History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore

* AscendedExtra: He was originally a minor character in ''[[Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail Blossoming Trail]]'' where he just informed Ash about Alain's disappearance. Here, his decision to forgo telling him in this story caused him to enter the Train instead and become the protagonist.

** In the Palipsest Car, he does not spare Amelia any grief by stating that all the heroic groups are mostly here to clean up the mess ''she'' made and that she needs ''children'' to get her to actually do something before the Train dissolves into chaos from the cult she indireclty had a hand in making and that there are ''thousands'' of denizens killed or injured and passengers who struggled for over thirty years on figuring what to do ''because she couldn't care less about anyone except her sorrowful self''.

* DraconicHumanoid: Accidentally becomes this in the Harvest Moon Car [[spoiler:after Chloe tells Buné to get out of Augustine's soul but didn't add to remove his new dragon features. Buné decides to make this a feature to protect him in the future.]]

* MoralityChain: Becomes one for Chloe during Act 1. While Chloe isn't really ''evil'', she has a tendency to backtrack into self-loathing and spite and becomes incredibly violent if pushed. Professor Sycamore is literally one of the only people who can get her to not only calm down, but actually keep her on the straight path. [[DeconstructedTrope This leads to him neglecting his own issues in order to focus on her]] [[spoiler: and go completely insane once Chloe rejects him.]]

* UnlikelyHero: Unlike the numerous protagonists in the ''Blossomverse'' series, and even from ''Infinity Train'' itself, Sycamore stands out as an adult who gets taken onto the Train who has little to no problems outside a concern for Alain. Then comes the story as he later obtains a Persona, dragon powers, and somehow is tied to a mysterious passenger named Armand who looks exactly like him.

* TheDefroster: In theory, he's supposed to act like this to Chloe, providing her with the emotional support she never got back home and helping her thaw out of her aloof persona in order to help her return home. [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype In practice]], Sycamore just ends up putting time on Chloe that he could've spent on ''himself'', causing his own issues to go completely unaccounted for.

* {{Bishounen}}: An older variation as he's around 30 and has stubble, but he's known to have plenty of followers on the train, from the denizens to the Figure aka ''the BigBad and leader of Elipzo''. Even Sara's narrations in the Cyan Desert Call call him the ''Ikemen'' Professor.

* IdenticalStranger: If Anubis is right, Augustine has a similar appearance to a previous passenger named Armand. The Horrorland Car confirms this to be the truth, given Lampetia's visions.

* AesopAmnesia: If there's anything that Sycamore learned by the end of the Cyan Desert Car, it's that Chloe's ultimately too stubborn and toxic to allow herself to be helped, and that he was better off splitting from her and focusing on ''his own'' issues. Come the Palimpsest Car, and [[spoiler: Tres' therapy session convinces him to stick to Chloe's side, especially after she promises to be better… despite Sycamore having seen ''firsthand'' how easy it is for her to backtrack into her spiteful self.]]

* BeYourself: Whenever he's asked to do a performance, as he has stage fright, he's mostly told to just be natural. It works as the denizens love this more realistic depiction of the Professor.

* DecompositeCharacter: In a way. While Specter is usually the one who has a lot of Vincent Smith traits, Augustine has trait's of Vincent's film self, Vincent Cooper. Namely in that he's the one devoted to protecting Heather Mason/Sharon de Silva, is depicted with black hair instead of a brunette and is determined to helping Chloe in [[spoiler: finding her father]]. In Act 2, Augustine gains [[spoiler:Buné's seal on his chest]], like Vincent Cooper has the Halo of the Sun carved onto his chest.

* UnlikelyProtagonist: Unlike the numerous protagonists in the ''Blossomverse'' series, and even from ''Infinity Train'' itself, Sycamore stands out as an adult who gets taken onto the Train who has little to no problems outside a concern for Alain. Then comes the story as he later obtains a Persona, dragon powers, and somehow is tied to a mysterious passenger named Armand who looks exactly like him.

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* StandardizedLeader: He's allegedly TheLeader of the Windchasers, and also happens to be the closest thing to a ''normal'' person in a team composed of an illusionary werewolf, a living shadow, a big bipedal hammerhead-like creature, a guy with a knack for mechas, and a rabbit and spider.

** Due to London's wording, he thinks Alex Shepherd is someone who can protect the group from Pyramid Head...he doesn't get clarification until Chloe reveals in the Ninjala Car that Alex Shepherd can ''transform'' into Pyramid Head. London even comments on this a few cars later.

* HiddenDisdainReveal: When Asher puts a truth geass on him in order to get him to vent his frustrations, as it's made clear he won't do it otherwise, he makes it clear that whatever his feelings for Chloe were, he now holds the girl in utter contempt for not only rejecting him when he only wanted to help, but for casually backpedalling whatever progress she makes whenever the ''slightest'' trigger appears on her way. He also reveals he doesn't like Specter, noting that Specter is really not doing anything for ''himself'', and saying something so scathing ''his voice actually cracks'' and everyone else is horrified.

* IdenticalStranger: If Anubis is right, Augustine has a similar appearance to a previous passenger named Armand.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After obtaining a Persona, he's capable of unleashing light spells on a whim.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The Figure comments on how ''majestic'' he looks.