#viidia

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

Round I

Viidia (Guilty Gear)

Vikki Grimm (Army Men Sarge's Heroes)

I know Both/Neither

Voting ended onNov 25, 2024

[kyescoolio]

GUILTY GEAR BEGIN IS WIIILD

shakgdbahzbJJJJduabahdujshaJjrnsbdjakbdDJAJNDJSB FYM FUCK DO YOU MEAN THAT SO AND SOS A CIA AGENT AND JIMMY JOHNSON THE SCIENCE NERD IS A MILITARY SPY WHAT THE FUCK? HOLY SHIT SHUDHDHSHSJSH I’M NOT SLEEPING TONIGHT THANKS DAISUKE ❤️

on the other hand i’m trying to iron out my oc lore using what little information i’ll get here and justice era jesse is no more. because i want them to hug frederick and be traumatised. ‘what’s wrong with me’ monarchh ateee. ate the demon dawg ☺️ jesse is not okay! viidia will be like ‘yo frederick who the fuck’ probably not ‘i remember you’ and JESSE will be the ‘yo frederick who the fuck’

thanks to the person that told me this existed i giggle and kick my feet at every ‘UUUUUOOOOOAAGHH!!’ frederick does

[gear-project]

Who is the woman on some of the OST covers? She's dressed like I-No, but her hair and hat are different, so who could it be?

Ishiwatari is known for drawing random cover-girls for his Soundtrack covers, so she has no name.

Still, the way you can tell it's not I-No is that she doesn't have a mole above her lip.

May the REAL I-No please stand up!

Even I-No’s Strive artwork features her famous mole!

However, this also rules out Viidia (sadly my theory about her being connected with I-No is undone... oh well).

[gear-project]

I think Robbie is actually a minor character from Guilty Gear Begin. A friend of mine has been working on translating the novel. Apparently he's a polish (?) researcher that was loosely involved with the gear project and had some kind of familial (?) relationship with Vince. I'm not entirely sure on this (Also, Robbie might not be his direct name, you know how it is with accurately transcribing character names from japanese), but this seems to be the most likely case.

Mhhhh... must’ve missed that part.  Yeah that’s pretty obscure.  Thanks for picking up on it and correcting me.

I haven’t fully read through the Spanish translation yet, I just had a rough summary to go on.

SPOILERS TO THE GGBEGIN NOVEL AHEAD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

Okay, as far as I understand things were supposed to go like this:

1. Asuka made a contingency plan in case the U.S. Government or some other group would make an attempt on stealing his Gear Cell Research.

2. He entrusted Frederick with the job of sending that data to Vince MacDonell before the military could get their hands on it.  He also framed Frederick as the “leaker” of that data (stating that the Military group supporting him would need to kill Frederick as a witness).

3. Just after Frederick was successful in “sending” the data he smuggled out of the lab, he was “assassinated” by Asuka with a group of Military Soldiers present, but what they didn’t know was that the Bullet that killed Frederick also contained the Flame of Corruption Seed/Gear Cell information that would transform Frederick’s body in to a Gear.

After the conversion was complete, Frederick woke up in a pool of his own blood.  A good amount of time had passed between when he was “killed” and when he “woke up” again, and he had a case of amnesia as a result.

4. After the “data” from Frederick was sent to Vince, it was intercepted by the CIA who were investigating rogue military elements that had broken off from their organization in order to steal the Gear Cell Research.

In an attempt to investigate what happened, they sent in CIA agent member Viidia.  Viidia tried to find out what happened (disguised as a Scientist) but got locked in one of the labs until Frederick found her.

5. After the Gear Owls incident and the elevator shaft incident, they found the entrance to Section Gamma but it’s flooded and has Gear Crocodiles which force them to retreat back up the stairs just as another explosion in the underground complex occurs.

6. Confirming his suspicions of Viidia, Frederick interrogates her, and she finally confesses the truth about being a CIA agent, but also that Sarge is not a Scientist either, but one of the rogue soldiers that was trying to steal Gear Cell Research.

Out of options, Sarge shoots Dustin Barrie (one of the surviving scientists) and tries to kill Viidia, but Frederick breaks his wrist.

The remaining scientists in the group feel compelled to rely on Sarge as their main method of escaping the facility, but Sarge reveals there isn’t much time left before the Facility is destroyed.  Sarge also reveals that it was Asuka who shot Frederick and was probably the one who turned him in to a monster Gear.

Unable to believe Sarge’s words, Frederick decides to confront Asuka directly.

Later, entering a T-junction near Section Gamma, Sarge set a trap for the surviving Scientists, as he had anticipated another complex explosion and had them caught up in it... using the hole from the blast to escape in to Section Gamma proper.

Frederick and Viidia managed to survive the blast, but give chase after Sarge when he escapes.

7. Frederick and Viidia chased Sarge to the 6th Special Laboratory where they see a lot of dead bodies.  Sarge unleashes a Gear Grizzly Bear from one of the research pods, and its ability to heal rivals Frederick’s.

During the struggle, they try to engage the Bear, but nothing works.  They even tried getting the bear to attack Sarge, but he was wearing a bracelet that allowed him to give orders to the Bear, and so the Bear would never attack him.

Frederick is knocked near a hole in the lab, and Viidia gets an idea to trick the Bear in to falling in to the hole... it works, but only temporarily.  The Bear grows Gear tentacles and pierces Viidia’s chest climbing on the way back up, mortally wounding her.

Before she dies, she makes Frederick promise to do everything he can to stop the military...  finally giving in to his destructive impulses, Frederick chants “Dragon Install” for the first time.

With this power, Frederick is now on equal terms with the Bear.  Witnessing the uncanny fight before him, Sarge grows fearful and runs to the escape ship to get to the surface.

8. Asuka witnesses the battle from within the escape ship, and is now certain Frederick won’t die.  

Sarge confronts Asuka, stating he tried to pull a fast one and turned Frederick in to a Gear, but Asuka doesn’t give a straight answer.  Knowing he still needs the military’s resources to save Aria, Asuka convinces Sarge by speaking to Frederick via a com unit, telling him he wants him “to please die”.

Frederick hears the words from Asuka via the intercom but isn’t convinced, despite having killed the Bear he was just fighting.

Just prior to the ship’s launch phase and escape, Frederick manages to grab on to the edge of the ship’s platform... 

Sarge tries to shoot Frederick but misses, but then Asuka takes Sarge’s gun and points it at Frederick coldly.

Unable to believe what’s happening, Frederick pleads with Asuka to stop.

Asuka, with no other choice to maintain his façade, shoots Frederick squarely in the head.

Frederick falls from the escaping ship and tumbles down the shaft to the bottom, screaming Asuka’s name and demanding why...

The facility explodes and the rubble falls on top of Frederick, burying him alive.

Afterwards, Frederick climbs his way out of the collapsed underground tunnel, swearing revenge on his former best friend.  He escapes the area before rescue sirens come to the area.

Sometime later, Frederick is seen building his Limiter in a run-down shack.

As for Robbie, I can’t confirm if he has any connection with Vince Macdonell or not.  I’d have to look further in to it.  But thanks for pointing this out, nonetheless.

Suffice to say, the CIA and the rest of the American Government froze the project for a time... that is, until the 2040s when they became desperate for a fresh Military Program.

[gear-project]

What are your thoughts about Biidia and Sarge after the first half of Chapter 3? Could they actually be in alliance with the military invaders? Also, am I the only one creeped out by Dustin's desire to experiment on Sol/Frederick?

Regarding Viidia, she probably has (or at least had) her own objectives for being there, and seemed to have considerable experience in Medical and Wartime situations, but it’s still unclear the reasons why.  She’s certainly unusually athletic, so she is physically trained, which adds to the mystery.

(As an aside, while I can’t prove it yet, she bears a very striking resemblance to I-No... and Axl Low once remarked that he saw a woman in old photographs with other researchers that resembled Viidia, though I don’t recall the exact story source that stated this.)

Regarding Sarge, I don’t believe he had untoward intentions, given the efforts he makes to bridge the gap of mistrust between Frederick and the other Researchers caught in the survival-crossfire of the situation.  Frederick said he claims to have “seen him somewhere before” but hasn’t made any connections yet, so it’s possible Sarge is an actual legitimate researcher who had a stroke of bad luck.  We’ll just have to wait and see.

As for Dustin... he’s probably the most suspicious character right now, not simply because of his odd interest in Frederick’s current state (i.e. Gear Cells), but also because of his connection with Gamma Sector and with Asuka R. Kreutz... he bore a security ID that gives him access to the Gear Project research materials itself...  And while he claims he was only there as an “observer”, he might be someone with plenty of ulterior motives and connections for being there in the first place.

There’s still plenty of mysteries to solve here... and I am eager to find out more, but for now I have to translate the rest of Chapter 3 to find out!

[gear-project]

Do you still believe that Viidia is I-no in disguise or that she could be a plant/spy working for the US government to extract information about the Gear Project and report her findings to her superiors currently in the labs?

At this point there’s still a lot we don’t know.

Viidia herself refuses to give her last name… so that’s one thing.

Another thing is the fact she seems to have field knowledge like how to wield an axe in a fight and give Emergency First-Aid. (Not that I’m saying an emergency axe is the same as a magical guitar here!)

But given that she appears to behave in a humane manner towards the other scientists around her… I’d suspect that things aren’t what they may seem at first glances.

We know that I-No was born from the Backyard and that her body was formed from the paradoxical wish Mankind made for a better future because of the Crusades… that much is absolutely true.

The connection may lie in something deep in the Human Psyche…

For example… perhaps I-No’s body took the form it did based on Viidia’s appearance and it was entirely a coincidence?

In much the same manner that the first Valentine was an identical copy of Aria, we could be seeing the genesis of I-No to a degree.

OF COURSE, THAT IS ALL SPECULATION.

Viidia herself has tanner skin than I-No, so that much can be determined, and Frederick already suspected she is from South Asia… so that’s another factor.

We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

[gear-project]

What kind of personality does Viidia have?

Based on my initial impressions of her in the translation, she is good with computers, quick on the uptake (realizing her situation), has good survival instincts, but at the same time has a bit of a snarky mouth on her (she cracks jokes in otherwise bad situations).

Viidia also claims to not want anyone to know her last name for some reason.

Frederick says that she appears to be of South-Asian descent, but might have family issues hence why she only wants to be known as “Viidia”.

That’s it so far.  I’ll continue working on Chapter 2 and reveal more as I progress.

[gear-project]

Any guess as to who the shadowed man that Viidia was walking next to was?

Nothing concrete yet, BUT (again possible spoilers)

Most likely that’s Frederick who just woke up.

According to the cover summary on her (thanks @amatsumugi89), Viidia was trying to escape the lab with Frederick.

That’s all the OFFICIAL INFO we know so far…  BUT I GOT MY SNEAKING SUSPICIONS:

In older story content, Axl Low keeps bumping in to I-No in different eras, and he says he’s “seen her face several times” in odd places (such as a group photo of researchers or other locations).

Axl Low had an old photo of Frederick when he was just a kid too… so the thing I find suspicious is the fact that Viidia (a play on the word “Video”) looks very similar to I-No, both in build and hairstyle to a degree.

After Frederick escapes, we never heard from Viidia ever again, so again, it’s VERY suspicious.

Now, don’t get the wrong idea… this is just me thinking out loud.

I-No didn’t exist until the Crusades happened in 2073, though she DID have the ability to Time Travel, she stopped messing with the past after a certain amount of time.  (Ky Kiske even suggested I-No escaped from a facility as well.)

If Viidia is someone else, or is TIED to someone else… we’ll have to wait and find out… but it sure is interesting!