ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref> One hand grasping Pax, the Lu family is the nation's most influential family. The family clan has been in existence for hundreds of years, with profound cultural roots. The hidden jiao piercing the clouds, is the Lu Clan's motto.<ref name="陆氏家徽"/><ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1449918156747591680?s=20&t=cjSmF_EG2GtYsXFTMEZehg The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent]</ref>
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| Jiao, in ancient legends is the predecessor to the dragon. [The hidden jiao pierces the clouds] is the Lu Family's emblem, inherited for hundreds of years. The meaning is the jiaolong from watery depths will eventually leap up, [piercing through the clouds, to soar in the skies]. It is the wish and encouragement from the ancestors of the Lu Family to the younger generations.<ref name="陆氏家徽"/>
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| Today's Lu family has lived up to the expectations of their ancestors. Pax Group's Pax Capital, Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Real Estate, Jewellery, Fashion and Design, Foods, and Entertainment... Lu family's businesses encompasses all of Stellis' major industries. The silhouette of jiaolong piecing the clouds can be found within all Pax Group's trademark logos.<ref name="陆氏家徽"/><ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1449918156747591680?s=20&t=cjSmF_EG2GtYsXFTMEZehg The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent]</ref>
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| The direct descendants of the Lu Clan carry on their persons a family token emblazoned with the jiaolong. On their suits worn for formal occasions, there are also embroidery patterns of the jiaolong.<ref name="陆氏家徽"/><ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1449918156747591680?s=20&t=cjSmF_EG2GtYsXFTMEZehg The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent]</ref>
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| ======Language Notes======
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| *CN: 蛟龙 (Jiāolóng)<ref name="陆氏家徽"/>
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| **[https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%9B%9F%E9%BE%99/10420182 Jiaolong, or jiao], is a mythical beast from ancient Chinese mythology. It is a species of water beast with dragon blood, with the ability to evolve into a true dragon if they can survive a calamity. The Chinese dragon is a mythical being that is able to control the weather and create rain. They also represent divine imperial power.
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| ***Family name 陆 (Lù) is a surname (predominately in Southern China) with history, with meaning regarding water and continent.
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| *EN: Jiaolong is localised as Aquarian Serpent<ref name="The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1449918156747591680?s=20&t=cjSmF_EG2GtYsXFTMEZehg The von Hagen Family Crest - The Aquarian Serpent]</ref>
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| ===嘉南区 (Jianan District) | South Stellis===
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| ====时光古物店 | Time's Antiquities====
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-13]]
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| Time's Antiquities is located on the first floor of a three story building inherited and owned by Xia Yan.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> It is an antique store, specialising in acquisition, restoration, and sales of antiques from the last century. It is very well known within the cultural circles of [[Stellis City]] and favoured by collectors.<ref name="夏彦古物店探访">[https://www.taptap.com/topic/11401960 夏彦古物店探访] | Visiting Xia Yan's antique store</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Time's Antiquities">[[Big Data Lab#Time's Antiquities]] | 时光古物店</ref><ref name="Luke's Antique Shop">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1387768921906896907 Luke's Antique Shop]</ref>
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| =====Pearce Private Investigations=====
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| The second floor is used as Xia Yan's office<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> for his investigation agency.<ref name="Luke wants to say...">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/1397009546783174656 Luke wants to say...]</ref> Time's Antiquities is a front for his investigation office as most clients would like confidentiality when visiting a private investigator.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref> Regardless of how small or how complex the cases are, not one fails to be completed.<ref name="Pearce Private Investigations">Twitter: [https://twitter.com/TearsofThemisEN/status/138631910357351629 Pearce Private Investigations]</ref>
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| ===金湾工业区 (Golden Bay Industrial Zone) | Golden Beach Industrial Zone===
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| *Location: Northern region of Stellis City<ref name="Big Data Lab: Golden Beach Industrial Zone">[[Big Data Lab# Golden Beach Industrial Zone]] | 金湾工业区</ref>
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| Stellis City's Industrial Zone is the starting place of modern industrialisation. In the past, many industries of Stellis City was based on processing and highly dependant on import and export at Stellis Harbour. The name "Golden Bay" was the nickname of the industrial zone due to the multi-colour bay (various colourful containers bringing in "gold"). After many industrial upgrades, the industrial region successfully introduced and developed high-end manufacturing and high-value-added technological industries. It is now an internationally famous manufacturing hub.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Golden Beach Industrial Zone">[[Big Data Lab# Golden Beach Industrial Zone]] | 金湾工业区</ref>
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| In the beginning, the industrial zone was filled with various types of small industrial parks in the region. To maximise benefits, Stellis City's municipal government took lead and jointly promoted by large enterprises, integrating parks together to expand the scale of industrial zone. Today, many large international conglomerates such as Pax Group and Crimson Biotech have set up core production bases in the industrial zone, contributing a staggering amount towards Stellis City's annual GDP. The industrial boom has drawn many people to settle in the region, resulting in an increase to service industry in the industrial zone. Many famous bars and restaurants are located here.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Golden Beach Industrial Zone">[[Big Data Lab# Golden Beach Industrial Zone]] | 金湾工业区</ref>
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| There is a Chemical Materials Depot in the Industrial Zone with freight robots.<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| *金湾 is literally Golden Bay, but English has localised this to Golden Beach.
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| **金湾(区) is an actual place located in the district of Zhuhai, Guangdong province of China. There exists a high-tech industrial zone with a focus on electronics, computer software, biotechnology, and bio-pharmaceuticals. Local government initiative strengthened the original industrial zone to promote development to what it has become today.
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| ===Abyss===
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| *Location: Stellis City Industrial Zone
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 02-21]]
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| The Abyss is an underground pub located in Stellis City's Industrial Zone. It is the gateway to the underworld of Stellis City and the place to acquire intel and below-the-counter items. It is rumoured that many secret transactions occur here on a daily basis, but the truth is unknown to many.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Abyss">[[Big Data Lab#The Abyss]] | Abyss</ref> In mid-2040, [[Janus Beaufort]] was came and purchased tetrodotoxin.<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| The owner of Abyss is a mysterious young man. The bar runs on his integrity that cannot be brought. He is extremely perceptive of undercover police and thugs. His bar houses an expensive collection where bottles are worth more than the salaries of civil servants. The "books" were kept in the centre of the wine cabinet, behind a bottle of Louis XIII.<ref name="Main Story 02-24">[[Main Story 02-24]]</ref><ref name="Big Data Lab: Abyss">[[Big Data Lab#The Abyss]] | Abyss</ref>
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| ===Other===
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| ====美味咖APP | DeliCart====
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-01]]
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| DeliCart was a food review app owned by a private company attempting to go public.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> But there was general suspicion as their revenue were inadequate and their goals unknown.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> DeliCart membership begins at $300 a month and premium membership fee is $4,500 a month, with additional fees for advertising.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> They also provide customised public relation services to its clients.<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref> Although the public commented that it was a shady company,<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref> there was caution in dealing with DeliCart due to rumours of a powerful backer.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| A financial institution contacted Xia Yan to investigate credit and background checks on DeliCart. It was discovered DeliCart paid posters to write fake reviews in addition to suspicion of making money through illegal means.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> [[Vernon Green]]'s Penny's Comfort Food Food Poisoning case eventually revealed the shady and illegal practices during the lawsuit hearing, leading to a lawsuit against the company itself.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref> DeliCart has purposely sabotaged its clients through review bombing, and stirred up trouble to coercing business owners into purchasing their premium service subscription plans.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref><ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> Penny's Comfort Food was one such establishment that initially refused DeliCart's services and was review bombed in return.<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> In addition to malpractice, DeliCart also punished employees through humiliation. Sales manager [[Pedro Brooks]] was once $70,000 away from a monthly target was punished to slap himself 50 times in front of his team. The company called this "motivation boost," or they would penalise through salary reduction for the individual not reflecting enough on their mistakes.<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| [[Pax Group]]'s internal upper management also discovered Pax Capital had supported DeliCart with investment funding,<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref> it came to light Pax Capital's manager was a relative to DeliCart's owner and abused his position. Pax Capital have since withdrawn their investments and removed the involved manager.<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| *美味咖APP translates to Delicious Coffee APP
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| *CN: DeliCart membership is 2000元 a month<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| *CN: DeliCart premium membership is 3万块 (30,000元) a month<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| *CN: Pedro was 50万 short from monthly target, thus 50 slaps<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| ==Government bodies==
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| ===Food Safety Bureau===
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-03]]
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| The department that oversees food safety. They carry out investigations into incidents such as food poisoning at Penny's Comfort Food. In the case of Penny's Comfort Food incident, it was determined the spring water used in the restaurant's Seafood Tofu Soup was contaminated to insecticide powder. This type of incident was filed under food poisoning due to poor management.<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| ==Beyond Stellis City==
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| ====云州区 (Yúnzhōuqū) | Cloudbreak Hill====
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| *Location: Northwest of Stellis City
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-06]]
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| One of the municipal administration districts under Stellis City located towards north-west. Yunzhou is a tourist area where Mt Yunzhou is a Scenic Resort internationally recognised 5A-level natural scenic spot. Yunzhou has a long history of almost a thousand years since the establishment of the Yunxia Temple. There are modern high-end resort hotels and indigenous hotels with characteristics of the region. The amount of tourists in a year can reach up to 50 million. To protect the ecological environment of Mt Yunzhou, the building of factories and polluting scientific laboratories is prohibited in this district.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Yunzhouqu">[[Big Data Lab#Cloudbreak Hill]] | 云州区</ref>
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| =====Trivia=====
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| *The spring water for Penny's Comfort Food is sourced from here.<ref name="Main Story 01-06">[[Main Story 01-06]]</ref>
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| *云州区 is Yunzhou District. It may also mean "Prefecture of Clouds."
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| **云州区 is an actual place located in the district of Datong, Shanxi province of China. But there are no similarities between real world and Themis world location of the same name.
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| *云霞山: Yúnxiá Mountain, the name carries beautiful aesthetics about clouds and daybreak.
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| *云霞寺: Yúnxiá (Buddhist) Temple
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| ===首都大学 | National Central University===
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| *Location: in the Capital
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| *First mention: [[Main Story 01-05]]
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| Capital University is a top university of the country, specialising in science and engineering. Its bioengineering research department is considered one of the world's finest.<ref name="Stellis University">Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/2274043882854032/posts/2903337869924627 Stellis University]</ref> There is a history of 200 years since establishment with high reputation nationally and internationally. Capital University competes with Stellis University for first place in domestic rankings all year around. In recent years, to further improve in rankings, Capital University has cooperated with relevant government departments to set up a number of professional talent training projects, attracting many outstanding students.<ref name="Big Data Lab: National Central University">[[Big Data Lab#National Central University]] | 首都大学</ref>
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| ====Affiliated====
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| *Xia Yan: Alumni; Masters in Bioengineering<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| *Xia Yan was admitted at 16 years of age.<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| ==翡冷翠 | Florence==
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| ===翡冷翠美术学院 | Florence Academy of Art===
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| The world's top art school.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| ====Affiliated====
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| *Lu Jinghe: Alumni; Bachelor's degree in Oil Painting with Excellence.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| ====Trivia====
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| *Lu Jinghe was admitted before 18 years of age and graduated in advance.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| *There is a real world [https://www.florenceacademyofart.com/ Florence Academy of Art].
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| *CN: There are a few variations for Florence in Chinese:
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| **佛罗伦萨 (Fóluólúnsà) is closer to English pronunciation of Florence. The official and proper Chinese name for Florence.
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| **翡冷翠 (Fěilěngcuì) is closer to Italian pronunciation, Firenze. First coined by the poet 徐志摩|Xú Zhìmó in 《翡冷翠的一夜》|A Night in Florence, the name is loan-sounds in addition to meaning cool emerald, or jade-like. Similar to how the marble work of churches there embellishes the city in emerald. The reason this name is not used officially is because it violates the Principle of Foreign Transliteration by having meaning. But in fictional work, 翡冷翠 is beautifully poetic and often used.
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| ==斯沃尔特王国 | Kingdom of Svart==
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| ===斯沃尔特国王大学 | University of Svart===
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| There is a Psychology and Pedagogy Department.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| ====Affiliated====
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| *Mo Yi: Alumni; bestowed double Honorary Doctorates in Psychology and Pedagogy<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| =Timeline=
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| *1960
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| **[[Vernon Green]] is born<ref name="NXX-OS Vernon Green">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Vernon Green</ref>
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| *1971
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| **Austin von Hagen is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| *1985
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| **Peter is born to Penny and [[Vernon Green]]<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| *1998
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| **[[Celestine Taylor]] is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref>
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| **Crimson Biotech Ltd. is founded by Liu Ya<ref name="Big Data Lab: Crimson Biotech Ltd.">[[Big Data Lab#Crimson Biotech Ltd.]] | 亚宁生物科技公司</ref>
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| *2001
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| **April (26th) - Zuo Ran is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| *2003
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| **[[Pedro Brooks]] is born<ref name="NXX-OS Pedro Brooks">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Pedro Brooks</ref>
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| **(before September) Peter Green (18) passes away from a car accident<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref> (School semester begins in September)
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| **Penny and [[Vernon Green]] begin sponsoring disadvantaged students in memory of their son, Peter<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| **September (27th) - Mo Yi is born in the Kingdom of Svart<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| *2005
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| **Penny Green passes away from grief<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| **[[Vernon Green]] founds Penny's Comfort Food in memory of his late wife, Penny<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| *2006
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| **December (5th) - Xia Yan is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Xia Yan">[[Big Data Lab#Luke Pearce]] | 夏彦</ref>
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| *2009
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| **[[Kiki Bennet]] is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref>
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| *2009
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| **June (21st) - Lu Jinghe is born<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| *2011
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| **[[Winnie Cooper]] is born<ref name="NXX-OS Winnie Cooper">NXX-OS >Personnel Files >General >Winnie Cooper</ref>
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| *2022
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| **Xia Yan (16) is accepted into [[National Central University]] and is recruited into a national secret project<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| *2024
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| **[[Celestine Taylor]] founded [[Themis Law Firm]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Celestine Taylor">[[Big Data Lab#Celestine Taylor]] | 翟星</ref>
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| **[[Pedro Brooks]] starts working at Penny's Comfort Foods<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| **[[Janus Beaufort]] is selected as a talent<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| *2025
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| **Mode de Vénus is founded by Estelle<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| **Jen graduates from university<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| *2026
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| **Austin von Hagen announces his retirement<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Yuanxi">[[Big Data Lab#Austin von Hagen]] | 陆元希</ref>
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| **[[Giann von Hagen]] is appointed as [[Pax Group]] President<ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref>
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| **Zuo Ran is invited by [[Celestine Taylor]] as a Senior Partner at [[Themis Law Firm]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| *2028
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| **[[Estelle Marino]] and [[Janus Beaufort]] secretly get married abroad<ref name="Main Story 02-19">[[Main Story 02-19]]</ref>
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| **Notable movement towards pharmaceutical research by industry sectors<ref name="Main Story 01-01">[[Main Story 01-01]]</ref>
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| **Mo Yi migrates to [[Stellis City]] from Kingdom of Svart<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| **Mo Yi begins focusing on criminal psychology study<ref name="Main Story 01-17">[[Main Story 01-17]]</ref>
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| **Mo Yi and Lu Jinghan founded the Giannovyn Mental Health Research Centre<ref name="Big Data Lab: Mo Yi">[[Big Data Lab#Vyn Richter]] | 莫弈</ref>
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| *2029
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| **[[Vernon Green]] is the champion of 2029 Stellis Angling Competition<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| **[[Pedro Brooks]] begins working part-time at DeliCart<ref name=“Episode 01-12”>[[Main Story 01-12]]</ref>
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| **March - Vernon subscribes to DeliCart $300 (2000元) monthly membership<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| **June - [[Pedro Brooks]] graduates from university<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| **June - Sponsorship ends from [[Vernon Green]] for [[Pedro Brooks]]<ref name="Main Story 01-10">[[Main Story 01-10]]</ref>
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| **Zuo Ran (28) passes the Senior Lawyer Advancement Exam<ref name="Big Data Lab: Zuo Ran">[[Big Data Lab#Artem Wing]] | 左然</ref>
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| **[[Kiki Bennet]] enters [[Themis Law Firm]]<ref name="Big Data Lab: Kiki Bennet">[[Big Data Lab#Kiki Bennet]] | 程澄</ref>
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| **[[Pax Group]] and [[Themis Law Firm]] sign a collaboration agreement<ref name="Big Data Lab: Themis Law Firm">[[Big Data Lab#Themis Law Firm]] | 忒弥斯律师事务所</ref>
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| **Lu Jinghan temporarily leaves [[Pax Group]] for confidential projects<ref name="Big Data Lab: Pax Group">[[Big Data Lab#Pax Group]] | 和印集团</ref>
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| **Lu Jinghe completes undergraduate studies in advance and obtains a bachelor's degree in Art. Returns to [[Stellis City]] from Florence to temporarily take over [[Pax Group]] as Acting-President<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| **Stellis Art Gallery is constructed<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| **Rennovations begin for Manning Palace Hotel (removal of connecting doors for Floor 17 and below)<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| *2030
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| **[[Kiki Bennet]] begins official work at [[Themis Law Firm]]<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| **Xia Yan returns to Stellis City<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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| **(March - May; Spring) Lu Jinghe passes post-graduate exam and enrols into [[Stellis University]] School of Art<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| **May - [[Pax Group|Pax Fashion and Design]] attempted to acquire Mode de Vénus<ref name="Main Story 02-27">[[Main Story 02-27]]</ref>
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| **July - [[Winnie Cooper]] enrols into [[Stellis University]] on full scholarship<ref name="Main Story 01-03">[[Main Story 01-03]]</ref>
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| **July - [[Janus Beaufort]] visits Abyss Bar<ref name="Main Story 02-21">[[Main Story 02-21]]</ref>
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| **July/August - MC is reunited with Xia Yan<ref name="Main Story 01-05">[[Main Story 01-05]]</ref>
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| **August - [[Episode 1: The Hand That Feeds|Penny's Comfort Foods Case Trial]]<ref name="Main Story 01-16">[[Main Story 01-16]]</ref>
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| **August - [[Estelle Marino]]'s Mode de Vénus is the winner of 2030 Stellis Fashion Week<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| **August - MC meets Mo Yi for the first time at his residence<ref name="Main Story 02-01">[[Main Story 02-01]]</ref>
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| **August - MC has a Mid-Summer encounter with Lu Jinghe at [[Stellis University]]<ref name="Main Story 02-04">[[Main Story 02-04]]</ref>
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| **August - [[Estelle Marino]] holds a business banquet in celebration of victory at Stellis Fashion Week<ref name="Main Story 02-06">[[Main Story 02-06]]</ref>
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| **August - [[Episode 2: The Unbearable Love|Estelle Marino is murdered]]
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| **September - Renovations continue for Manning Palace Hotel (removal of connecting doors for Floor 18 - 30)<ref name="Main Story 02-15">[[Main Story 02-15]]</ref>
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| ==Unknown specifics==
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| *2006-2007
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| **[[Main Character]] is born (cross referencing dialogues, it should fall between 6th Dec 2006 - 1st July 2007)
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| *Before 2027
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| **Lu Jinghe (before 18 years old) was admitted into Florence Academy of Art.<ref name="Big Data Lab: Lu Jinghe">[[Big Data Lab#Marius von Hagen]] | 陆景和</ref>
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| *2024-2027
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| **MC's parents were both recruited into a secret research project while MC was in university.<ref name="Main Story 01-13">[[Main Story 01-13]]</ref>
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