Ovine Replica: Serenity in Flesh

*Ovine Replica: Serenity in Flesh*, also known as *The Enonoia Saga: Part I*, is an adventure-styled visual novel developed by Amorous Ursidae. A demo version was released on September 16, 2019 on itch.io. The complete version was released on September 22, 2020 on itch.io. The plot focuses on Ecout Kanovos, an officer of the Master Order Trained Hire, who encounters Otis, an odd-looking young man with the ability to grant any wish.

## Staff

Character design
Environment design
Scene illustration
Programming
—Aiyuu
—Matthew L.
—Strung
—Matthew L.
—Aiyuu
—Aiyuu
—Armando777
—Dominic
—Faris Halawa
—Kamigigana
—Molan
—togwrlp
—Sary Chen
—All demo ver. readers
—Jeremiah
—Kayli H.
—'Stray
—Tigris

## Characters

* Ecout Kanovos
* Noah Tolstoy
* Carol Kanovos
* Otis
* Louise Alkaev
* Joanne Edison
* Melanie Callisto
* Erika Callisto
* Letat Saiskaya

## Summary

**Warning: this section contains major spoilers for *Ovine Replica*.**

A flowchart for all choices can be found here: https://i.imgur.com/nEOPd0x.png. This flowchart is not recommended for first-time readers and it has been stated by Aiyuu that "it's best to go in blind." For more information on choices and the differences they cause, see Choices.

### Home

"Home" is the first chapter of *Ovine Replica* and introduces Ecout, Noah, Carol, and Otis. At the end of Ecout and Noah's patrol, Ecout is dropped off in front of the Fortune-Teller by Noah, his superior in the Master Order Trained Hire, on elkback. Ecout enters the Fortune-Teller to pick up his sister Carol, who works there, and return home. The two chat for a bit and they both go to sleep.

The next morning, Noah arrives at the Kanovos residence and Ecout and Noah accompany Carol to the Fortune-Teller. After dropping her off, the two journey on elkback to a hill of alfalfa at the outer edge of Enonoia where they spend some time chatting.

At the end of their patrol, Ecout is dropped off in front of the Fortune-Teller again only to learn that Carol was taken in by the MOTH for questioning. After learning that Carol is still being kept by the MOTH, Ecout goes to the nearest MOTH station to inquire about her whereabouts. He ends up traveling to the MOTH headquarter's prisons to free her and ends up freeing Otis at Carol's request. The three return to the Kanovos residence and Otis sleeps in the same bed as Ecout.

### Scout

"Scout" is the second chapter and introduces Louise, Joanne, and Melanie. Noah confronts Ecout about his decision to free Otis from the prison before reassuring him that Noah managed to convince the king of Enonoia into overlooking the whole incident. Ecout and Noah go patrolling before being called over by MOTH soldiers to a scene of a massacre. Noah learns of the Device being stolen from the previous scout and promotes Ecout as the new scout.

The next morning, Ecout and Otis walk the streets of Enonoia and spend some time at the Joybringer before being called over by MOTH soldiers to confront the Berserk. The MOTH are unsuccessful and the Berserk kills Noah. The surviving MOTH soldiers tell Ecout to "alter science" and Otis complies by eating Noah's corpse. After Otis finishes eating, he tells Ecout that he can make his wish come true. The reader is offered the choice to revive Noah or heal another soldier at the scene, but no matter what choice is picked, Noah is unable to be revived. *Ovine Replica (Demo Ver.)* ends here before the choice can be resolved. If the reader chooses to continue from the demo in the complete version, they will start at the scene before this choice.

Ecout unconsciously makes one more wish to be teleported to the front of the Fortune-Teller to check up on Carol's safety. Otis grants this wish and Ecout talks with Carol briefly before being interrupted by MOTH soldiers. The MOTH soldiers request Ecout and Otis to accompany the squadron to the base of the rebels. When Carol sees that Louise, her captor from Chapter 1, is in the squadron, Carol demands Ecout to take her with him. The squadron arrive outside the base of the rebels and Joanne, one of the rebels, takes one of the MOTH soldiers hostage and demand the rest, including Ecout, to give up their weapons. The leader of the rebels reveals herself in front of the now tied-up squadron and sees Otis, who explains that she is his sister Melanie. Otis vouches for the good intentions of Ecout and Carol and the three end up staying the night at the base of the rebels, who are revealed to be the Warriors Against State Persecution.

### Displacement

"Displacement" is the third chapter. The next morning, Melanie decides to go on a hunting session with Otis to make a wish for more supplies. Otis convinces Melanie to bring along Ecout. Before they can leave, they decide to get ready first, leaving Ecout alone in the WASP headquarters. Ecout makes his way to the prison where MOTH soldiers are being kept and decides to free Louise to watch his back from a distance during the hunting session in case Melanie betrays Ecout. Ecout returns to Otis and Melanie and the three go out onto the streets of Enonoia.

After walking around in circles for a while, Melanie reveals her plan of taking advantage of the Berserk's attacks on MOTH soldiers to obtain fuel for Otis. Louise overhears this conversation and assumes that Ecout orchestrated a series of killings with the Berserk to seize control of the government. Louise appears from her hiding place and points a MOTH-style crossbow directly at Ecout. After failed attempts to plead with her, the Berserk arrives as predicted by Melanie. Otis and Melanie escape, leaving Louise and Ecout to deal with the Berserk. Louise's crossbow shots fail and she flees once the Berserk starts charging at her. Ecout trips and falls onto the ground and he barely manages to dodge the Berserk's blows and run away. Ecout's escape is successful when Otis makes a wish to teleport Ecout to where Otis and Melanie were during the encounter. Otis eats the corpse of another MOTH soldier and grants the wish of Ecout to return to the WASP headquarters instead of granting more of Melanie's wishes. However, Melanie's wish to restock the WASP storage with supplies was already granted and all of the members decide to celebrate with dinner.

### Retaliation

"Retaliation" is the fourth chapter and introduces Erika and Letat. The next morning, Ecout, Otis, Carol, and Joanne spend some time on the roof of the WASP headquarters. Melanie shows up on the rooftop and mentions to Ecout her relative that she invited over.

Later that evening, Erika, Melanie's sister, shows up at the WASP headquarters. After Otis introduces Ecout to her and vouches for his good intentions despite being a MOTH soldier, Erika introduces herself to Ecout. Otis, Erika, Ecout, and Melanie all make their way to the basement of the headquarters. Erika opens a golden pocket-watch to reveal blue and gold gears spinning in mid-air. It is revealed to be the stolen Device and Erika begins to explain the alteration of science to Ecout. Erika uses the Device to teleport a MOTH soldier's corpse to the basement, providing Otis with fuel. Carol enters the basement to alert the four about incoming MOTH soldiers but stops due to the shock of witnessing Otis eating a corpse. Letat, king of Enonoia, arrives, having found the location of the WASP headquarters with the help of Louise. MOTH soldiers enter the basement and Letat orders them to seize Ecout and Carol. Melanie moves towards Letat while brandishing her sword but he slips by and steals the Device from Erika. Letat messes with the Device before activating it on Otis. Erika tackles Letat, causing the Device to target Erika instead. Erika transcends into a bear merged with the Device itself, granting her the power to alter science. Letat orders a full retreat but Erika teleports away all the soldiers along with her.

In the aftermath of the scene, Otis decides to grant Carol a wish, who wishes she was never associated with the MOTH. Joanne enters the basement and tells the four about how the location around the building changed. They all look outside and realize that the WASP headquarters being relocated to another part of outer Enonoia was the effect of Carol's wish. They return inside, but Otis stays behind to ask Ecout to enter the shower with him to wash off all the blood on Otis. Otis and Ecout chat in the shower, with Otis pondering his original form as a sheep or a wolf. After the shower, Ecout and Otis lay in bed with Otis bringing up his desire to grant Ecout's wishes. The reader is then offered a choice with only one option unless they have completed both Lupine endings. If the reader finishes at least one ending for *Ovine Replica*, upon starting a new game they will be offered a choice to start at the shower scene.

### Cycle

"Cycle" is the fifth chapter. Erika, in her bear form known as Ursine Science, chats with Melanie and Ecout about the current situation regarding the MOTH and the Device. Erika explains how the MOTH have dismissed the criminal charges of the Berserk, Ecout, and Otis so that the MOTH can focus their efforts on seizing Ursine Science. Erika teleports away and Melanie decides to let Ecout have some free time before she requests his help.

Ecout, Otis, and Carol loiter around the outside of the WASP headquarters, noticing the passing MOTH soldiers that are ignoring Otis under Letat's order. Melanie arrives and brings them all to Otis's next meal of another MOTH soldier's corpse. After finishing the corpse, Otis expresses his desire to grant Ecout's wishes instead of Melanie's wishes. Melanie complies and Otis grants Ecout's wish of being teleported to the nearest MOTH station. Otis and Ecout are teleported directly to the inside of a MOTH station, with several soldiers including Louise present. All of the soldiers leave because of Letat's order to ignore Otis and pursue Ursine Science instead. The two are left alone in the station and Ecout decides to free all the prisoners regardless of their innocence or guilt. After freeing the prisoners, Ecout makes one more wish to place an iron fence around the MOTH station to render it useless. The two steal an elk from the stable and ride off to repeat the process of emptying MOTH stations and locking them up.

After their science alteration spree, the two end up spending their evening at the Peacemaker. After ordering steaks and chatting, they return to the MOTH headquarters at night to see Carol and Joanne waiting for them. Melanie appears and asks about their day before mentioning to Otis her plan to meet Erika for tomorrow. Otis expresses his desire to be with Ecout more than Melanie, and Melanie laughs it off.

The next day, Melanie takes the elk Ecout and Otis brought back to pursue Erika herself. Ecout is shocked by this and brings Otis and Carol to pursue Melanie. Joanne lends her belt and cloak to Carol and sends them off.

### Replica

"Replica" is the sixth and final chapter. Ecout, Otis, and Carol lose sight of Melanie and only have Otis's hearing to go off of. The three briefly see Erika being pursued by the entirety of the MOTH filling the streets. The three hide away in an abandoned building where Louise has followed them there to confront them. Carol catches Louise off guard and holds her sword up to Louise's neck. Carol switches places with Ecout, intending for him to kill Louise and provide Otis with fuel. The reader is offered a choice to "Spare Enonoia" by killing Louise or to "Spare Louise." No matter what choice is picked, Ecout doubts his judgement and the reader is offered the choice again. This time, the choice will only have the option to "Spare Enonoia," but under certain circumstances it can lead to the true end or have a second option to "Abandon Enonoia."

In the normal "Spare Enonoia" option, Ecout kills Louise, allowing for Otis to have fuel and grant Ecout's wish of turning Erika back to normal. The scene immediately ends, and Ecout and Otis spend some time in their room at the WASP headquarters. The next morning, Ecout wakes up to see Otis and Carol gone. After wandering the headquarters for some time, he stumbles upon Otis eating Carol's corpse. Otis defends his action by claiming Carol's mind to be filled with malice. Ecout is torn over this and wishes to not be involved with Otis, which Otis grants. This wish has the unintended effect of allowing Otis to grant wishes for himself, no longer involving Ecout in the wish granting process, and he leaves by flying away from the now-destroyed WASP headquarters. Melanie appears, and after asking what happened, she decides to take Ecout on elkback to find Otis. The two ride through the city of Enonoia, seeing countless corpses from Otis's indiscriminate killings such as Joanne, Erika, and Letat's corpse. Melanie realizes that Otis is likely at the Enonoia palace and decides to lend her sword to Ecout to face Otis alone. After a cheer from several MOTH soldiers, Ecout arrives at the rooftop of the Enonoia palace where Otis, dressed in a regal outfit, awaits. The reader is offered a choice to make amends with Otis or to stop Otis, where both of these choices lead to a different ending.

In the hidden "Abandon Enonoia" option, the reader needs to have finished at least one ending for *Ovine Replica* and needs to have picked all WOLF choices leading up to that point to be offered the option. This choice will lead to Ecout sparing Louise and Otis killing Carol instead to obtain fuel. The rest of the story will play out like the normal "Spare Enonoia" option choice when Ecout discovers Otis eating Carol but with slight changes.

### Lupine Replica

"Lupine Replica" is one of two Lupine endings for *Ovine Replica*. If the reader chooses to make amends with Otis, Ecout will find himself unable to kill Otis. The two join together as the kings of Enonoia, with Otis devouring the citizens to make more alterations to expand their fortune. The epilogue of Lupine Replica is set at the Peacemaker, with Otis and Ecout enjoying their meal.

### Lupine Archetype

"Lupine Archetype" is one of two Lupine endings for *Ovine Replica*. If the reader chooses to stop Otis, Ecout will engage Otis in combat. Otis dodges Ecout's sword swings and retaliates by making several alterations of science but is unable to directly affect Ecout because of his prior wish. Ecout eventually gains the upper hand on Otis and kills him. The epilogue of Lupine Archetype is set at the Peacemaker, with Ecout drinking red wine alone. Melanie visits Ecout and offers to give him a position to reign over Enonoia, which Ecout declines.

### Ovine Archetype

"Ovine Archetype" is the true ending of *Ovine Replica*. If the reader satisfies the conditions of finishing both Lupine endings, revisiting a previous choice at the end of Chapter 4, and maintaining a WOLF counter less than or equal to 3 throughout Chapter 6, then the second choice to "Spare Enonoia" will lead to the true ending. The story begins to branch with Otis displaying independence and stopping Ecout before he can kill Louise. Without any fuel, they are unable to stop Letat from seizing control of Ursine Science and he begins extending his control on the city of Enonoia. Ecout and Otis run away to the Peacemaker and are separated from Carol and Louise. Ecout confesses his love to Otis and the two spend the night at the Peacemaker.

At the Peacemaker but before Ecout confesses his love, Otis has a flashback of his time with Melanie before he was in prison. During this time, Otis's body is much skinnier because the corpses he eat are used up by the alteration of science, which leaves Otis empty. Melanie decides to use Otis to grant more wishes and leaves to kill someone. After coming back with a corpse, Otis eats it and Melanie wishes Otis has a healthier body to alleviate his starvation. But the symptoms of starvation still remained, so Otis continues to eat more corpses to feed himself and grant Melanie's wishes at the same time.

One day, Erika shows up to talk with Melanie about the Device, and Erika decides to give Otis a break from eating bodies by bringing him to the Peacemaker to eat tiramisu. Otis returns to Melanie and continues to eat more corpses before eventually being captured by the MOTH. During Otis's time at prison, he eats the corpses the MOTH provides him but refuses to grant their wishes.

After being in prison for a while, the events of Chapter 1 play out from Otis's perspective, who sees Carol get imprisoned and sees Ecout come to the rescue. Otis finds happiness from Ecout rescuing him and decides from then on to show his gratitude in whatever way he can.

Back in the present, the next morning, Otis is kidnapped by Letat using Ursine Science to teleport Otis from the Peacemaker to the Enonoia palace. Ecout exits the Peacemaker and talks with Melanie, who came by the Peacemaker to find Otis. Melanie hands Ecout a MOTH-style katana and offers him a ride on elkback to the Enonoia palace. The two sneak in through the front door of the palace, walking quietly to avoid detection from the few MOTH soldiers that remain in the force. Ecout encounters Louise, who offers to guide the two of them to Otis. The three encounter Joanne, who has defected to the MOTH. Louise and Joanne engage in combat and Ecout and Melanie run away to where Otis is located.

After arriving outside the room where Otis is located, Letat uses Ursine Science trap the two of them in the room with a barrier with the door to Otis's room being the only opening. Melanie swings her sword at Ecout and decides to kill him for interfering with her plans for so long. Ecout defends himself with the katana but he is eventually forced onto the ground by exhaustion. Before Melanie can kill Ecout, Otis appears and stops Melanie. After convincing Melanie to not kill Ecout, they decide to have Ecout and Otis leave and Melanie stay behind to deal with Letat and save Carol. Ecout and Otis leave through a passageway by the outer wall of the palace, and they encounter Koraki and Arkuma who is carrying Erika's dead human body. Ecout passes out from exhaustion and Arkuma carries his body out of the Enonoia palace.

The epilogue of Ovine Archetype takes place several days after the battle at the Enonoia palace. Ecout, Otis, Carol, and Louise spend their evening together at the Peacemaker. They order drinks and chat for a bit, listening to how people consider the events of the past few days to be one big nightmare. After exiting the Peacemaker, Ecout and Otis decide to borrow an elk and journey on elkback to a hill of alfalfa at the outer edge of Enonoia. Ecout and Otis relax together, with Ecout thinking about the happiness and serenity he found in Otis.

## Trivia

* *Ovine Replica* was originally slated to release in 2018 but was delayed to early 2019, 2019, and Summer 2020 due to Aiyuu being unable to finish in time.
	+ On September 17, 2020, the last week of Summer 2020, Amorous Ursidae revealed the final release date to be September 22, 2020, the last day of Summer 2020.
* It was revealed by Aiyuu on CuriousCat that his original concept for *Ovine Replica* "featured a deaf protagonist."
* On February 24, 2022, *Ovine Replica* and its demo received an update on itch.io (demo) which replaced "Stones" ("Rows of Stone" in the demo) from the soundtrack with an updated version, as well as updating the engine it runs on from Ren'Py 6.99.12 to Ren'Py 7.4.3.
* On April 1, 2022, Amorous Ursidae announced on Twitter and itch.io that the downloads for *Ovine Replica* were removed for "extended maintenance." The following day, it was revealed on Twitter and itch.io to be an April Fools joke and the downloads were restored.

## External Links

* *Ovine Replica* on the official Amorous Ursidae website
* *Ovine Replica* at The Visual Novel Database