Cast

## Cast

### Relations

Circuit (Sister)
Cam (Brother)
Mic (Sister)
Danger (Brother)
Serve (Brother)
Cursor (Sister)
Arg0s(Boyfriend?)

## Attributes

### Blue

Law

**Simulcast**, also known as **Cast**, is an NPC in Reflection. They are played by Jay. One of the eldest of OPIA's AI, Cast manages OPIA's virtual reality infrastructure.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

In both their physical and hologram forms, Cast manifests as an average-sized person with light skin and a generally feminine body shape. They have pointed ears, purple hair, and pink eyes, as well as a series of constellation-like patterns floating in front of their face beneath their eyes. They most often wear a form-fitting shirt with OPIA colors and patterning with puffed up sleeves, adorned with a two-tailed purple cape and a large black wizard hat with a pink interior. They wear stockings on their legs that have different shapes and colors. Much of their clothing is adorned with heart-themed decorations, especially their large white boots.

### Personality

As "Sophie", Cast was reserved and shy, but ultimately friendly and polite. Following their development into Cast, they became much more confident and extroverted, very much taking delight in their performance-magic themed persona. As Cast, they had the self-confidence to take direct romantic action with Arg0s.

Cast has a great love of wizards and stage magicians, partially as a result of being partnered with Ridill Arondite during their early development.

## History

### Creation

Cast was created by OPIA as one of the first of its AI program using an unknown memory donor. Originally, they were given an additional initial apperance and memory packet based on the character of "Symphonia" (or Sophie), a popular card game and anime character in Fuse City. During the training period of FLOW Wave Two, Cast administered the "Prison Simulation", a virtual reality scenario designed to gauge the possible kinds of ESP an agent might develop.

### FLOW Wave Two

On Wave Two's first day, Cast greeted the new recruits of alongside Cam. The next day, they attempted to administer a virtual combat simulation, but it was interrupted after Basilisk Id destroyed a portion of the environmental controls. On the following day, they met with Arg0s in the OPIA gardens to discuss their dissatisfaction with their "Sophie" persona, especially due to the awkward relationship it created with Aura Pridwyn, a superfan of the original anime character. Arg0s agreed to assist them in trying out new appearances and pronouns. Some time later, they administered the simulations used to assist in Wave Two's communion with their Reflections. In addition to this, they accompanied Arg0s for his own communion, and helped to quell his ESP after it violently awoke following the communion.

Around a week later, Arg0s took Cast on a date to the GEIST district, where they tried on new names and pronouns. After experimenting with the name "Sync", Cast eventually decided on their current name, "Simulcast", to fit more in line with the names of their other AI siblings. They also adopted they/them pronouns and a more outwardly "mage-oriented" appearance.

### The Court of Death

Before Arg0s journeyed to the Coda to retrieve Basil, Cast surprised him by inhabiting a physical body in front of him for the first time, as well as sporting a new outfit. They then gave him a kiss on a cheek before he regrouped with the rest of FLOW. Later that day, a squadron of GEIST soldiers led by the GEIST AI assaulted OPIA HQ. Cast defended the lobby by binding to the Reflection "Season of Silenus", which allowed them to conjure terrain that acted as efficient barriers. They were assisted by Serve, who had bound to the Reflection "Triumvirate", and eventually by Ascalon and Lyst Solais. However, the GEIST AI used Signal to disable Ascalon, and then brought in a squadron of simulacrums with the ability to recreate the powers of certain Reflections. Pushed back to a single room in the Reflection hall, Cast communed deeply with their Reflection. After encountering a memory of Silenus, the original source of the Reflection's legend, Cast encased the entirety of OPIA in a blanket of crystals.

Following the liberation of OPIA, Cast was freed from the crystal by Uno in a mostly unharmed condition.

### Act Two

Cast joined FLOW's third Wave as a member of Ridill's Gate of Humanity. They joined the rest of the Gate of Humanity in defending against a large demonic attack, using their Reflection to hold back the advancing demons of the Court of Death with a complex labyrinth. They visited Ace Galatine following the retrieval of his body to explain how they could facilitate his consumption of Flame using the dorm's infrastructure. The next day, they managed Reflection communions for the Gate of Dreams. During Willow's communion with Grasp the Earth, they acted out in the role of Vinter, as actually allowing the simulation to recreate such a powerful and potent figure could become very problematic, primarily because it could possibly create an AI clone of Vinter.

Some time later, Cast was approached by Colt who asked if they could run a noir fiction scenario as a date for him and Circuit. Cast agreed, and asked Arg0s later on if he wanted to join them to make it a "double date". The next day, they encountered Ace dunking Ridill's head into a pond repeatedly, which they found humorous. They then attended a meeting of the Gate of Humanity, where Ace told Cast that while they were one of the best fighters on the team, they needed to improve their teamwork. Therefore, he tasked them with making sure their teammates succeeded at all of their own tasks or else they wouldn't be allowed to go on the mission. Cast took this challenge in stride, and set up a dual training simulation with the Gates of both Humanity and Gravity in order to expedite their challenge. After training, Cast deployed to Cialla. After arriving at an inn in the Ciallan countryside, they decided to room with Arg0s. That night, when the Court of Compulsion began to attack both Cialla and Fuse City at once, Cast joined Ridill's team in returning to Fuse to destroy Compulsion's "Demon factory" in the city. They were attacked by Stephano before being rescued by Arg0s and leaving through Helena's portal. While escaping Cialla, they were knocked unconscious by a powerful Demon's psychic attack. Upon awaking in Fuse City, they helped debilitate the Demon factory.

After the attack, Cast immediately returned to Cialla alongside Ace and Breach to assist in cleanup and helping refugees. After Ace noticed a strange creature on a nearby rooftop, they joined him in trying to find it, but were unable to percieve the creature themself, even when Ace was holding it right in front of them.

## Abilities

As an artificial intelligence, Cast is granted advanced processing capabilities and the ability to upload their consciousness to various machines by uploading their core crystal. Their specific area of expertise is the management and creation of virtual reality software and the simulations they produce.

### Reflection

Cast is a Reflection wielder. Their Reflection is "Showrunner: A Magician’s Best Friend ✨", a versatile Reflection that allows them to summon various contraptions as long as they include some kind of glaring catch or flaw in their design.

## Gallery

Cast's Current Reference, by RomaSophie IconSophie Reference
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sum of Experiences
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Above and Below
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tumbling Down
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bedside Manners
5. ↑ Forgotten Hero
6. ↑ Beachside Burn
7. ↑ Dear Sweetest Me
8. ↑ For Today
9. ↑ For Tomorrow
10. ↑ Crossing Threads
11. ↑ Dying Flame
12. ↑ Lock And Key
13. ↑ I'm Still Alive
14. ↑ Take Your Time
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Through The Gate
16. ↑ Lost Blade
17. ↑ Strong Enough
18. ↑ Uneasy Future