Syb

Syb is Coda's older sister, an Upstart, and the first recruitable guildling in the game. At the beginning of the game, Syb is grounded because of a Living Pasta prank gone wrong, preventing her from going on a date with Haas at Makeout Temple.

## Appearance

Syb has a side-shave with the rest of her natural white/light grey in a side ponytail, and has lighter brown skin. Inside the house, she wears a dark grey shirt with a black tie, black pants, black shoes, and red stars on each. When she goes to leave, she puts on a lighter grey cloak with two strings like a hoodie; she insists on putting it on before going out.

## Personality

Syb is a very sarcastic yet determined individual, with the responses that give XP reflecting that fact. For example, XP is given for actions that amuse Syb (such as breaking the lamps), push further towards her goal (rushing through dialogue by mentioning that Syb has a date to get to), or are generally drier.

Her class, Upstart, also reflects this fact, needing the emotion 😎Confidence😎 to Start Up.

However, Syb is also very protective of her family; after getting rescued from Makeout Temple, she immediately rushes back to Compass Island, and is inconsolable (aside from by Fakey) when she sees the lighthouse being taken away. This is also expressed in Syb secretly directing Fakey to protect her (their) family.

### Typing

Reflective of her slightly older age and her personality, her typing style is rather formal, using only occasional abbreviations or calling Coda "sis". She also very occasionally uses emojis.

## Relationships

### Coda

Coda is Syb's younger sister. While the player controls how Coda talks to Syb, Syb's own dialogue suggests a generally good relationship marked with typical sibling friendly animosity. However, when Coda mentions feeling freaked out at seeing her own bed in the bedroom, Syb is sympathetic to Coda's nerves and tells off the Tome for trying to make it seem like a better situation than it is.

### Guild

#### Chazazz

Syb considers Chaz to be annoying, especially because he is so excitable. She still respects his abilities when he Wall Dashes to insert the key.

#### Prisma

While Syb doesn't say much about Prisma, she respects that Prisma got Coda into Wyzbang, likes her new hairstyle, and nicknames Prisma "Pris." She also (possibly jokingly) says Prisma is the best when Prisma gets sent back due to the Rule of Three being invoked the first time. Prisma seems to admire Syb, and is pushed to join the Guild when she learns Syb is in danger.

#### The Twins

Syb similarly doesn't say much about the twins, but is more affectionate about them than she is about Chaz, gaining XP when Coda reads the letter from them but not when she reads the letter from Chaz.

### Startups

#### Fakey

aka Fake Syb, Fakey is Syb's most realistic Startup, literally modelled after her and apparently being realistic enough to trick their father multiple times. Emotionally, Fakey is also Syb's most realistic Startup: she provides advice when Syb is at her lowest point when the lighthouse is taken up into the sky, she has sarcastic interludes, and generally has a sense of humor about being not a real person/living on an island.

She is also the most sympathetic of Syb's Startups, saying that she sees herself in Syb and vice versa, which is why she above all other Startups listens to Syb's commands.

#### Fridge

The first Startup Syb and Coda encounter, it is unclear whether Fridge was previously a Startup, as Fridge seems stunned when Syb first animates and does not enjoy being alive. It types only in all caps and respects only sarcasm.

#### Woodman

A bit of log that became a Startup. It repeats words multiple times, generally belaying agony at living and less sophistication than the other Startups Syb animates. It does not like Syb, and considers itself independent from Syb's commands.

#### Coffeemaker

A coffee-maker Syb animated that wears sunglasses and smokes a cigarette. Like Fakey, often has dramatic interludes; unlike Fakey, Coffeemaker insists on concocting absurd and gross-sounding combinations such as SpiderWater out of an artistic/gourmand sense. Its creations were so offensive that it was what finally caused Dad to ban Startups.

#### Living Pasta

Aggressive and angry, Syb mostly considers the Living Pasta to be a nuisance. The latest Syb Startup, and the reason the sisters are grounded.

#### Warty

Not actually a Startup. Just a frog Syb found in a ditch - regardless, Syb says she would be most proud of Warty if he was actually a Startup.

### Others

#### Other Family

Syb regards her dad as a nuisance and strict, but when he is taken along with Coda's body into the sky, she screams out of rage/fear and focuses on getting them back above all else. Syb also mentions missing her mother when she inspects the atlas her mother left her and Coda; it is unclear whether their mother is dead or otherwise gone.

Syb is also secretly directing Fakey to "keep [her] family safe, at all costs" - a directive Syb is embarrassed to have Fakey reveal.

#### Haas

Syb's possible boyfriend. They go on dates but it's never confirmed whether they have confirmed it with each other, but they do seem to be in love. They use orange hearts with each other.

**TATE**

While adventuring through Lawnhenge, Syb mentions multiple times that she knows "that wisp" multiple times. When you talk to her in the Guildhall before the HedgeSphinx tries to eat TATE, she acts secretive and says she wants to keep the mystery a little longer.

After learning Hypnostaff and dueling TATE/the HedgeSphinx, she explains her history with TATE. TATE is a recruiter, corporate booster; she came in through the window one day, told Syb she had Upstart potential but needed "the right learning environment", and taught Syb how to trick her father into signing the right forms. This leads Syb to wonder why TATE would be in Lawnhenge, given her highly corporate job. Syb clearly doesn't trust TATE.

## Abilities

* Upstart: As an Upstart, Syb can Start Up certain inanimate objects to do things such as move or tell her about things they saw. As seen earlier, this also sometimes results in sarcastic, existentialist, and strange personalities. Syb has to be 😎Confident😎 in order to Start Up something.

### Combat Moves

* Charge: All Guildlings charge +2 battery
* Calm Down: Syb becomes 😌Calm😌 and 👍Happy👍.
	+ Calm Down is learned after meeting and talking to Spridessa.
* Snark Strike: Syb gains Comeback - any Mood change becomes 😎Confidence😎.

* Hypnostaff: Replaces the next enemy attack with Hypno
	+ Hypnostaff is learned after meeting TATE

## Sidequests

### Haas Reunion

*Further information: Sidequests*
After rushing back to Compass Island, Syb didn't have time to see Haas again. When you return to a previous location after gaining access to Lawnhenge, Syb adds reuniting with Haas to the sidequest auto-survey. Reuniting them gives Syb a level.

## Trivia

* When looking at the Wyzbang poster, Syb ribs Coda that she managed to get good taste in music from Prisma. However, when picking from the jukebox, Syb instead chooses music from a band called "the Orkks."
* If you choose not to take Chaz at first, Syb has a different reaction picture when Chaz later joins the guild, one that is notably less irritated/mad.