Lilac

"*That which binds the light beyond the boundary shall rust.*"
— Lilac, Chapter 4
Lilac is the secondary protagonist of *Augma II Arc I* and a detective.

## Appearance

Lilac's appearance is never seen by the reader, described by any of the characters, nor revealed in the game files. Lilac's gender is also not revealed due to their coworkers referring to Lilac by name.

## Personality

Lilac has been a detective for three months who was recruited for their special ability "Telencephalon Steel." Lilac is excited at the thought of taking on a Zero Case but seems to take more interest in solving the murders due to curiosity rather than their job as a detective, but Lilac hides that side of themselves from their coworkers. Lilac likes to tease and act smug towards their coworkers who can't stomach gruesome scenes. Lilac has shown hate for being too smart which causes them to be ostracized by both kids and adults alike. Lilac has also shown interest in religion.

## Plot

### Verim Chasm

In the fourth chapter, Lilac is investigating the break in at Fenrir Storage due to an anonymous caller. After using their ability to deduce the three suspects, Lilac decides to not reveal who they are and wait. The other police officers with Lilac say that the investigation turned up no clues and no fingerprints. Lilac suggests to check the taxis by destination and learn that Waltrein Evenshire has died. Further searching reveals that Viera Renshin has also died. Lilac gets interested in the case now that it has been promoted to a Zero Case.

### Verynstryfe

In the fifth chapter, Lilac is investigating the warehouses alone at night. Lilac uses their ability "Time Roadmap Truth Recollection," to see two people who were in the warehouses. After that, Lilac leaves without a sound.

### Room Theory

In the sixth chapter, Lilac is in forensics and further investigating the death of Waltrein Evenshire. By pulling up the layout of Evenshire's house and drawing the path of his severed limbs, Lilac connects the case to a symbol of two overlapping squares. After doing that, Lilac takes their leave and thinks to themselves about getting interested in the Visage Lock case. Lilac requested a helmet used in the case and theorizes about the darker side of the Seraphim Abraxas System. Lilac then gets a message from a familiar person who has slept in.

## Abilities

#### Telencephalon Steel

Telencephalon Steel終脳・鋼 is the name of Lilac's ability to heighten their five senses and nerves to detect things that happened in the past. It was this ability that caused Lilac to be forced into detective work but their coworkers believe the ability to be just intuition. It is unknown whether this ability is related to Auganos or not as it seemingly requires a chant to use.

#### Time Roadmap Truth Recollection

"***Blind truth. Hidden intent. A revelation upon my mind. Therefore, Time Roadmap Truth Recollection.盲目な真実。隠された意図。我が精神の霊夢。したがって、時間道路図真実回想。***"

Time Roadmap Truth Recollection時間道路図真実回想 is the name of Lilac's ability to rewind time back to view what happened in the past. However, Lilac is unable to interact with the past. Lilac mentions that this ability has a "stupid prerequisite" but has yet to reveal what it is. Lilac keeps this ability secret from their coworkers.

#### Weaponry

Lilac used a crowbar and a powerful kick to open a crate of Aeroseven Shangri'La 2nd branch apples at Fenrir Storage.

## Trivia

* Lilac is second character able to speak Japanese, the first being Virnya.