Do you perhaps have... any more on your post-ending Talon!106? Or any thoughts about how Raven was downed in that art?
I basically just threw the sentences into a translator and hoped for the best.
The cutscene after the drone ending is what kicked this all off. the one where someone speaks to 106. I built this concept on the theory that the man is a clone of Anton Lazar.
Lazar already had access to cloning and memory-transfer technology. Given the scale of the Syndicate and Horizonâs operations, creating a clone wouldnât have been that difficult. But the identity of âAnton Lazarâ is something that, once erased, canât simply be reinstated. and the Syndicate wouldnât allow it too. Thatâs why the clone acts as a kind of wildcard. Used to make the Syndicate believe Cycle 77 died during a failed brain transfer.
Anyway, back to Talon!106. The conflict between 77 and the Syndicate isnât over. The fall of TF27âs base is just a small fracture in a much larger machine. And just like the Syndicate, 77 exists in layers: the public face, the secrets of Horizon, and beneath all that, the truth of who he really is. âAnton Lazarâ and âCycle 77â are entirely different entities, both in intention and identity.
This idea grew out of the thought that Talon is a private military unit loyal only to Lazar. A force directly opposing the Syndicate. A group no longer bound to Horizon. And if it was Lazar who uploaded 106âs memories into a new body, where else would he send him?
That said, I donât think 106 would ever truly see 77 as an ally. At best, itâs a temporary truce based on mutual enemies. But that also means 77 wouldn't treat him like just another expendable âcycle.â
Cycles arenât afraid of death. To them, death is a rewardâthe end goal. Serve the organization, fulfill your mission, and die with honor. Maybe 77 shattered that framework by altering what the reward even meant. Who knows?
YAOI TIME: 77 made 106 into a person. Still a skull-crushing psychopath who gets a dopamine rush from violence, sure⌠but a person nonetheless. And that beautifully assembled disaster deserves someone like Raven. Someone who sees 106 as more than just a weapon.
(When I first imagined this, I thought the Syndicate had recovered Raven. But looking back, maybe it was Talon who got to him first. Still, assuming Raven remained under the Syndicate controlâŚ)
Then it turns into a story where Talon and the Syndicate go head-to-head, 106 tips the balance, and Talon sweeps in to recover survivors and prisoners.
The Syndicate, with its endless resources, wouldâve just executed them to tie up loose ends. But Talon? They donât have that kind of luxury. They canât just print well-trained-soldier and dig up money.
So in the aftermath, 106 and Raven crossing paths again. Thatâs where the drawing came from.
