I wanna die someday...Vivia's catchphrase.
Vivia Twilight is a major character in the 2023 adventure game Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.
He is voiced by voiced by Yuichiro Umehara in Japanese and Aleks Le in English.
Appearance
Vivia is a tall and slim young man with broad shoulders, pale skin and purple eyes, with irises designed to look like a plus sign. Under his eyes is purple eyeliner, stylized to look like ink drops, with 2 piercings to the left of the right eye's ink drop. His hair is naturally wavy and reaches his shoulder on the left side, and is of a sickly green color, which gets darker closer to his scalp, with black streaks. He also has a very deep voice.
Instead of a typical shirt, Vivia wears a bunch of black bandages wrapped around his torso and arms, with a couple wraps around his neck to act as a makeshift choker. Over this is an black and purple ankle-length zipper coat, which is kept unzipped, with a high collar. On the right side of his coat is a badge for the World Detective Organization. Below a white belt are black torn jeans, made to look similar to the bandages he wears. He also wears black leather boots.
Biography
Before Prologue
Vivia grew up in a very dysfunctional family where his abusive parents would neglect him and his brothers, who all want attention from them. And Their parents would lock him in a storage room as discipline, Despite this memories being traumatic, tragically, Vivia sees them as "happy memories" as to him, any form of attention, even bad ones are seen as "good attention".
Vivia discovered his forte at a young age, seeing otherworldly things including ghosts and spirits, By working with the WDO, his training enhanced his forte.
Personality
Most notably, Vivia is incredibly unmotivated. He is frequently tired and reluctant to cooperate with investigations, preferring to sleep or read, even in the the Mystery Labyrinth. He seldom speaks without being addressed first and often scares the other detectives in the instances where he talks independently, as if his ghost form reflects how he exists in the living world. Likely aided by this, he tends to be very observant, noticing Yakou Furio staring at the letter sent by 'Anonymous,' as well as times when Yuma Kokohead talks to Shinigami, though he described seeing Shinigami as nothing more than a 'haze' beyond the Mystery Labyrinth. Vivia is near constantly melancholic, even expressing extreme emotions with a level of stoicism. He frequently proclaims his exasperation with life, expressing his wish to 'die someday.' When asked about this by Yuma, Vivia tells him how living forever would only enable someone to be more witness to tragedy, and how the desire to have greed satiated would soon fade into boredom, leaving only the desire to die. Though the state of his mortality is unknown, this sentiment is largely reflected in his life, at least partially attributing to his laziness. In spite of his laziness, Vivia is a formidable detective who can easily solve cases, in part to his Spectral Projection, but also in his observational and research skills.
Vivia reads to pass the time and is seen doing so more often than not. The books he reads seem to move him, evoking questions about morality, mortality and the human condition, though this is often regarded as boring by others. Though not limited by this, Vivia prefers books that indulge in unrealistic tropes such as the supernatural; Fantasique is a noted genre of that he reads, particularly books where the focused entity is that of ghosts and demons. Despite this, he is said to have no preference for genre. Vivia has a tendency to wax poetic about life, mysteries and morals, not unlike the books he reads, and frequently convolutes whatever he is saying with analogies and dramatic language. He tends to fall into these speaking patterns when avoiding a topic, but it is never confirmed whether this habit is intentional or not as he begins to ramble again when confronted by Yuma
He is often seen in unconventional and cramped places such as the fireplace in the Nocturnal Detective Agency and under the piano at Sun and Moon Hotel. Though these places can be quite physically uncomfortable, Vivia finds solace in them as they remind him of 'good memories' from his childhood, despite these memories being potentially traumatic. He later mentions that no matter how bad a childhood memory may be, it will always be shrouded in innocence, possibly alluding to his interpretation of these 'good memories.'
Despite his role as a detective, Vivia has a strong aversion to the truth, adamantly believing that in some situations, the truth shouldn't be exposed at all. This notion applies in minor circumstances where exposing the truth would ruin the allure of the mystery, such as UFOs and supernatural entities, however the philosophy extends further and affects his detective work. Because of his firm beliefs, he is antagonistic towards Yuma during their investigation and the Mystery Labyrinth and remains clear in his belief that giving everything for the truth, as Yuma has done, is dangerous and requires true conviction that most people do not possess. This idea may have originated from a prior case of his, one where a girl wanted her mother's killer caught, but the daughter's actions were the primary contributor to her mother's death, regardless on whether they were intentional. It is not confirmed if this was Vivia's case, however as the situation was posed as a narrative from his books and, when asked, he ignores the question, instead telling Yuma that regardless of the story's actuality, he does not believe that all mysteries should be solved.
Quotes
Chapter 4: The Imperfect Insider
Why.. do You want the truth in the first place? It's easy to say you want the truth... but are you sure you can handle it? No matter how cruel that truth may be? I'm still not sure if you're the kind of person who can... I bet you're not sure either. That's why you're still so hesitant... This Mystery Labyrinth also reflects your reluctance... Maybe that's why... you can't reach the truthVivia's foreshadowing of the events awaiting near the end of the Labyrinth
If only you had chosen to remain ignorant, I would have walked beside you in silence... But... if you intend to seek the truth, then I must stand in your way.Vivia about to go against Yuma to prevent him from solving Dr. Huesca's murder
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