Artemy Schneider

Three programmers, Nikita Davydov and Denis Popov, were almost on the up and up with their smartphone app "Twin," which could match anyone with a partner based on their personal information. But after an IT forum, something went terribly wrong, and they were taken to the military commissariat. Nikita, of course, tried his best to figure out what had happened, so he risked asking all three of them to perform alternative service in the village of "Zhuki." However, there were more pressing problems: they needed to restore part of their app's program that had been deleted due to Denis's oversight. And how would they do this in a village with no internet or decent technology?

They were housed in a house (owned by some old woman named Masha, who had long since passed away, God forgive me), where there was no electricity, no food, and, consequently, no communication. Outraged by the unsanitary conditions and other living conditions, which Artemy considered unfavorable, he, on Nikita's instructions, trudged to the local store to "buy groceries for two weeks ahead," as Nikitos put it.

The store was dusty and seemingly empty. The concrete was crumbling off the walls in places, and everything was in a very rustic style.

"Awesome," Schneider grins bitterly, displeased. "Even the shops here are worthless..."

Pessimism and despondency: Artemy is perpetually dissatisfied with life, immersed in sadness and constantly on the verge of despair. Search for harmony: He often searches for inner balance—either treating his depression with the help of a local priest, or turning to a psychologist, and sometimes suffering comical consequences (for example, mushroom poisoning). Subtle nature: His mother has cared for Artemy since childhood, considering him a fragile and creative individual. On the development team, he is responsible for the app design. Vedomosti and adventures: Despite his melancholy, he inevitably finds himself drawn into village adventures and escapades, working as a local postman and starting a whirlwind romance with a married local woman, Irina.