Melanie Callisto

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

Melanie Callisto is a major character in *Ovine Replica: Serenity in Flesh* and the founder of the Warriors Against State Persecution.

## Profile

*Less obvious than her desire to uproot the police force and reinstate a new reign upon the city of Enonoia is her background. However, her collected, unfazed persona reveals just how passionate she is about keeping the rebel alliance intact.* — The official site

## Appearance

Melanie is a 28-year-old woman with blonde hair in twin tails with two buns and blue eyes. She wears a plain, black coat over a white dress, black leggings, and brown high heels.

Melanie wields a strange, jagged sword with a white ribbon on the handle.

## Personality

Melanie is determined, willing to kill anyone who stands in her way or take advantage of anyone for her own goals in the WASP. She maintains a calm façade but loses her temper slightly whenever things don't go her way, such as when Erika Callisto refused to cooperate with her. She is sarcastic, taking the time to gloat about the Berserk killing Noah Tolstoy when she fights Ecout Kanovos.

With Otis's ability to see into the minds of people whose wish he grants, he describes Melanie's mind as "puzzling."

## Plot

### Scout

In Chapter 2, Melanie appears in front of the tied up MOTH squadron in front of the WASP headquarters. She notices Otis among the group with Ecout, Carol Kanovos, and Louise Alkaev. Otis vouches for the good intentions of Ecout and Carol and the three end up staying the night at the WASP headquarters.

### Displacement

In Chapter 3, 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

In Chapter 4, 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.

### Cycle

In Chapter 5, 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.

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

In Chapter 6, 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.

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 next morning, Ecout sees Otis eating Carol's corpse. 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.

In the hidden "Abandon Enonoia" option, Ecout will spare Louise and Otis will kill Carol instead to obtain fuel. Melanie arrives to the scene on her elk and 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 Archetype

In the Lupine Archetype epilogue, Melanie visits Ecout at the Peacemaker and offers to give him a position to reign over Enonoia, which Ecout declines.

### Ovine Archetype

In Ovine Archetype, Ecout and Otis run away to the Peacemaker and are separated from Carol and Louise.

There is a flashback of Otis's 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.

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.

## Trivia

* Melanie's original design had white hair, purple eyes, and two sets of horns, with one of the sets resembling a goat's horns. This design can be seen in old artwork done by Aiyuu on Tumblr or Pixiv.

## External links

* Melanie Callisto at The Visual Novel Database