Crazy Personal Headcanons

[Enkidoh]

SPOILERS AHEAD

A rather sad headcanon I just thought of (spurned by a comment someone made in one of the... anti-EW's story threads), about the reasons for the

KAIROS system's existence in Elpis - I mean, why the hell did Hermes even have such a thing? What need would he have of a device that wipes your memory? Which got me thinking.

What if he created this memory-wiping system as his way of dealing with the pain he felt whenever a living creation is destroyed - namely, rather than dealing with it or running from it, he takes a third option by merely erasing the emotional pain completely by resetting his memories when it gets too much? It would also give him plausible deniability if his somewhat more shady operations came to light (read: Meteion), which of course is exactly what ended up happening when he activated it on the Amaurot Gang inside Ktisis Hyperboreia. And of course, as we saw, it wasn't really working, the moment he first appeared he seemed to have a 'sad clown' image, putting on a brave face for show but was clearly an emotional train-wreck inside.

Unfortunately KAIROS's reason for existing is never adequetly explained during EW's story and comes across as just a convinent deus ex machina, but this theory does neatly explain why it's there (as it is, the moment it's mentioned Emet immediately got suspicious about it, so it's clear it wasn't entirelly above board).

Of course, there is no proof this is why he created it either way, but just my shower thoughts, but it does actually make a lot of sense.

[MikkoAkure]

Of course, there is no proof this is why he created it either way, but just my shower thoughts, but it does actually make a lot of sense.

IIRC,

Kairos was meant to wipe the memory of creations so they can be tested repeatedly or something to the effect.

But with the game down I can't double-check that.

Though that doesn't mean he didn't also use it that way.

[Vyrerus]

IIRC,

Kairos was meant to wipe the memory of creations so they can be tested repeatedly or something to the effect.

But with the game down I can't double-check that.

Though that doesn't mean he didn't also use it that way.

This is correct. It was explained that

before expunging their existence, they would try memory wipes on creations first, just in case it was an environmental cause of trainer trauma or the like.

[Enkidoh]

IIRC,

Kairos was meant to wipe the memory of creations so they can be tested repeatedly or something to the effect.

But with the game down I can't double-check that.

Though that doesn't mean he didn't also use it that way.

This is correct. It was explained that

before expunging their existence, they would try memory wipes on creations first, just in case it was an environmental cause of trainer trauma or the like.

Ah yes, I remember now (I just clarified it with screenshots.). Thank you both for that clarification.

Still, that might have just been

the cover story he gave to avoid scrutiny from the authorities. After all, Emet immediately raised suspicions about it's very existence when Hermes first mentioned it offhandedly, and didn't seem to buy it, so it's clearly not something expected to exist in Ancient society, certainly not something the Convocation expected existed, even in a research facility like Elpis. And Hermes was such a emotional train wreck, he may have very well originally conceived it as a way of dealing with his mental issues

(once again returning to the underlying theme of EW that it's better to face your problems head on and remain resolute to despair rather than giving into it by living in the past or running away from it). But I digress.

Once again, thanks for that clarification.