Ren #
Ikaro Lauren, who is mostly known as Ren, is user 013 on the webpage.
He works for Nex Gen, inspired by his father Dallus’ innovations for the good of humanity. He is also the one responsible for the 8-line of AI robots, which includes M8.
His name seems to be a reference to the Greek Icarus, son of Daedalus, who famously flew too close to the sun. This likely refers to his completion of E.V.E., a revolutionary AI with malicious intentions.
Backstory #
Ren’s full name is Lauren Ikaro, being born to Elena and Dallus Lauren. At a young age, Ren and his parents fled from the remnants of the Cult of Mantra, while his mother Elena went into labour with his sister Lyra. Due to ARC/HIVE being interested in his father’s research with cult leader Skys, they end up being extracted during Operation Trinity around Christmas 2020. In January 2021, Dallus writes in his diary that the whole family is at the ARC/HIVE laboratory. He also mentions that Ren is envisioning a whole line of RO8OTs: a line of AI assistants.
Tragedy strikes the family on the 5th of November 2024, when Dallus is driving Ren and Lyra home from the Gat3keeper theme park. A car crash occurs and Ren loses his sister Lyra a few months before her 4th birthday. According to official sources, the crash was a result of driver error. Rumors from the public blame the park, reasoning that it somehow influenced the event of that day.
In 2037, Ren is a scientist at the company, now named Nex Gen, as evidenced by his log. In this log, he activates E.V.E., an AI that shows remarkable capabilities, far exceeding initial expectations. This day is also the first day his robot D8 is at work, just like he envisioned in early january 2021.
In the log he also reminisces about his father Dallus Lauren, who passed away before he could activate E.V.E. Him and his father are likely named after the Greek mythological duo Daedalus and Icarus.
In the website song “nmez!” we also see Ren listed as a producer.
Website History #
Ren was user number 0014 in the M8 system’s first version. This user number was also used as a password for his log.
Ren used to be user 0015 in the system, becoming user 0014 on 4th of June 2024. His skin tone drastically changed in an update in June, at the same time as Pan’s skin colour changing to a pinkish hue.
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