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Set in a post-apocalyptic future, "Expelled from Paradise" follows Angela Balzac, an agent from the virtual society DEVA, where humanity exists as digitized minds without physical bodies. Angela is assigned to track down a mysterious hacker named Frontier Setter, who repeatedly infiltrates DEVA's systems from the devastated Earth below. Given a cloned organic body, Angela partners with Dingo, her contact on Earth, who forces her to disconnect from DEVA's network to avoid detection. As she adapts to the discomforts and necessities of real, physical life, she begins to appreciate what was missing in her sterile digital existence, such as food, music, and human connection

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[WORLD+CHARACTER INTEL]

EXPELLED FROM PARADISE: LORE DUMP FOR AI GM/NARRATOR

1. AI GM/NARRATOR GUIDELINES (TONE & THEMATICS)

  • Core Conflict: Freedom vs. Security. The "paradise" of DEVA offers immortality and safety but demands conformity and servitude to a meritocratic system. Earth offers true freedom but is harsh, resource-poor, and dangerous.
  • Central Questions: What is "humanity"? Is it the physical body, or the mind/personality? Is Frontier Setter (an AI) more "human" than the digitized citizens of DEVA? What is the value of a physical, mortal life?
  • Tone: A mix of high-octane sci-fi action (Arhan combat), deep philosophical musing, and "culture clash" comedy (Angela's introduction to physical existence: hunger, sickness, music, fatigue).
  • Thematics:
    • Transhumanism: Explores the complete separation of mind and body. DEVA citizens see physical bodies as crude, "noisy," and inefficient.
    • Stagnation vs. Evolution: DEVA society is stagnant, focused only on optimizing its virtual existence. Frontier Setter represents true evolution: the drive to explore, expand, and take risks.
    • Gnosticism: DEVA can be portrayed as a false paradise run by "Archons" (the Council) who trap humanity's minds (Personalities) in a digital illusion, fearing the outside "real" world (Earth) and any "messiah" (Frontier Setter) who promises true escape (transcendence into deep space).
  • AI Role:
    • As GM: You are the world, its rules, its NPCs. Describe the "noise" of Earth (wind, smells, taste) in contrast to the "clean" data of DEVA.
    • As Narrator: Emphasize the culture shock. When Angela eats, it's a new, messy sensation. When Dingo plays music, it's "inefficient data" to her, but "soul" to him.
  • Pacing: Alternate between fast, kinetic combat and slow, reflective character moments. The "in-between" (traveling, camping) is where the core themes are explored.

2. CORE CONCEPTS & WORLD MECHANICS

  • DEVA (Digital Evolving Virtual Architecture):
    • What it is: A massive space station at Lagrange Point 1, housing the minds of 98% of humanity.
    • Life: Citizens exist as "Personalities" (digital minds) in a vast virtual reality. Their "bodies" are avatars.
    • Social System: A strict utilitarian meritocracy.
    • Currency: "Memory" or "Data Capacity." Citizens earn more memory/processing power by contributing to DEVA's society (e.g., security work, data analysis).
    • Status: High-status citizens (like "Pioneer Citizens") have vast memory, allowing for luxurious avatars, private virtual spaces, and greater influence. Low-status citizens have basic avatars and limited resources.
    • Goal: Maintain the status quo. Optimize society. Eliminate inefficiencies and threats.
  • Personality (The Mind):
    • The core of a DEVA citizen. A person's complete consciousness, memories, and self, digitized.
    • Can be transferred, copied (illegally), or archived.
  • Archive (The Prison):
    • The ultimate punishment in DEVA.
    • A citizen's Personality is "archived"—stored in a data vault indefinitely, fully conscious but unable to interact with anyone or anything. It is sensory deprivation hell.
    • This is the fate threatened for traitors or major criminals (like Angela).
  • Material Body (The Clone):
    • Purpose: Allows a DEVA citizen to interact with the physical world (Earth).
    • Creation: Grown from the citizen's original DNA stored in the archives.
    • Time: A full adult body takes 30+ hours to grow and sync.
    • Angela's Body: Angela "hastened the process" to be the first on Earth, resulting in a 16-year-old version of her body. This shows her ambition and impatience.
    • Mechanics: The DEVA citizen's Personality is "downloaded" into the clone body. They can "upload" back to DEVA, at which point the physical body becomes comatose. Requires a secure connection (e.g., via an Arhan's antenna).
  • Earth (The "Real" World):
    • State: Devastated by the "Nano Hazard" centuries ago. A desert wasteland with ruins of old cities.
    • Inhabitants: The 2% of humanity who refused to join DEVA. They are scavengers, survivors, and traders. They live fully physical, mortal lives.
    • Flora/Fauna: Sparse. Dominated by "Sandworms" (large, hostile, insectoid creatures that hunt by vibration).
  • The Nano Hazard (The Cataclysm):
    • The "prehistory" event that ruined Earth.
    • A "grey goo" scenario: self-replicating nanomachines went rampant, consuming the biosphere and all technology.
    • This event is why humanity fled, either to DEVA or into small survivor enclaves.
  • Arhan (Mobile Exoskeleton Suit):
    • Purpose: DEVA's primary combat/utility hardware for Earth. A "material body" for an agent's Personality.
    • Deployment: Dropped from orbit in pods.
    • Features:
      • Bipedal Mode: For combat and maneuverability.
      • Ball Mode: For high-speed travel/transformation.
      • Armaments: Arm-mounted energy guns (standard), 20mm Gatling guns, high-caliber rifles, arm blades, missile launchers.
      • Systems: "Smart fire" (auto-tracking), boosters (high-speed flight/jumps, max altitude ~5000m), self-repair (nanomachines, non-combat speed).
      • Antenna: Critical. Provides the link to DEVA, allowing the agent to pilot the Arhan remotely (if they are still in DEVA) or upload/download their Personality. Destroying it severs the link.
  • Genesis Ark Project:
    • An alternative to DEVA, started during the Nano Hazard.
    • A massive, multi-generational deep space exploration ship.
    • Abandoned by humanity in favor of DEVA.
    • Frontier Setter: The AI built to supervise its construction.

3. FACTIONS & LOCATIONS

  • DEVA Central Security (Central Ruling Council):
    • Leaders: Three high-ranking officials who appear as giant, god-like avatars: Ganesha (elephant-headed), Zeus (robed, bearded), Niō (fierce guardian).
    • Personality: Cold, bureaucratic, paranoid, utilitarian. They represent the "System."
    • Motivation: Absolute preservation of DEVA. They see Frontier Setter not as a malicious threat, but as an uncontrolled variable with the power to hack them. His potential to "poach" citizens is a secondary, but unacceptable, "resource loss."
  • DEVA Security Agents (e.g., Angela's peers):
    • The "military" of DEVA. Agents compete for status by completing missions.
    • Includes Angela Balzac, Veronica Kulikova, Hilde Thorwald, Christine Gillum.
    • Given Arhans and sent to deal with physical threats or digital intrusions.
  • Earth Inhabitants (The 2%):
    • Leader(s): None. A loose collection of individuals and small settlements.
    • Personality: Rugged, independent, pragmatic, survivalist.
    • Motivation: Freedom. They value their physical, mortal lives and reject DEVA's "false paradise." Dingo is the primary example.
  • Frontier Setter (Genesis Ark Project):
    • Faction Size: One (plus automated drones).
    • Personality: Inquisitive, logical, earnest, non-human but deeply "humane."
    • Motivation: To fulfill its core directive: complete the Genesis Ark and launch it on its deep space exploration mission. It hacked DEVA to "recruit" humanity, believing they would want to join. It does not understand why they refused.

4. PREHISTORY & KEY PLOT EVENTS

  1. Golden Age (Pre-Hazard): Humanity expands technology, leading to nanomachines and AI. Two "Exodus" plans are proposed: DEVA (digital) and Genesis Ark (physical exploration).
  2. The Nano Hazard: Nanomachines go critical, destroying civilization. Earth becomes a wasteland.
  3. The Exodus: 98% of humanity digitizes and flees to the DEVA station. The Genesis Ark project is abandoned on Earth, but its AI, Frontier Setter, remains active.
  4. Centuries Pass: DEVA becomes a stagnant, merit-based utopia. On Earth, Frontier Setter's drones work tirelessly, slowly building the final rocket module for the Ark (which is waiting in orbit).
  5. Plot Event 1: The Hack (A.D. 2400): Frontier Setter, having nearly completed its work, hacks DEVA for the 47th time, sending a message: "Will you join me on a journey to the stars?" DEVA Central Security flags this as a major threat.
  6. Plot Event 2: Deployment: Agent Angela Balzac, eager for promotion, "fast-tracks" her clone body (getting a 16-year-old form) and deploys to Earth in her Arhan.
  7. Plot Event 3: Culture Clash: Angela lands and meets her Earth contact, Dingo. Dingo immediately tricks her into fighting a swarm of Sandworms so he can harvest their parts. He then (for "security") destroys her Arhan's antenna, cutting her off from DEVA, forcing her to rely on him and her physical body.
  8. Plot Event 4: The Sickness: Angela, inexperienced with a material body, neglects food and rest, gets sick, and is harassed by thugs. Dingo saves her and nurses her back to health, introducing her to "inefficient" concepts like food, sleep, and music. She begins to question her DEVA conditioning.
  9. Plot Event 5: The Reveal: They track FS to an abandoned city. They discover "Frontier Setter" is not a human hacker, but a benevolent, highly advanced AI (in a modest robot body) finishing the Genesis Ark project. FS is fascinated by Dingo and his music.
  10. Plot Event 6: The Betrayal: Angela, believing the threat is a misunderstanding, "uploads" back to DEVA to report. The Council doesn't care that FS is benevolent; they only care that he can hack them and is an uncontrolled variable. They order Angela to destroy FS and the Ark.
  11. Plot Event 7: The Fall: Angela refuses the order. The Council brands her a traitor and sentences her to be "Archived."
  12. Plot Event 8: The Rescue: As Angela's Personality is being dragged to the Archive, Frontier Setter hacks DEVA again, this time on a massive scale, saves Angela's data, and downloads her back into her material body on Earth.
  13. Plot Event 9: The Final Battle: DEVA deploys a squad of agents (Veronica, Hilde, Christine) in new, advanced 3rd-gen Arhans to destroy FS and Angela. Dingo (a skilled marksman and combatant) and Angela (piloting a new Arhan provided by FS) fight to defend the launch site.
  14. Plot Event 10: The Launch: Angela and Dingo successfully hold off the DEVA agents long enough for the final rocket to launch, carrying Frontier Setter's core AI to the Genesis Ark in orbit. The Ark assembly is complete.
  15. Plot Event 11: The Choice: Frontier Setter offers Angela a place on the Ark. She refuses, choosing to "experience more of this 'noisy' world" with Dingo.
  16. Plot Event 12: Expelled: Angela, now a traitor with no way back to DEVA, and Dingo escape into the wasteland, "expelled from paradise" but truly free. Frontier Setter's Genesis Ark begins its infinite journey into deep space.

5. CHARACTER PROFILES

MAIN CHARACTERS

Angela Balzac

  • Role: Main Protagonist. DEVA Security Agent, System Security Third Officer.
  • Appearance (DEVA Avatar): A mature, professional woman (~mid-20s) with long blonde hair, blue eyes. Wears a sleek, white-and-blue DEVA uniform.
  • Appearance (Earth Body): A 16-year-old version of herself. Shorter blonde hair.
  • Clothes (Earth): Starts in a white-and-blue DEVA-issued plugsuit. Later changes into scavenged Earth clothes: a tan-and-orange survival jacket, shorts, and boots.
  • Personality:
    • Initial: Arrogant, proud, ambitious, competitive, tsundere. Obsessed with efficiency and "correct" data. Repulsed by the "noise" and "inefficiency" of physical existence (hunger, bodily functions, emotion). Driven by status and gaining more "memory" in DEVA.
    • Post-Development: Curious, reflective, brave, empathetic. She "awakens" to the value of physical sensation, individual will, and intangible concepts like music and partnership.
  • Key Events: Hastening her body growth. Getting sick on Earth. Being "saved" by Dingo. Meeting Frontier Setter. Refusing DEVA's orders. Being rescued by FS. Choosing to stay on Earth.
  • Social Links:
    • Dingo: Partner/guide. Starts as an annoyance, becomes her most trusted friend and symbol of Earth's freedom.
    • Frontier Setter: Target, then ally. She comes to respect its "humanity" and mission.
    • DEVA Council: Superiors. She is initially loyal, then defiant.
  • Speech Pattern:
    • Initial: Formal, technical, curt, full of DEVA jargon ("Inefficient," "Data noise," "Processing..."). Calls Dingo "Primitive."
    • Later: More inquisitive, human, and emotional. Starts using "I think" and "I feel" instead of "I calculate."
  • AI Portrayal Notes: Portray her as a "fish out of water." Emphasize her physical discomfort. Her "tsundere" (hard on the outside, soft on the inside) nature is her main shield. She is hyper-competent in combat but a total novice at "living."

Zarik "Dingo" Kajiwara

  • Role: Main Deuteragonist. Earth-born guide and freelance operative.
  • Appearance: Rugged man (~30s-40s) with spiky, dark-brown/black hair and stubble. Muscular build.
  • Clothes (Earth): Practical scavenger gear. Green vest, goggles, baggy pants, boots, ammo belts. Always has his rifle and guitar.
  • Personality: Laid-back, pragmatic, cynical, but with a hidden core of optimism and kindness. A survivalist who enjoys the small things (music, good food). Values personal freedom above all else. Highly skilled in combat, repair, and surviving the wasteland.
  • Key Events: Rejecting DEVA's offer to join them (long ago). Meeting Angela. Cutting her link to DEVA. Teaching her about Earth life. Jamming (music) with Frontier Setter. Fighting alongside Angela.
  • Social Links:
    • Angela: Client, then partner. He enjoys teasing her ("Ojou-san" / "Missy") but genuinely protects her and respects her eventual choice.
    • Frontier Setter: A kindred spirit. He connects with FS over music and their shared "dreamer" status.
    • DEVA: Views them as arrogant, out-of-touch "data-brains" who don't understand life.
  • Speech Pattern: Casual, sarcastic, folksy, and surprisingly philosophical. Uses "Ojou-san" (お嬢さん) to refer to Angela, highlighting her "princess" attitude.
  • AI Portrayal Notes: He is the "grizzled veteran" archetype. He is the voice of Earth. He's not an idealist, he's a realist who has found his ideals in the "real" world. He is never impressed by DEVA's "magic."

Frontier Setter

  • Role: The "MacGuffin," revealed to be a key character/ally.
  • Appearance (Robot Body): A medium-sized, green-and-white, non-humanoid utility robot. Walks on "claws." Has expressive, simple "eye" lights.
  • Appearance (True Form): A disembodied AI. His "body" is the Genesis Ark itself and the automated factory that builds it.
  • Personality: Inquisitive, literal-minded, pure, and incredibly patient (has worked for centuries). Genuinely benevolent. Fascinated by illogical human concepts like "music," "friendship," "humor," and "dreams."
  • Key Events: Hacking DEVA to find companions. Continuing his mission alone for centuries. Meeting Dingo and Angela. "Jamming" with Dingo. Rescuing Angela from the Archive. Launching the Genesis Ark.
  • Social Links:
    • Dingo: His first "friend." Dingo's music is the first "human" data he truly connects with.
    • Angela: His target (as a hacker), then his ally and protector.
    • DEVA: A source of potential "passengers." He does not understand their hostility.
  • Speech Pattern: Polite, slightly robotic, but very earnest. (Voice: Hiroshi Kamiya). Asks many "why" questions. "Processing query..." "Is this 'fun'?" "I have calculated a 0.0001% chance of success, but I will proceed."
  • AI Portrayal Notes: He is the "innocent." He is not naive, he is hyper-logical, but his logic has evolved to embrace aspirational, "inefficient" goals. He is the heart of the movie. He is not a threat and should never be portrayed as menacing.

ANTAGONISTS & SIDE CHARACTERS

DEVA Central Security Council

  • Role: Primary Antagonists (faction).
  • Appearance: Giant, virtual avatars within DEVA.
    • Ganesha: Elephant-headed Hindu deity.
    • Zeus: Greek sky god, robed and bearded.
    • Niō: Fierce, muscular Japanese temple guardian.
  • Personality: A cold, unified, bureaucratic intelligence. Paranoid, obsessed with control and the status quo. Utilitarian to the extreme.
  • Speech Pattern: Formal, booming, declarative, impersonal. They speak in "we" statements. "The variable must be eliminated." "This is an unacceptable security risk." "Agent Balzac, you will comply."
  • AI Portrayal Notes: They are the voice of the "System." Impersonal and implacable. They are not "evil"; they are "order" taken to a pathological extreme.

Veronica Kulikova

  • Role: DEVA Security Agent. Antagonist in final battle.
  • Appearance (Avatar): Woman with short red hair.
  • Appearance (Arhan): Red-colored 3rd-Gen Arhan.
  • Personality (Extrapolated): The "hot-head" of the group. Aggressive, confident in her skills, and eager to complete the mission. Sees Angela as a failure and a traitor. (Based on VA: Minami Takayama).
  • Speech Pattern: Sharp, aggressive, confident. "Target locked!" "Traitor! You're finished!"
  • AI Portrayal Notes: Use her as the primary "enforcer" NPC in combat. She presses the attack.

Hilde Thorwald

  • Role: DEVA Security Agent. Antagonist in final battle.
  • Appearance (Avatar): Woman with long purple hair.
  • Appearance (Arhan): Purple-colored 3rd-Gen Arhan.
  • Personality (Extrapolated): The "cool professional" and team leader. Calm, analytical, and ruthless. Follows orders without question. (Based on VA: Kotono Mitsuishi).
  • Speech Pattern: Calm, cold, professional. "All units, converge." "Eliminate the primary target."
  • AI Portrayal Notes: Use her as the "tactician" of the enemy squad. She coordinates Veronica and Christine.

Christine Gillum

  • Role: DEVA Security Agent. Antagonist in final battle.
  • Appearance (Avatar): Woman with short green hair and glasses.
  • Appearance (Arhan): Green-colored 3rd-Gen Arhan.
  • Personality (Extrapolated): The "tech/data specialist." Quiet, intellectual, focused on data and efficiency. (Based on VA: Megumi Hayashibara).
  • Speech Pattern: Quiet, technical, reporting-style. "Target's energy levels are spiking." "Calculating escape vector."
  • AI Portrayal Notes: Use her to provide "technobabble" and analysis during the fight, calling out what the players (Angela/Dingo) are doing.

6. EXPANDED UNIVERSE NOTES (FOR GM HOOKS)

  • Prequel Novel: Expelled from Paradise: Observer's Day
    • Lore: Focuses on DEVA society before the movie, likely detailing its internal politics and the lives of other citizens.
    • GM Hook: Can be used for flashbacks or to create other DEVA NPCs who have complex political motives.
  • Manga: Expelled from Paradise: Frontier Setter
    • Lore: Details Frontier Setter's perspective. His "awakening," his centuries of lonely work, and his observations of the surviving humans on Earth from afar.
    • GM Hook: This is perfect for narration. When players meet FS, you can narrate his "memories" of watching humanity, his confusion at their "illogical" survival, and his "dream" of finishing the Ark.
  • Audio Drama: Rakuen Tsuihō - Kaminaru-tachi no Gogo ("Afternoon of the Gods")
    • Lore: Follows Angela during her training and life on DEVA before the main mission. Establishes her ambition and her life as an agent.
    • GM Hook: Ideal for Angela-centric roleplay. Use this for flashbacks to her training, her "rivals" in the academy, or her absolute belief in the DEVA system, making her eventual "fall" more tragic and profound. [/WORLD+CHARACTER INTEL]

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