A formerly downtrodden and pessimistic employee that desperately wanted out of the corporation like many others. One day they seemingly changed their tune to a more upbeat and chipper persona, carrying out their tasks with a smile and being friendly with others. They’ve apparently forgotten overnight who their former friends were and don’t recognize some abnormalities they were assigned to, but their new attitude makes this a minor complaint in their busy department. Relaxed and somewhat aloof, Seiro gets along with most people with a lazy smile and works hard to ensure the safety of his department’s clerks. Overall, he’s become a model employee for Control.
The truth behind Seiro’s relaxed smile is that it’s nothing more than a facade. He's not from this facility...
He's from a completely different one, from a different universe altogether. As it turns out, the Mirror of Adjustment isn't quite the tool everyone believed it was.
He came to it in a moment of desperation- when WhiteNight awoke, chaos followed and the facility was doomed to collapse. Injured and desperate to at least save SOME of his colleagues from their deaths, he sought out the mirror in hopes it'd grant him temporary power. On the other side, the original Seiro was there to do routine work with it, secretly hoping it could give him the strength to endure working here. They approached the mirror, the surface rippled...
And in an instant, they were yanked through and their places were swapped. The mirror didn't actually change stats...it simply replaced the user with a different version of themself with different stats. The original Seiro was put into a disaster, while the other was spat out into relative quiet and safety. It was the perfect switch- one got to escape, and the other got a way out.
But, the satisfaction was only temporary. Seiro was thrilled at first, this facility didn't even have the abnormality that killed all his friends! But he came to find out none of his friends even recognized him, if they were here at all. The opinion of him here was different too, viewed as a lazy good-for-nothing that rarely worked as opposed to his normally hardworking disposition. He was in a completely different world, and he knew better than to act TOO differently....but the thought of being here became scary, and guilt started to weigh on his shoulders for the fate he subjected his other self to. Feeling out of place and terrified of the consequences of being found out, he keeps up appearances and avoids talking about himself whenever possible.
せいろ定食 // Seiro Lunch Set
A seiro is a bamboo steamer basket (written 蒸籠; incidentally, I’ve always loved the kanji for basket because it’s dragon 龍 with bamboo 竹 on top). Seiro the food is a mix of vegetables and meats (in this case, chicken thigh) all steamed together, served with ponzu or other dipping sauce). Sometimes you get multiple baskets stacked up. It feels really indulgent but is also pretty healthy.
A view of all the wishes and dreams of the temple. #japan #ig_japan #niigata #seiro #shrine #temple #japandreamscapes #日本 #新潟 #聖籠町 #神社 #寺 (at Seirō, Niigata) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYh3EzLP3Na/?utm_medium=tumblr
View from a walk in the neighborhood. #japan #ig_japan #seiro #mountains #snow #winter #clouds #日本 #聖籠町 #山 #雲 #田舎暮らし (at Seirō, Niigata) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWzflL9l_z7/?utm_medium=tumblr
