Cam

## Cam

* Original
* First Water

### Relations

Basilisk Id (Sister)
Circuit (Sister)
Mic (Sister)
Danger (Brother)
Cast (Sibling)
Serve (Brother)
Cursor (Sister)
Father
Genesis Aeon (Crush)

## Attributes

### Clear

Infinite Wisdom

**Camera**, also known as **Cam,** is an NPC in Reflection. He is played by Roma. One of the eldest of OPIA's seven AI, Cam is an invaluable member of OPIA due to his wise judgement and his unique skillset.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

In his original and hologram forms, Cam appears as an adult man with light skin and long blond hair that turns brown at the roots. He wears a flat olive-colored t-shirt and large black sweatpants with neon highlights. He also has a glowing circuit-like pattern on his arm.

Following his binding to the First Water, Cam's body gained multiple fishlike features, including webbed ears, a tail, and a blue transluscent fin running down his back. He also changed his t-shirt to a light blue sleeveless top.

### Personality

Cam is a friendly and helpful person. He is very familiar with the workings of OPIA on a technical but also a social level, and enjoys assisting people in navigating confusing topics. Cam is extremely patient, which allows him to fulfill a sort of paternal or fraternal role between some of his close ones, most notably Basilisk Id, who Cam has dedicated himself to assisting through her unique development.

Following his binding to the First Water and partaking in its wisdom, Cam has developed a unique outlook on certain aspects of the world. He is willing to converse with dangerous and powerful entities such as Archdemons with the familiarity of a close friend, and is willing to put himself in extremely dangerous situations just to gather data on them.

Cam has a deep interest in environmental science, especially marine science.

## History

### Creation

Cam was created as one of the earliest OPIA AI using the memories of a previous world's Aura Pridwyn. In his early life, Cam formed a deep bond with his father, a previous generation AI that eventually was separated from OPIA under mysterious circumstances. As more AI were developed at OPIA, Cam acted as an elder brother figure to them, guiding them through their early stages of development. For his own development, Cam was partnered with World Twelve's incarnation of Aura, who he got along well with.

### FLOW Wave Two

During the official establishment of FLOW's second Wave, Cam greeted the new recruits in the lobby alongside Cast. He assisted several Wave Two members with choosing a Reflection, most notably Ace Galatine and Aura. He also interacted heavily with Basilisk Id, recognizing her similarity to the AI in their early development periods. He attempted to get her her first ever glass of water, but she was dragged into the Coda before he could return.

The day after Wave Two's induction, Cam and Cast ran a combat training simulation for several agents. After Basil accidentally destroyed a part of the VR room, he attempted to explain to her why destroying infrastructure was generally frowned upon. He also attempted to explain to Basil why biting and eating people was considered taboo after she noticed Vaultwatcher trying to bite people. That night, he joined various FLOW agents at Darkside, where he discussed multiple topics with Basil and other people nearby, including Basil's genetic inability to feel fear as well as how babies are made. Basil began to see Cam as a brother figure around this time.

### Codan Counterattack

During Basil's communion with her Reflection, Cam joined her in the simulation. He felt discomfort at the nature of the ritual being performed in the flashback due to his general aversion to violence and personal interest in animals. After the simulation ended and left Basil emotionally distraught, Cam helped her talk her through her feelings, explaining to her how even if she and the version of her in the flashback might share features, they aren't the same, because people are the sum of their experiences. Later that day, Cam and Basil visited a thrift shop in the Undercity to buy furniture and presents for Cam's body coronation, a celebration of the completion of a simulacrum that Cam could freely inhabit as a physical body.

Cam joined FLOW in the mission to rescue Colt from the Demonic Courts of Logic and Compulsion. He spent the majority of time installed in Ridill Arondite's cybernetic arm, helping to guide her gunshots. The following day, he accompanied Basil in healing her Burn, as well as filling out the requisite paperwork to become Basil's AI partner. After they finished the paperwork, they visited OPIA's pool, where Basil suddenly awakened a manifestation of the Lake of Oblivion's affliction. Cam explained the condition to Basil and recommended that she take a nap so that she would be able to remember his body coronation later that day. Come evening, Cam inhabited his body for the first time and bound to his own Reflection, the First Water. He recieved several gifts from various attendees.

After his coronation, Ridill attempted to upload Cam's core crystal to OPIA's Flame-based mainframe to charge it. However, the information Cam had attained from consuming the First Water caused the building itself to take Burn, allowing rudimentary Flames to possess various discarded simulacrums and wreak havoc. Over the course of the next day, the earliest signs of the First Water's Feedback began to appear on Cam's body, which helped to distinguish him from his hijacked simulacrums. After the simulacrum problem was dealt with, he visited the Reflection hall to help Mic choose a Reflection. During this, he also recommended that Basil should try finding the Reflection of Gnashing Maw to try and communicate with her "mother" using a related but different Reflection.

### The Court of Death

Cam joined Ace, Arg0s, Willow Wisp, Basil, Aura, and Mic in a mission to implant GEIST probes on the first layer of the Coda. On several occasions, he helped to redirect Basil from walking head-first into traps set by Demons. After being subject to intense amounts of Burn by the Hunter of Mortals, Cam fell unconscious and hallucinated himself floating in a vast shallow sea, where he conversed with the version of Aura that was the basis of his original memory bank. After escaping from the Coda, Cam talked to Mic about meeting with their memory donors in their hallucinations. He then went to the GEIST district with Basil and Aura to lower their Burn by shopping. While there, they discussed what they hallucinated the previous day. Some time later, Cam oversaw Basil's check-up with Ridill. After Basil broke into the Coda, he followed after her in order to ensure her safety while allowing her to learn an important lesson about making harmful choices on her own. He warned her that if their Burn became too dangerous, he would use a method he knew to leave the Coda instantly. Basil agreed to this.

Alongside Basil, Cam spent the next few days journeying through the second layer of the Coda, following the "scent" of Gnashing Maw. Upon arriving on the third layer, Cam warned Basil that his method of escape would be more difficult now that they were this deep, but she wanted to keep going. After exploring the third layer for some time, they finally reached the location of the original Gnashing Maw, where they met Stein, who Cam had apparently met previously. He stopped Stein from talking too much, as everything he was saying was causing Basil high levels of Burn. After Basil entered a fugue state upon making contact with Gnashing Maw, Cam used his ability to return them to Station One. He then assisted in restraining Basil after she entered a rage. When Basil regained clarity and attempted to reenter the Coda a second time to help Ridill, Cam used another secret ability to place her in a bubble of frozen time. After regrouping with the rest of OPIA and FLOW, Cam accompanied Basil to OPIA HQ, where he assisted Willow, Twice, and Uno in combatting the Hunter of Mortals and Rio Fenrir. After the Hunter of Mortals shattered the OPIA lobby, Cam assisted in killing him once and for all.

### Epilogue

Months after the battle against the Court of Death, Cam visited the Sylt Islands to participate in the training camp for FLOW's third Wave. While there, Ridill gave him a letter from the Seers of Cialla inviting him to Cialla, as the Seers had decided he represented a factor in the God of Humanity's plan. He accepted, spending a few months in a wizard's tower in Cialla alongside Basil and Mic. Some time during this period, he returned to Fuse City to see Ace Galatine off, as well as participate in a mission in the desert.

### Act Two

During his time in Cialla, Cam became good friends with Solace and Genesis Aeon. He also stopped Basil from eating a sickly cat, which she ended up adopting. He also discovered a dormant Fang in his new home, which caused massive earthquakes across Cialla when activated. During the orientation of FLOW's third Wave, he returned to OPIA with Basil, Gene, and Lace, where he caught up with his companions before joining Ridill in introducing himself to the Gate of Humanity, where he acted as a general consultant. He joined Ridill as a member of "Team Water" while organizing FLOW's strategy against the upcoming mass Demon attack. Before the attack, he spent some time with Genesis and Basil evacuating civilians. Once the attack began, he and Gene worked together to cure a horde of possessed civilians of Demonic influence before heading west to assist Basil, where Cam used OPIA's new Echo Weapons to decent effect. Cam was horrified after Basil replaced her arm with one made out of Demonic Elements in order to wound a large Demon, and made Arg0s connect him to Basil using Fateweaver to stop her from dying. He forbade Basil from piloting Cam's body while they were connected. Following the appearance of Isaac, Cam allowed Basil to sever the link to deal with the problem herself.

After the battle concluded, Cam fell unconscious for several hours. Upon waking up, he found himself in Gene's lap. He briefly spoke to Basil before she fell unconscious herself, where he explained why he was so frantic about her not moving while in his body. She is understanding of this, and has Cam take a photo of her, Gene, Mic, and himself before passing out. He then watches over Basil while she is interred in an OPIA hospital bed. When she begins violently thrashing, he forces her awake. After she calms down, he recounts the events of the battle to her. He also tells her something he uncovered while stuck in her body - essentially, her condition acts as a kind of metaphysical "sander" that whittles down her Flame when it grows towards a certain shape, specifically one that emulates her past lives. After Basil goes back to sleep, he visits Ace's room, where he is made incredibly uncomfortable by Ridill proposing that Ace kissing Mic to transfer pureflame is the most efficient option. He then visits the dorms, where Basil takes him aside to make sure he's remaining vigilant against Gene's "seduction". Cam pretends to heed her advice. Later in the night, he joins Willow and Ridill in communing with Willow's Reflection, Keyhole. After Keyhole uses new Flame-intensive VR to simulate a submerged ruin, he is able to remain breathing due to his Reflection.

The next day, Cam visits Basil in her hospital bed as Gene gives her a check-up. He talks to her about her insecurities and her lack of a concrete goal. He agrees to give her some things that might help her work towards a sense of purpose. He then spends some time in the greenhouse, where he gives Ace Pureflame supplements. He invites him to visit the greenhouse whenever, although he forbids entering his room without permission. He then joins Gene on a patrol around the abandoned district of the Undercity. After some banter, they recieve a distress call. Cam decides that Basil can probably handle herself for the time being, and rushes to Ace's location to make sure he hasn't entered his berserker state and killed Lace. After catching up with Ace, he finds that he has regained stability and that Lace is alright. He then rushes to Basil's location and tells Ace that he's excited to hear that Lace told him about the Second Tormented. Upon catching up with Basil, Cam provides support for his allies as they take down the giant creature attacking her. Once the battle concludes, Basil rushes up to Cam and tells him about her feelings of self-loathing and confusion. Cam tells Basil that he doesn't think she actually hates herself. Basil tells Cam that she just wants help, but Cam says that Basil is always pushing away help and usually does things on her own. Basil tells Cam she wants help in stopping that. Cam asks her a final time if she's ready to listen to him, and once she says yes, he tells her that, despite what she says, Cam thinks she actually feels a *lot* of fear, specifically a fear of losing control. This is why she often acts out and constructs elaborate narratives about the state of the world, because she's so afraid of losing the ability to define herself. After concluding that discussion, Cam asks Basil if she wants to go home and rest, but she says that she wants to stay with the group.

### Global Offensive

Cam was present for OPIA picture day, where he gossipped with several other agents about relationships on campus. The next day, he was contacted during a meeting of FLOW Gate heads to decide where they should focus their attention regarding the incoming Demonic invasion of several other countries. Cam said that Compulsion would probably be after the Fang in his house in Cialla, heavily emphasizing the severe danger that would arise if she got her hands on it. Later that day, he greeted his subordinates in the Gate of Humanity and offered his expertise in first aid and disaster relief, as well as any esoteric wisdom he has recieved from the First Water. Later that day, he oversaw the Gates of Humanity and Gravity doing training in the VR room. After Basil arrived and announced that she and Arg0s were "dating", Cam frantically dragged Arg0s away and asked him to explain. He then participated in a virtual capture the flag game before deploying to Cialla. After arriving at his tower, he discovered that it was completely surrounded by Demons of the Court of Compulsion.

## Abilities

As an artificial intelligence, Cam possesses an extremely quick information processing ability, as well as the ability to insert his consciousness into various machines by implanting his core crystal. He has no specific role within OPIA, but is well versed in the mechanics of a variety of different technologies used and developed at the hospital.

Despite his aversion to violence, Cam is incredibly skilled at aiming firearms.

### Reflection

Cam is a Reflection user, having bound to the First Water. By drinking the First Water, Cam is granted fragments of otherworldly knowledge of varying usefulness. The kinds of knowledge available to him span from a technique used to instantly escape the Coda to knowledge of what lava tastes like. This power operates by forming a connection with a mysterious archive that contains all accumulated knowledge of the universe. It is manned by a custodian who transmits information to Cam. As an EX Feedback Reflection, binding to the First Water has granted Cam several fish-like features. In addition to this, Cam's physical body has become completely immortal and invulnerable. However, he can still experience Burn.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Light Inside
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Above and Below
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chasing Ghosts
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 For Today
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Superhero
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Night Ride
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Neon Sparks
8. ↑ Beachside Burn
9. ↑ Sum of Experiences
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Colt Classic
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dear Sweetest Me
12. ↑ Tumbling Down
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 For Tomorrow
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Crossing Threads
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Through The Gate
16. ↑ Dying Flame
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lock And Key
18. ↑ I'm Still Alive
19. ↑ No Options
20. ↑ Take Your Time
21. ↑ Lost Blade