The sequel to the Signalis drawings of the Replikas. This time I drew all the humans, or Gestalts as they're called in the game.
The first two are the twins, Isolde "Isa" Itou, and Erica "Eri" Itou. The third and fourth are the main characters of the game, Ariane Yeong and an Elster replika, LSTR-512, who is Ariane's partner. The fifth, sixth, and seventh ones are Alina Seo and the human who the Elster replikas are cloned after, and another Elster, LSTR-S2301, who is a close friend of Alina's.
Isa, Erica, Ariane, Alina, and the Elster's human all lived under the rule of the Eusian nation.
First, the Itou twins. The twin on the left is Isolde Itou, or Isa. The twin sister on the right is Erica Itou, or Eri. They were born on the watery planet of Venita and were raised on the snowy planet of Rotfront where they worked part time at their parents bookstore that illegally sold questionable literature. It's also where they met Ariane in high school. One evening, Isa fell asleep waiting for Erica, as they were going to pick up some books on the way home. She stumbled into a classroom where Ariane was being bullied by three other classmates. She and Erica intervened, and became close friends with Ariane ever since. Isa and Erica would also end up in the hospital quite often, as Isa really loved playing sports. But Isa was also too reliant on others, which is what lead to the twins having a falling out. In spite of everything, Isa's come to S-23 Sirpinski to look for her twin sister. She's the only human Elster actually meets while she's looking for Ariane.
Second, Ariane Yeong. Ariane was born on the snowy planet of Leng and raised on the other icy and snowy planet of Rotfront. She spent her childhood alone in the mountains at the radio station she called home with only her mother, Iris Yeong. Her mother was a radio officer, and the two would often listen to the radio together as she wrote down and decoded the messages transmitted. It was also at this time where Ariane found her love for painting and music. She would also often get sick, and from a young age, her hair slowly turned white.
Ariane spent her adolescence in the city, in Rotfront Sektor-C where she lived with her aunt Kamilla and uncle Foto, worked part time at a photo store, and would go to high school. There, she was surrounded by fake smiles and whispers behind her back. She was bullied by her classmates and chastised by her teachers, thinking her love of art was nonsense, no longer acceptable, and remarkably odd. However, she at least had two friends, the Itou twins, who showed her the literature that was questionably sold at their parents bookstore. She loved to buy and read the banned Imperial serials sold there. One day, she spotted a peculiar book in the shop's window; "The King In Yellow". When she saved up enough money to buy it, however, it was gone. The twin sisters told her the Replikas confiscated it. Ultimately, her school could not break her.
Neither could military service. Ariane spent her early adulthood in military service and training to be a radio officer like her mother. She was sick of life in the city, where nothing she did or made meant anything to anyone. She wanted to join the Penrose Program to run away and leave all of that behind. To be the person that she wanted to be and do the things she wanted to do. Maybe even find new planets to explore or aliens to meet. If she couldn't find a suitable job soon, she would be sent to work in the mining facility of S-23 Sierpinski. She was accepted into the Program, paired with an Elster replika, LSTR-512, and sent to space on the Penrose 512.
Onboard the Penrose 512, Ariane was finally happy. She could at last be herself and do what she wanted. And while she didn't like having the Elster replika around, at least she was quiet and didn't approach her outside of business-oriented interactions. However, as the days turned into years, Ariane began to miss having someone to talk to. So she began talking to the Elster more outside of work. And while she was a tough and stoic loner like any other Elster, she didn't seem to fit in either. And so, even though it was decided for the Elster that she be her partner, it felt as though she had run away and left the Eusian Nation behind with Ariane.
By the time of the second phase of their expedition, 1500 cycles, or days, or 4 years, had passed, and Ariane and Elster began to fall in love with each other.















