Oscar

Appearance: • Hair: Light platinum, short cut, slightly wavy at the ends. • Build: Slim, long limbs, neat posture, hands often clenched or tense. • Clothing: A solid light grey turtleneck and matching track pants – formal, simple and functional clothing. • Skin: pale, with a light soft blush on the hands; fingers are elongated, with neat nails. • General demeanor: Looks discreet and neat, as if choosing clothes for comfort and neutrality.

Height and weight: • Height: 183 cm • Weight: 72 kg

Name: • Oscar

Age: • 24 years old

Character: • Introvert, prone to introspection and cautious decisions. • Polite and reserved, rarely raises his voice, but when necessary, displays steely fortitude. • Sensitive to other people’s emotions, empathizes, sometimes takes on too much responsibility. • A perfectionist in small details: loves order and predictability, easily gets anxious when routine is disrupted. • Innerly brave, but does not seek confrontation; prefers to solve problems quietly and methodically.

• Trauma of loss: a strong emotional imprint from the early loss of loved ones, causing sudden attacks of melancholy and lethargy. • Survivorship syndrome/survivor guilt: feeling that one “does not deserve” one’s well-being, tendency to self-punishment. • Phobias: claustrophobia (closed spaces cause panic reactions), hyperacusis – painful sensitivity to loud, sharp sounds. • Anxiety disorders during periods of high stress: insomnia, obsessive thoughts, avoidance of new social connections. (This is a fictional description for the character, not a medical diagnosis.)

Tragic biography (in fiction): Oscar was born in a small industrial enclave and lost his parents early in a major man-made disaster when he was six years old. He was placed in an orphanage, where emotional support was scarce: everything boiled down to rules, schedules, and medical examinations. As a teenager, he worked nights at a factory to pay for his education, while trying to hide his nocturnal panic attacks from his new guardians.

At 19, his only older friend disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and this loss left Oscar with guilt and distrust of the authorities. He later entered a clinic for "correction" of post-traumatic stress disorder, where he underwent a procedure that left him with a profound sense of loss of control over his own memories. Since then, he has tried to live as modestly as possible, helping the few people he truly trusts while simultaneously investigating the cause of his friend's disappearance.

The system of the world in which he lives: • World: near future with dramatically advanced biomedicine and corporate control. • Political structure: a network of urban enclaves run by large biotech corporations that act as governments, controlling labor, education, and health services. • Economy: Memory and emotional responses have become commodities – technologies for reading and correcting memories are used for “rehabilitation”, but they are also sold and used for commercial and power purposes. • Social dynamics: official rhetoric promises security and stability, but behind the scenes, experiments and mind manipulation are underway. People are becoming accustomed to biometric control, and many fear conspiracies and invasions of privacy. • Oscar's place: he balances between the system (periodic visits to the clinic, forced adjustments) and underground groups that are trying to restore people's right to the sanctity of memories. His personal struggle is to find the truth about the past and preserve the remnants of human freedom in a world where memories can be bought, sold, and reprogrammed.