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Nine and Zero is a nine person roleplay based off the of the Zero Escape games. The plot is rather similar to its source material - nine 'players' are kidnapped and forced to escape from a location - in this case, a hotel.You can find the main blog at NineandZero and the novelisation at NineandNone.

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Bracelet 1 - Eve/ Mitsuki Kagami

A 16 year old schoolgirl, and the holder of Bracelet 1. In truth, she's the heir to the Kagami family, both a major technology manufacturing group and quite possibly one of the strongest mafia groups in the world. She also has control of the 'mirror' talent, allowing her to perfectly analyse and mimic the personality of someone else or create a perfect 'contrasting' personality for them. Also, she may or may not be a clone.

  • Disappeared Dad: When asked about her family, Eve mentions she loved her mother very much. She doesn't breathe a word of her father.
  • Foil: Ari and Eve actually turn out to share a lot of issues. There is a big difference with them though, Eve wants her mindset to get better. Ari is willing to let his degrade even more.
  • Hope Spot: Killed off just after taking a level in badass. Nobody saw that coming.
  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: After being almost overcome by her evil personality, she asks Grey to kill her. This is the result.
  • Ironic Echo: "Call it intuition," as she takes Grey's robot eye after his death.
  • Meaningful Name:
    • Her bracelet number's 1, so her alias is 'Eve', as in 'the first woman'.
    • Her real family name, 'Kagami,' is written with the character for 'mirror,' a reference to her talent.
    • Her real given name, 'Mitsuki,' is written with the characters for 'beautiful moon.' This might be another reference to her talent, as the moon does not shine with its own light. This is mentioned in her dying thoughts in the Last Words timeline.
      Voice: i'LL Be thE SUN, yoU Are the MOON; withOUT mY Light, WHAT ARE YOU?
      Eve: ...nothing.
  • Mirror Character: With Grey, in a plot twist that neither of their authors predicted. They're both artificially created.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: After Grey's death she becomes much less passive.
  • Sharing a Body: With Grey during Chapters 5-7.
  • Split Personality:
    • After Grey's death, her personality and mannerisms fluctuate between Grey's, Tsuin's, her own, and Avalon's.
    • A bit later, she turns out to have an evil split personality!
  • Superpower Lottery:
    • She holds the 'mirror' talent, which lets her instantly psychoanalyze anyone and effectively copy their personality, or create a 'perfect match' for them.
    • It's hinted her real talent is to 'break barriers'. For example, breaking out of the Void Room.

Bracelet 2 - Tsuin

An young adult woman who aims to become a doctor, and holder of Bracelet 2.

  • Acting Your Intellectual Age: She's never played a video game and looks down on those who indulge in fun things.
  • Asshole Victim:
    • Last Words Timeline. Almost killed by Ari and saved by Aegis... then proceeds get angry at him. Tell your boyfriend not to murder my charge next time.
    • Though she made herself extremely easy to hate to every male of the cast she was choked out, beaten down, and screamed at by a mentally unbalanced Roaring Rampage of Revenge for something she hadn't done.
  • Badass Bookworm: Yeah. Seriously. She's a talented doctor and psychologist that can fight decently if need be.
  • Disproportionate Retribution:
    • She began hating Grey simply because he was angry at Strict and Cheery GM after being kidnapped.
    • She hates Ari as soon as he calls her 'little'.
  • Freudian Excuse: She's had to put up with a lot of shit from boys in the past, which is why she hates them on sight. Hinted to be more than this — she mentions something about once having a boyfriend at one point, than cut herself off, potentially implying that something happened.
  • Improbable Age: Tsuin is studying to be a psychiatrist and has no trouble treating injuries. She's 19.
  • Improvised Weapon: Last Words Timeline. Uses Eve's bracelet to attack Ari.
  • Iron Lady: Most of the male characters don't take her seriously at first. This changes.
  • Meaningful Name: 'Tsuin' is the phonetic Japanese pronounciation of 'twin'. This reflects her bracelet number being 2, along with her acting completely differently towards particular people. Also, she's literally a twin.
  • Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: While she is shown to be a capable doctor by patching up Grey after VGC attacked, she doesn't exactly adhere to the Hippocratic Oath.
  • Non-Idle Rich: Her family is very wealthy, but she's studying to become a doctor anyway.
  • Once Done, Never Forgotten: Post-"Last Words" route, Tsuin is often (jokingly) portrayed as a mass-murderer despite it only happening in one route.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: She's very sensitive to loud noise. This doesn't go well when Grey is screaming his lungs out due to being penalized. Mentioned briefly when fighting Ari in the Last Words Timeline.]]

Bracelet 3 - Aegis

A 21 year old man who comes from a rich family and is easily characterised by his red visor. Holds Bracelet 3.

  • Accidental Murder: A huge Kick the Dog moment in the "Last Words" route, he accidentally kills Ari, when all he meant to do was knock him out.
  • As Long as It Sounds Foreign: His name was supposed to be a Greek name, but Aegis-Mun went with it because it sounded cooler.
  • Blind Without 'Em: Similar to his inspiration, he's blind without his visor.
  • Clear My Name: Once he is accused of murdering Ari in the second timeline. Suspicion is cast upon him. Subverted, as the players are still suspicious of him afterwards.
  • Driven to Suicide: In the Last Words route, after realizing that he killed Ari, guilt from the past and the present topples upon him until he can't take it.
  • Good Parents: Claims to have awesome parents during a free-time event. Further dialog suggests it was more a case of Parental Neglect.
  • Inferiority Superiority Complex: Doesn't show it that often but, there are several hints that Aegis despises who he is, and this is confirmed by his final thoughts.
  • Keet: Easily the most energetic cast member. He looked even perkier at sixteen.
  • The Nicknamer: On occasion. 'Ari-Head' for Ari, 'Atly' for Atlas, and 'Tsuey' for Tsuin.
  • Obfuscating Insanity: Once he's nearly falsely pinned of murdering Ari in Timeline 2, he pretends to lose it, as part of a gambit that works to a certain extent.
  • Red Herring: Let's see, violent, loud, and frequently gets on the other players' shit-lists. In the Last Words route, the only victim he claims is due to an accident. Unless you count his suicide shortly after.
  • Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: A party boy with no direction in his life.
  • Significant Anagram: 'Voles Geisa Riis', which he mutters to himself multiple times throughout the later half of the "Last Words" route. Unscrambled, it says 'Aegis loves Iris'.
  • Use Your Head: Last Words Timeline. Or more accurately, use your visor to knock out Ari. Don't forget the murder part of it.

Bracelet 4 - Atlas

A girl of an unknown age who comes from a military family and rarely talks. Holds Bracelet 4.

Bracelet 5 - Heron

A young girl dressed up in Japanese mori fashion. Holds Bracelet 5.

  • Flanderization: Her shyness falls under this. In the first few chapters when she was introduced, she was relatively chatty. In later ones, she barely talks to anyone except Tsuin.

Bracelet 6 - Grey/ Janus/Sonne Leuchte

An 18 year old boy and main character of the written adaptation. Holds Bracelet 6 and is easily spotted by his all-grey clothes and hoodie. In truth, he's the result of the Sonne Project (and to a lesser extent, its sister, the Janus Project). He's also got a robot eye.

  • Death Seeker: Last Words Timeline. Appears to be this during Chapter 3. It works.
  • History Repeats: He's in love with Eve... then it turns out he's effectively a reincarnation of Akira. Maybe. Leads to The Atoner, partially.
  • Informed Flaw: Apparently, he has an inferiority complex due to the fact that his robot eye effectively overshadows any talents he might have. This is barely, if ever, mentioned in canon.
  • Ironic Echo: Repeatedly mentions his situation 'feeling like a B-grade X movie' as the game goes on. Overlaps with Lampshade Hanging.
  • Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Willingly destroyed Asteria's black Psyche-Lock knowing full well it could and would quite possibly break her mentally. It does. He's not 'evil', as such, but this was a huge dick move for him.
  • My Death Is Just the Beginning: He pulls this early in the Last Words timeline to unite the players with his death. Considering Ari nearly murdered Tsuin and Aegis ended up killing Ari, it is safe to say it didn't work. However, that wasn't his only goal.
  • Neural Implanting: Wired into his eye, which allows him to memorise anything he sees. Also, allows him to download his entire memory and personality into a 'memory card' after death.
  • The Nicknamer: "Ib" for Eve, "Shoe In/Soon" for Tsuin, "Aegislash" for Aegis, "BioShock" for Atlas, "Bird" for Heron, "Margaret" for Asteria, and Arin for Ari.
  • Power Copying: Appears to be how his talent works. It's less 'power copying', more 'absorbing consciousness', but it has that effect as well.
  • Sharing a Body: With Eve in chapters 5-7, thanks to his 'chimera' talent.* Shout-Out:
  • Superpower Lottery: He's got a robot eye that can memorise everything, can be revived after death, and has psychic powers. Sounds good, right? It's not.
  • Tomato in the Mirror: Done twice. The first time, he turns out to be a clone. The second time, he turns out (maybe) to be a clone of Akira, Eve's abusive ex-boyfriend!
  • Xanatos Gambit: Aims to take the hit on all possible forced-betrayal rounds, as he can easily be revived once they find another 'Grey-clone'. If he doesn't die? Hey, he'll still be living!

Bracelet 7 - Asteria

A mysterious girl who wears a large amount of jewellery and is skilled in tarot reading. Holds Bracelet 7.

  • Break the Cutie: Last Words Timeline. Takes a nap only to wake up to Ari dead, after nearly killing Tsuin, and then walks in on Aegis' suicide. Which was caused by the grief Aegis suffered from accidentally killing Ari. All of this after the death of the youngest of the entire party, Eve.
  • Heavy Sleeper: She sleeps through many of the large decisions made during the Nonary Game due to narcolepsy.

Bracelet 8 - Break Stratos/ ???

  • Elegant Classical Musician: Break has synesthesia and is a wonderful musician in any genre, and can pick up songs very quickly.
  • The Gunslinger: Break has significant skill with guns due to her background. She's best at using smaller guns.

Bracelet 9 - Avalon/Avery Liu

A boy of unknown age who holds Bracelet 9, the last bracelet. Confirmed by Word of God to be transgender.

  • Team Killer: At least in his mind, this is what he did to Keith.

    Others 

Cheery GM

One of the managers of the Nonary Game, and strangely upbeat. Which tends to get on everyone's nerves.

Strict GM

The second manager of the Nonary Game. Is a lot less upbeat than Cheery GM.

  • Adaptation Name Change: Referred to as Serious GM a few times in canon, but Strict GM in the novelisation. Neither one has been officially confirmed.

Violent Grey Clone / Grey's Dad

A mysterious character who attacked Grey when he was investigating the washroom. Apparently, he looks identical to Grey.In reality, he's Grey's father, inhabiting a body of one of the Grey-clones. He infiltrated the Nonary Games in an attempt to kill Grey and stop him from remembering his origins.

Akira, AKA The Boy in the Photo/Grey?

A teenage boy who is seen in a photo Eve found while revisiting the Earth Room. It turns out that Akira was once Eve's boyfriend, and the heir to Kagami Corp, their sister business and front for the mafia group. At some point, he turned abusive towards Eve, forcing her to kill people, using her as a sex slave, and the like.

The Couch

A mysterious, possibly diabolical figure in the Nonary Game. Stalks the players everywhere, silently.

Zero

The main antagonist of the game, just as in the source material. And just as usual, one of them is the mastermind.

  • The Man Behind the Man: Strict and Cheery GM do all the work for them.
  • No Name Given: Unlike in 999 and VLR, Zero hasn't been mentioned in-game, with Cheery and Strict GM running the show. However, Grey did, early game, mention Zero by name, casting suspicion on him.

Bracelet 6 - Thanatos / Todd Leuchte / Grey Leuchte

An enigmatic young boy.

  • Verbal Tic: Types... kind of... e-erm, quietly...

Bracelet 1 - Empress / Mitsuki Kagami

An enigmatic, proper woman.

     Funny 
  • Any and all of the moments during the Phoenix Wright punfests. And there's a whole lot of them.
  • Almost everything out of character. 'A serious RP for serious people', indeed.
  • THE COUCH IS THE MASTERMIND
  • The Chapter 2 free time events - at least, part of it. They discuss Pokemon, of all things. Cue banter between Grey, Aegis and Tsuin.
    • Most of the Free Time Events in the novelisation will either be hilarious or heartrending.
  • Avalon is a brony.
  • An easy to miss early one:
Heron: "Grey, kick those doors and see if the voices are lying."
[He does.]
Grey: "FUCK!"
[Beat]
Grey: "I aim to please."
Avalon: "Ladies and gentlemen, Grey has just shown our way out of here! We all fuckin' fly-kick the walls until our legs break, and then we won't have to go into any goddamn puzzle rooms!"
  • Another Grey-related one.
[DOOR 2 TEAM SAFE. DOOR 7 AND INVESTIGATION TEAMS STILL IN DANGER.]
>Grey: Punch bed in anger.
That did absolutely nothing. But it did make you feel better.
...The bed's feelings are hurt!
Strict GM: "You know, I really should punish you for that."
Grey: "Don't you fucking dare."

  • Drunk Avery in Chapter 6 and 7.
    Avery: "But if you had to pick one... Texas Instruments, or Casio?"
    Grey: "I can't focus on Project Sonne when Bracelet 9 over there's blabbering about fucking a calculator!"
    Heartwarming 
  • Any time that Eve and Tsuin talk, you can be guaranteed that it'll be adorable.
Tsuin: [concerned] "Promise me you won't be a martyr, Eve. Promise me."
Eve: "...I promise."
  • Similarly, Ari and Aegis's interactions are also heartwarming.
Ari: [passionately] "Trust me, Aegis, you ain't useless. That's why you're not gonna die here, and we're gonna get out of here alive."
  • Grey and Eve. Pick a free time event, any event, and it will definitely be both heartwarming and soul-crushingly sad.
Grey: "I don't want to fucking die in this place, not here... I promise you, we'll both make it out of here together, no matter what."
Eve: "...Thank you, Grey..."
[The two hug, both crying.]
  • The big hugging scene after the first betrayal. Even Tsuin seems pretty happy about it.
  • Last Words timeline, Chapter 5, between Dead!Grey and Eve. After the truth about Eve's 'mirror' talent is revealed, Grey flips the fuck out and threatens to kill himself. Then Eve tells him that she still trusts him.
Eve:: "My name is Mitsuki Kagami. I am the daughter and successor to a ruthless mafia family. I can create a perfect ideal personality depending on who I am dealing with. And... I also put complete faith in a boy I met while playing the Nonary Game."
Grey: "...You... really trusted me?"
[SOCIAL LINK: MAXED]
  • Last Words Timeline. After Ari gets his tarot reading for Asteria Tsuin gets hers. And Ari and Tsuin have a civil conversation about leadership and they apologize to one another. Which may not seem like much but they've been at one another's throats since the first chapter.
    • YMMV since about a chapter or two later Ari attempts to kill Tsuin. Makes the moment move towards more of a tearjerker.
  • Tsuin and Atlas kiss in Chapter 7. And it's adorable.

Seek a way out!

(Keep in mind that this page is updated according to the events in the roleplay, not the events in the novelisation - therefore, for most people, there are a lot of spoilers contained within, ones that the novelisation has not even reached yet! Proceed with caution!)

  • Badass Crew: All the characters are badass, but special mention goes to Tsuin, Grey, and Post-Chapter 3 Eve.
    • Hell, just Eve in general. She grew up in a mafia family, has quite possibly the strongest 'talent' in the game, and was basically playing everyone else for fools!
    • Excluding Ari, who contributes very little to puzzles and very little overall (progress wise). However, despite technically not being 'badass', he's one of the more important and 'active' characters in the first timeline.
  • Blessed with Suck: All the'talents' the characters have classify as this.
    • Eve's 'barrier breaking' talent has been confirmed by her player as 'almost always doing more harm than good.'
    • Ari's 'empathy' talent has only been shown once in-story, but it caused him huge physical pain while doing so.
    • Asteria's 'oracle' talent is actually quite positive... but serves as a way for her to lock away her evil Split Personality.
    • Grey's 'chimera' talent was meant to let him telepathically connect with other people. It went wrong. Very, very wrong. Instead, he absorbs the consciousness of the target person. Oh, and he can't control it.
  • Bullying a Dragon: Subverted. Tsuin is rude to Ari for the first three floors. But once she threatens to kill Aegis and she physically assaults him he snaps and nearly beats Tsuin to death with his bare hands in front of all of the others. Luckily Aegis stops him. Though that proved a bit too permanent...
  • Crazy Enough to Work: Grey's plan to get himself killed to unite the group against a common enemy. It didn't quite work.
  • Decoy Protagonist: The novelisation pulls this off, switching character perspectives every time one dies. And Grey's the first character it focuses on. And he dies a lot.
  • Failure Is the Only Option: The Nonary Game is suggested by the GMs to be like this for all but one person. And it can be argued that living with the trauma of this event for the rest of their lives is hardly winning.
  • Gut Punch: You'd think all that Grey endures, he'd be one of the last players to die, right? Nope. In most timelines, he dies first due to a forced-betrayal round. Admittedly, this was his plan.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: Ari and Aegis, in the first timeline.
  • Here We Go Again!: The players finally exhaust all numbers except Door 9, and... there's still five more floors to go. The numbers double up.
  • Lesser of Two Evils: The choice they're forced to make in the Voting Round. First seen when the GMs force them to betray someone in the second round of voting.
  • Misplaced Retribution: Ari screams, mainly at Tsuin, when Grey was voted to die. It can be argued though he targeted her because of her careless attitude. Ari was hardly in a stable state of mind.
  • Mood Whiplash: After the heartbreaking Betrayal End Chapter 4 comes... the most hilarious OOC session yet.
"apollo justice: i present my attorney badge for critical damage"
  • Only a Flesh Wound: Subverted in the Betrayal End timeline. When Ari is hit in the head with the visor and left unbandaged he actually dies. Even though the other contestants seemed to think he'd be just fine. Also played straight in the Betrayal End timeline. Tsuin is beaten down by a man twice her size. Ari. with no sense of mercy and all she uses to fix herself is a household first aid kit. She suffers no long term effects.
  • Pragmatic Adaptation: There was a lot of dialogue in some of the chapters. The novelisation cuts a lot of this out.
  • Running Gag:
    • In universe and out, Phoenix Wright puns are this. Expect to see at least one in every chapter. The novelisation even advertises '200% more Phoenix Wright puns!'
  • Shout-Out: Fast and frequently. Taken to extremes in the novel version, which somehow manages to add in even more.
  • Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Encouraged in universe - Characters that take an 'active role' are the only ones allowed to re-explore their 'Astronomical Door' and gain items related to the plot.
  • Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Tsuin continues flirting with Heron as Grey is penalized and strangled for two minutes straight.
  • Wham Episode: Betrayal End - Chapter 4 Betrayal/Chapter 5 Alliance. Eve dies. Tsuin flips out and fights Ari, who almost kills her. Aegis intervenes by smashing his visor into Ari's head, which kills his best friend unintentionally. Aegis, ridden with guilt, commits suicide. Then, Dead!Grey, Ari and Eve have a discussion with Psyche-Locks, and Eve's traumatic backstory is finally revealed. Finally, Grey threatens to destroy his memory card and erase himself from existence, but is stopped by Eve confessing her 'trust' in him. Jesus christ.
  • Wham Line: Frequently.
  • One of the first major ones in Game 2: "Oh, I'm, uh... my name's Asteria." Cue mental breakdown from Thanatos.

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