ONE

## Plot

ONE takes place four years after the events of OFF if the Player/Puppeteer were to choose the Official Batter's ending.

The beginning narrative follows Zacharie as he tries to survive the onslaught of new monsters that have appeared ever since the Batter had flipped the switch. However, Zacharie begins to lose his sanity from the constant attacks and being one of the only survivors left from the Batter's purification.

In an attempt to escape his loneliness, Zacharie uses the Grand items given to him by the Batter, and he creates new life in the form of a child, whom he names Doux.

After the introduction, the Player is then assigned as Doux's puppeteer. Doux is quite excited about this, and he decides that he wants to introduce the Puppeteer to his father, Zacharie. Zacharie, however, is unsure of letting his son become a puppet because of the Player's former partnership with the Batter, but eventually he comes to accept it.

Some point after the tutorial, Doux wakes up to find that Zacharie is gone. It is here that the actual game begins, and you are in charge of leading Doux in his self-appointed mission of finding his father.

## Characters

### **Main**

#### Doux

Doux is a kind-hearted child with a very lovable, affectionate, and loyal personality. Unlike in OFF, where the Batter "purifies" any whom he comes across, Doux spares certain NPC's after his fights. He is even willing to befriend his enemies after a fight as well. Though Doux has not properly learned how to read as he is still very young, he tries his best to make out the words and read them to the Player. Most of the time however, it is up to Blight and the Puppeteer themselves to read the text. When Doux lets his anger get the best of him, he starts to become burnt just like an Elsen does. This is because he is not human, but instead made of the five Grand Elements given to Zacharie by the Batter. Because of this, Doux has to control himself from becoming too enraged, lest he may be lost forever.

#### Zacharie

The previous merchant in the world of OFF and Doux's father. Because of his previous purpose now being null and void, he no longer has a reason to sell anything in the game, and instead dedicates himself to protecting his son. He was relayed to The Room by Goutte in zone 0 and was trapped there, starting the main conflict and mission of ONE.

#### Blight

A temporary merchant (and party member later on) that was created in Zacharie's image by the very beings who kidnapped him. Because of this, he retains some of Zacharie's memories like Pablo and Valerie. However, due to unknown complications in his creation, he is imperfect in many ways and was cast out to die by his own creators leading him to his eventual meet up with Doux. He acts as a stand-in father and/or older brother figure for Doux as they work together to rescue his father. He wields a sword much like the masked man in the book about the Toad King.

### **Supporting Cast**

#### Dedan

The previous guardian of zone 1, now replaced by Chahal. After the purification of his zone he has had time to understand and reflect on his wrongdoings, becoming more caring and friendly similar to his encounter in the Room in OFF. He still has a bit of a short temper when his plans are not able to be enacted, but he no longer takes it out on his workers, rather just yelling with himself in private. Because of the circumstances of being reduced to a spectre, he is unable to retake his zone alone.

#### Japhet

The previous guardian of zone 2, now replaced by Oculi. Similar to Dedan, he too has had time to reflect on his past after being killed. Though more understanding and patient, he seems to second guess or doubt some things that are brought up to him such as Doux's capabilities to help him. Like Dedan, Japhet is unable to reclaim his zone from its invader due to becoming a spectre of his smaller self. He allows the player to enter the rest of his library after zone 3 is re-purified.

#### Valerie

The brother of the Judge, who resides at the top of the great library as a ghost. He entrusts Doux with reviving his brother by giving him an Ace and his brother's body.

#### Enoch

The previous guardian of zone 3, replaced by Hathath. He too has had a change of heart from who he had once been after the purification, being protective of his people, and hiding those away who remained with him. Despite his imposing stature, like the other old Guardians, he is incapable of fighting back against the one who has taken his zone from him and hides within a safe room with his remaining workers. He appears to be acquainted with Viola in some way, as he entrusted her with the key to his hideout in Area 4.

#### Viola

A merchant that mysteriously appears after Blight becomes a party member so that "He doesn't sell stuff to himself out of his own inventory". She has a very motherly demeanor and cares for Doux's safety. Her origins are currently unknown as of now.

### **Bosses**

#### Goutte

A gelatinous being sent to zone 0 to survey it and the starting force that gets the events of the game rolling by kidnapping Zacharie. Though created like the others, according to Chahal, he was simply dead weight. Unlike them, Goutte was not made as a Guardian and is incapable of rebuilding zone 0 at all.

#### Chahal

A monstrous being sent to zone 1 and later revealed to be one of Blight's older siblings. He resides in Alma and forces the Elsen spectres who work under him to fend for themselves in hopes to make them strong. However, the harsh conditions he has placed over his domain makes it harder for his denizens to live in his "New World". Despite how much he boasts about it, in reality, Chahal has done the least to rebuild his new zone compared to his brothers due to the continuous encroaching presence of the Secretaries he wipes out. It is revealed through torn out journal pages strewn throughout Alma that Chahal wasn't always an ill-tempered beast and that something had caused him to turn during the beginning of his time as the new Guardian.

#### Oculi

The self proclaimed Overseer of zone 2 and later revealed as one of Blight's older siblings. Just as Chahal before him, he too has rebuilt most of the zone except for the main central great library and mall. He resides at the top of a winding tower he built behind the residential area. Unlike Chahal, Oculi is more focused on research than combat, using what he has learned to teach the denizens of his new zone. However, just like Chahal, Oculi too succumbed to corruption that caused him to become the monster you encounter.

#### Hathath

The being sent to zone 3. He rebuilt all of zone 3 into a morgue like hell where he torments all of his denizens, acting over them as a reaper. He resides in a church located in a newly constructed area 5, only accessible once you manage to get through each of the "nightmares" he has created for Doux and his team. Compared to Chahal and Oculi, Hathath is the least corrupted of the three but has done the most damage of them all.

## Gameplay

The gameplay replicates OFF's, just as most traditional OFF fangames do. However, any character who is not a canon OFF character has their own set of new moves to use within ONE. The game also relies more on your usage of scanning enemies as the difficulty has been cranked up from OFF.

## Trivia

* Doux's birthday is December, 4th.
* Depending on how you play and some of the choices you make, the ending of the game can change. These choices and decisions can easily be missed and lock you out of certain endings.
* The orbs are now named after the seven sins and virtues rather than the zodiacs, the virtues being stronger than their sin counterparts but are harder to obtain. With fourteen orbs, this gives the player more variety to mix and match stat boosts.