Chrono Disorder

**Lie** or the **Chrono Disorder** is the Disorder of Time and is manifested from the passing of every new hour through a day. It occurred as an important character through the events of Part 1 and served as a minor antagonist in the Mercy Disorder arc.

## Appearance

### Fragmented State

The Chrono Disorder was captured and force-fragmented in the year 1972, which lead to 60% of its body being exorcised and the remaining 40% was force-possessed into a 67 year old man struggling with cancer, this experiment was called ''Lie'' by the Alliance nations. After the possession was done, the man reverted back to the age of 19 except he had grown wings and remembered nothing of his life before and after that. He was named after the experiment and his physical body retained at nineteen. His wings were forcefully removed, leaving scars and stitches across his back.

## Personality

When Introduced, Lie appeared to be socially distant and unaware of the things around him. He came off as strange and odd to Graves and has ''no real social skills'' as stated by Iris. Many times, he is caught daydreaming to himself or staring deeply at the most tedious things such as a plant or a milkshake. His facial expressions appear tired and confused all the time as he puts no effort in conforming to societal cues.

He shows no grief for the death of his comrades and appears apathetic when seeing people die around him. Even when it could cost him his own life, he does not assist in battle. When asked by Jackie to help in combat, he responds with ''people die when their time comes, that is unchangeable''. This is later revealed to be a claim he made in response to his selfishness as he healed himself by reversing time. His egocentric nature is broadened on more when he saves Graves and the rest of unit X's life to be able to visit the ruins of Sleledo city.

Lie shamelessly preaches about living a life with no need to care for anyone but himself, saying that the day he gets put down will be the best day of his ''human life''. This shows his desire of wanting to return back to a fully summoned disorder which is emphasized on further when he talks about being jealous of the Face Stealer Disorder.

Over the course of the story, he is observed to become more and more friendly with the people around him even stating to Jackie that if he dies, he would die from guilt. He talks to Jackie about postponing his meeting several times because he does not have a good feeling. His life ends up falling flat when he is forced into a pact with Iris claiming that he remembered her from somewhere.

## Abilities

### Physical Abilities

* **Sword Mastery**: Lie has shown great proficiency in wielding a sword, being able to chop down multiple targets in a single strike. He says he chooses to work with a sword because the reflection of the blade shows one's true intent.
* **Exceptional Reflexes**: The disorder has showcased precise reflexes to dodge incoming attacks in multiple occasions, even managing to sweep past Rile's cascade, much to her annoyance.

### Disordered Abilities

* **Seraphic Wing Bones**: Lie's back is covered with scars and stitches, claiming that his wings were forcefully ripped from his back due to their ability to stop time. The location of where the wings are stored is currently unknown and has not been further emphasized on throughout the events of the story.
	+ **Ritual**: The Chrono Disorder has the ability to accelerate or reduce one's life span through a ritual that requires years removed or added from or to a sacrifice's lifetime respectively. Upon making eye contact with the target, he can connect their hearts to threads that are spun from his wing bones and make them puke angelic birds, they have no power to refute or fight back and are used as pawns for the ritual, even being compared to mindless dolls by Lie.
		- **Sacrifice: One Year** (*1 Year*): one year is either given or stolen to or from a sacrifice's lifetime and can either be used by Lie or stored by him for future use.
		- **Sacrifice: Five Years** (*5 Years*): five years is either given or stolen to or from a sacrifice's lifetime and can either be used by Lie or stored by him for future use.
		- **Sacrifice: Ten Years** (*10 Years*): ten years is either given or stolen to or from a sacrifice's lifetime and can either be used by Lie or stored by him for future use.
		- **Sacrifice: Fifty Years** (*50 Years*): fifty years is either given or stolen to or from a sacrifice's lifetime and can either be used by Lie or stored by him for future use.
		- **Sacrifice: Hundred Years** (*100 Years*): hundred years is either given or stolen to or from a sacrifice's lifetime and can either be used by Lie or stored by him for future use.
	+ **Age Expansion**: The Chrono Disorder has the ability to accelerate one's lifespan to the point of after-death. It uses the accumulated years off a sacrifice's life to in turn, forcefully add onto anyone that has made eye-contact with Lie. In the case of age expanding, the sacrifice acts as the secondary part of the technique.
	+ **Age Reduction**: The Chrono Disorder has the ability to reduce one's lifespan to the point of before-birth. it uses the collected years off a sacrifice's life to in turn, give to himself or anyone that he has made eye-contact with. In the case of age reducing, the sacrifice acts as the primary part of the technique.

* **Immortality**: Due to its nature as a disorder, death is not possible when it comes to them and they can only be exorcised back into the cluster. While exorcism is a painful process for many disorders, it is not the same as death because they can continue to escape the cluster time and time again. On account of this, disorders are immortal and can never actually die.

### Pacts and Contracts

* **Graves Runnerman**: Graves has made one known pact with the Disorder of Time. The pact was made when Graves was on the verge of death, hopeless at the moment, the pact was made under the conditions that Graves would take Lie to Washington in return for him to momentarily separate Graves and the Corpse Disorder for a minute using his ritual technique. The pact was terminated after Lie's capture.

* **Iris**: To date, Lie has one known pact with Iris or the Mercy Disorder. The pact was force-made under the condition that Iris would grant him freedom from all his contracts in return for Graves' spine. The pact was terminated after Iris' death.