SQ

SQ
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> But [player], you gotta be careful, OK? You can't trust people just 'cuz they're nice to you.
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A somewhat stubborn and strange girl, she tends to lighten the atmosphere with her carefree attitude. Her behavior makes it extremely difficult to figure out just what is genuine and what is false.

## Appearance

SQ has bright red hair, in a high ponytail/bun hybrid. She wears minimal makeup, pink lip gloss and a hot pink heart drawn on her left cheek. When she is revealed as Gnosia, there is a black skull-and-crossbones decal replacing the heart.

She wears very brightly colored clothes, mostly consisting of a neon pink thighless bodysuit, with a neon green short sleeve cardigan overtop and a black turtleneck underneath. She wears one red and one yellow arm warmer, and black and red platform boots.

## Personality

SQ is a very flashy, social, and flirty person.

SQ makes many flirty comments to the protagonist throughout the game, and has intimate/romance events with the protagonist regardless of their gender unlike Gina and Stella, which suggests that she may likely be bisexual. When the protagonist offers to kill everyone on the ship (as Gnosia, with SQ as a human), SQ becomes attracted to them, loving their plan due to its “selfish and terrible” nature. In multiple of her events with the protagonist, she becomes emotionally attached to them quickly, but tells them to leave her alone since she does not want to become too attached when they have to leave her behind.

She is described by Setsu as a liar, self-centered, and a coward. There is an option where the protagonist can agree that “SQ does indeed suck” when Raqio states that she sounds like garbage. SQ herself states that she is a compulsive liar, mainly as a defense mechanism, but also partially because it’s fun to trick people and mess with them. She mostly lies due to fear and lack of understanding the world around her. She often hides her true feelings, of which she briefly displayed in her fourth and fifth note events. She is a very lonely person.

She is shown to make inappropriate and insensitive remarks to Raqio upon seeing their naked body in the shower. She has a close-minded view on sex and gender, though this could likely be attributed to the fact that she only has a year’s worth of life experience.

## Playstyle

**Max Abilities:**

* Charisma 22
* Intuition 21.5
* Logic 12
* Charm 46
* Performance 47.5
* Stealth 38.5

SQ has a heavy focus on relationships, sacrificing her ability to control conversations for the ability to control people. Her low Charisma and Logic mean she has a hard time convincing people of anything, but attacking is seldom her priority in the first place. SQ focuses more on collecting allies through collaboration and keeping herself alive. Her high Charm and Performance means that it's easy for her to get away with just about anything and keep people liking her, especially when combined with her high Stealth. She can talk and talk without ever being told to Shut Up, though she prefers piggybacking off of the statements of others over forming opinions of her own.

Exaggerate and Regret are SQ's bread and butter, and later on she'll often make use of Seek Help as well. This makes it dangerous to outright target her as doing so will typically just result in her getting sympathy. It's best to instead wait until someone else attacks her and then join in. Though her stats are high she doesn't seem to be overly popular, meaning that while she can be dangerous - especially later on in a loop - she's perfectly manageable.

Though SQ is fond of collaborating, she looks out for herself above all. She won't hesitate to turn on a collaborator if they become too much of a hassle, and if she's Gnosia she almost certainly intends to dispose of her partner quickly. Be cautious when accepting collaboration offers from her. If you're on the same side and can keep yourself from looking too suspicious, though, her people skills will make her an invaluable ally.

As lying roles SQ is almost impossible to spot. Even as a human her playstyle makes her come off as untrustworthy, so it can be difficult to tell when she's Gnosia. If you don't have any other more obvious targets, getting her put into cold sleep early isn't a bad idea.

## Trivia

* Though in-universe SQ's name refers to her nature as one in a line of many bodies for her mother, out-of-universe her name was chosen in reference to the word succubi.
* SQ is associated with the Western zodiac sign Aries. She shares this trait with Kukrushka, hinting at their mutual connection to Manan.
* SQ is the first character to be Gnosia in the game.
* SQ was voted the 4th most popular character at the 2022 Dengeki Indie Game Awards.

## References

1. ↑ https://gnosia-game.com/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gnosia\_/comments/stkzz2/gnosia\_character\_stats\_dump/
3. ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/286621-gnosia/79335155
4. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1608290/achievements
5. ↑ https://dengekionline.com/articles/137888/