Decaline

*This is about the character. For the creator of the Deka-verse, see "DECALINE".*

***Decaline***, real name ***"Kagami"*** (カガミ "*Kagami"*), is one of the major protagonists of the When Worlds Collide visual novel, and one of the main protagonists in the DEKA-Verse franchise.

## Personality

**Kagami** is an emotional person, filled with a complexity of character that makes her stand out (or apart) from the rest of the When Worlds Collide cast. Initially, she has a deep interest in mysticism and magic, putting up a mysterious personality that is akin to one of a magician. She is seen to be condescending towards all life forms, regardless of species or race that they herald from, often holding cold judgment and disdain for all life as a whole.

The intention behind her condescending outlook is because she is an extension of her human creator, who originally holds the same emotional state that has been accumulated throughout her life. Because of this, Kagami does have a soft spot for **Lara**, and will do anything to keep her maker safe, even if it means she has to die for her. Being a digital avatar of Lara that became fused with a Void Shard, the source of the Void Energy that is affecting the Digital World, Kagami becomes a stone-cold protector of those she cherishes. However, she eventually learns how to open up to other life forms when she finds resolution in her perspective in life.

Under stressful circumstances, the Void Energy within her will overload due to being repressed, yet amplified by emotion. When overloaded, Kagami takes a drastic turn of personality, which brings the alter ego ***"Nihil/Nurrun"***. As **Nihil/Nurrun**, her condescending nature is amplified, albeit accompanied by her mocking and wild nature. She isn't a lawful and obedient person, nor is she evil and malevolent at all. Nihil/Nurrun hates the concept of order because of how it suppressed the true potentials of life forms, which reflects Kagami's disdain over life as a whole. However, Nihil/Nurrun isn't all spiteful and scary, for she is just Kagami trying the best she can to live as herself amidst possessing pure Void Energy as a sentient digital avatar.

## Trivia

* Decaline is a word play on "Deca" (Ten) and "Line", meaning "ten lines" in a literal sense. However, her real name "Kagami" (鏡) means "mirror".
	+ Kagami's 2021 concepts may be inspired by the concepts of "Void" (The 5th element of the universe), and the legendary Japanese artifact called the "Yata no Kagami" (八咫鏡). By 2022 until now, it's unclear if Kagami's concepts will again change alongside the DEKA-Verse lore.
* Because Kagami and Lara share a similar appearance, her hairstyle was changed as well. However, there might be potential changes to the original DECALINE persona than to Kagami. This means that her original design will not be touched until further updates.
* The concept of Kagami/Decaline is inspired by Vocaloid, a singing synthesizer software that is known to have "idols", which are depicted as anime characters. The Digital World's concepts are also inspired by Vocaloid as well, alongside "VTube", and of course, the Internet itself.
	+ However, the nature of being a digital avatar is inspired by the "Simulacra" series, the exception being that the avatars lived separate but parallel lives that reflect their real life counterparts. Kagami, being Lara's avatar, mirrors her life as a digital artist and a musician.
	+ Initially, Kagami starts off as a character who can control Space and Time. The Void Element then classifies sub-types like Space, Time, and Gravity in the 2022 lore. **Canonically, Kagami is a Void-type character, which reflects Lara being Abstract.**
* Kagami's hairpins/headphones are actually devices latched unto the sides of her head, which control the Void Energy that she absorbed from the Void Shard that fell unto the City of Iris (Kagami's current residence). Damaging her hairpins/headphones will result in her digital soul being unstable, thus twisting her character to a "darker" turn of her personality.
* Interestingly, the origin of Nihil/Nurrun is inspired by a concept of how Kagami being a rockstar would look like. Due to the wild nature of her rockstar idea, this was given character as Kagami's suppressed Void Energy, which she continuously tries her best to control and limit her Space-Time abilities. This went awfully wrong in When Worlds Collide, followed by the events of Elysium, where she gives up suppressing the Void Energy.