History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWindchasers

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: He's a Passenger, so it's a given. It has something to do with his family.

* CutenessProximity: Upon seeing the Porings in the Poring Village Car, he squees and tackles them in a hug. He even goes as far as to hug a copy of ''Rimuru's slime form''.
-->'''Yuri:''' I never knew your slime form was so squishy!

** To Chloe, as they're children from the Pokémon world who aren't Trainers, have issues with their parents and seem to have a love of gaming. While Chloe is ''already'' a hero by the time the story starts, Yuri has only been around for less than a week and his attempt at being a hero ended badly. Both of them are a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who are nicer once you get to know them, but while Yuri learns his lesson and is willing to trust people, Chloe has a bad habit of backtracking on her development and is ''very'' selective over who she trusts. They also have opposite reactions to ''Silent Hill'': Chloe wants to play the games (specifically good-quality copies of ''2'' and ''3'') and has extensive knowledge of them while Yuri ''begged'' his parents to ban him from playing any of them after seeing a playthrough of ''2'' and thus doesn't have as much knowledge on the subject. Both of them are known to love video games but Chloe loves horror while Yuri is into games like ''Ragnarok Online'' (given his reaction to Porings) and ''Ninjala''. On the Train, he doesn't seem to be truly invested in getting into Pokémon, while Chloe takes the steps forward with Hewie.

* RunningGag: Whenever he encounters something dangerous, he remarks he's putting it into to a notebook he calls "Angry Kids Note".

* AdaptationalNationality: The RP that Yuri's original persona spawned from was from the Gundam World. In here, he's from the Pokemon World, especifically Celadon City in Kanto.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He'll try to give people nicknames if he can help it, but he won't be happy if somebody tries to do the same to him.
* InSeriesNickname: His father calls him a "little Rockruff".

* MasterOfIllusion: Silver Lycanthropes are capable of casting powerful illusions.

* {{Fanboy}}: Of Porings and ''Ninjala'' and it's convenient that the Train has cars based on them.

** To Chloe, as they're children from the Pokémon world who aren't Trainers, have issues with their parents and seem to have a love of gaming. While Chloe is ''already'' a hero by the time the story starts, Yuri has only been around for less than a week and his attempt at being a hero ended badly. They also have opposite reactions to ''Silent Hill'': Chloe wants to play the games (specifically good-quality copies of ''2'' and ''3'') and has extensive knowledge of them while Yuri ''begged'' his parents to ban him from playing any of them after seeing a playthrough of ''2'' and thus doesn't have as much knowledge on the subject. Both of them are known to love video games but Chloe loves horror while Yuri is into games like ''Ragnarok Online'' (given his reaction to Porings) and ''Ninjala''. On the Train, he doesn't seem to be truly invested in getting into Pokémon, while Chloe takes the steps forward with Hewie.

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: He somehow gains memories of being raised by the Goetias Malphas and Raum...which is coming scenes after Agares specifically stated that Goetias can't have children...

* HypnoPendulum: Is capalbe of using one such item in order to cast his hypnosis, though he'd really rather not use it at all because he finds too much of a cliche.

** "Little Crow" which was notably said aloud by Indigo and Asher's Master/the barista/Auric. It turns out that it comes from his parents, Malphas and Raum.

* MysteriousPast: Kaito said that he used to work for someone named "Pie-sama" who was a supporter of '''Lucifer'''. It's eventually revealed that "Pie-sama" was actually Paimon.

'''Windchasers''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore Professor Sycamore]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSaraDiktaylis Sara Diktaylis]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusMultiverse The Multiverse]] -] ]]]]

** "Little Crow" which was notably said aloud by Indigo and Asher's Master/the barista/Auric.

'''Windchasers''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore Professor Sycamore]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]] [[[Character/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSaraDiktaylis Sara Diktaylis]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusMultiverse The Multiverse]] -] ]]]]

'''Windchasers''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore Professor Sycamore]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSaraDiktaylis Sara Diktaylis]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusMultiverse The Multiverse]] -] ]]]]

'''Windchasers''' ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusProfessorSycamore Professor Sycamore]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusMultiverse The Multiverse]] -] ]]]]

* ArcVillain: He's the main antagonist of the Twisted Lab Car, which is actually the TV World Car.

* AnimalMotifs: Birds, particularly crows to go with his trickster nature. In the Fashion Runway Car, Chloe uses Caim (a birdlike demon) as inspiration for his new attire, and the Mirage Pokémon he grows attached to is Murkrow, who resembles a crow. His nickname is also "Little Crow", stated by Indigo and his master.

* ArcVillain: He's the main antagonist of the Twisted Lab Car, which is actually the

** Lexi: As a character who was abused by their former partners and wants nothing more than to murder them, saved by the protagonist when they forgave them (the main difference is that Lexi getting Chloe was purely an accident).

* DarkIsEvil: He's a LivingShadow in The Twisted Lab Car, a very powerful one at that, and his whole tenure during said car is to torture Professor Sycamore to his breaking point.

* HypnoPendulum: Uses one such item in order to cast his hypnosis, though he'd really rather not use it at all because he finds too much of a cliche.

* {{Irony}}: He falls in love with a Mirage Murkrow pet. While the crow symbolism is perfect for a trickster like him, Murkrow are based off witches reflecting how St. Joan was accused of witchcraft ''and'' Chloe's own association with witches.

* JackassGenie: As [=UnSycamore=], the first two wishes he gives Sara work more like a LiteralGenie, interpretting them in the most straightforward, yet karmic way possible. However, the third wish has him act like this, completely disregarding what Sara wants to instead force her to feel what ''Chloe'' thinks she deserves: a bloody beating for everything that she put on her.

* NoodleIncident: Given that Marchosias and other demons exist on the Train and Asher's reaction just to seeing her ''seal'' on Chloe's sheath, he must've done something that made him terrified of her.

* RedemptionDemotion: Back when he was evil at The Twisted Lab Car, he was effectively the top dog there, with Teddie even going so far as to call him master. Once he turns to the side of good and unites with Sycamore, his standing is removed and he's forced to hold back significantly while within the professor.

* VagueAge: It's not sure how old Asher actually is; he takes on the form of the 30-something Augustine in the main story but was also able to take on Kaito's form when he entered the train at around 6 or 7 and that's not mentioning that he's the apprentice to two Goetias, beings who are ''thousands'' of years old.

->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus

Professor Sycamore's Pokémon. She lived in his lab as a test subject to her trainer's research into Mega Evolution. But despite her blissful life in the lab, she is still a powerful Pokémon in her own right with her ability to Mega Evolve.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: A Garchomp in battle would be pretty awesome and make things easier for Sycamore...unfortunately, she got food poisoning from [[LethalChef Shion's]] soup and has to sit out the first raid in the Monster City Car.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Garchomp is a fully evolved Pokemon, who are known to be the BloodKight and like to battle. That being said, even she thinks her trainer's insane when he tries to make her fight against a Black Centipede.

'''Windchasers''' | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusRedLotusUprising Red Lotus Uprising]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusWhiteGestalt White Gestalt]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusElipzo Elipzo]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusDenCity Den City]] | [[Characters/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusMultiverse The Multiverse]] -] ]]]]

!!Augustine Sycamore

-->''"I'm coming to get you, Alain".''

->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (Debut) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Mentioned) | Voyage of Wisteria (Cameo, The Darkest Day)

The protagonist of this deviated story. A Pokémon Professor from the Kalos region with Mega Evolution as his focus for his research. After his former assistant, Alain's, disappearance, Professor Sycamore grew restless as he tried to help with the police's search for him.
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However, his single decision to not tell Ash his worries and the stress of not finding any evidence to Alain's whereabouts led him into the Train that he shouldn't be on in the first place.

* ActionSurvivor: Despite having no combat skills whatsoever, he accompanies Rimuru's squad to protect the werewolf village. He drops the "survivor" part after getting some training in.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Alain going missing hits him ''much'' harder than in canon, being the reason he wound up on the Train and all. He also suffers from serious self-confidence and self-worth issues.
* AdaptationalBadass: Professor Sycamore had no real combat ability in canon that ''didn't'' involve the use of a Pokemon. In this story, he eventually learns how to wield a sword.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Since they were in entirely different ''dimensions'' through most of it, Sycamore and Chloe were complete strangers back in the original trilogy. In here, their relationship forms a big part of Act 1.
* AdultsAreUseless: He certainly thinks he's an example of this trope in regards to what happened in Alain. This gets subverted when he helps heal the werewolf village chief and he is reassured that what happened with Alain is not his fault. [[spoiler:During the Cyan Desert Car arc, this reaches its peak when Chloe is unable to calm down in wanting to stop Sara (who has pretty much won with the Unown and nobody can tell her to stop) and he blames himself for not doing enough.]]
* AllForNothing: The events of the Cyan Desert Car makes him feel like all his efforts were for naught when [[spoiler: Chloe completely succumbs to anger and spite upon hearing what happened back at Vermillion City, right before she uses ''him'' to vent her frustrations about being powerless to do anything. It's so bad he goes insane over it and nearly destroys the world before Auric interferes.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: Before or after he blinds someone with Kouha, he will apologize.
* 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.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He shares a few common traits of Impostor Syndrome: Namely, that he tends to downplay his own achievements, and focuses on the achievements done by someone else. However, nothing concrete has been said.
* BadassBaritone: His voice is described as baritone and he's capable of kicking ass.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears this as part of his Train outfit that Rimuru provided. According to the author, it's also to invoke the tropes of an ''isekai'' protagonist.
* BadassNormal: Despite having no supernatural powers of his own -- until he gains a Persona -- he still joins the assault to protect the werewolf village.
* BenevolentBoss: He serves as the leader of the Windchasers, and he treats all of them with equal amounts of respect.
* BerserkButton: He hates signs of cruelty and bullying along with ignorance of said problems. For example, when he overhears just ''[[LongList how much]]'' [[BullyMagnet Chloe]] has suffered at her school, he is angry that ''not a single adult'' -- not even her parents -- was there to help her at her lowest.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very pleasant and kind person so if you manage to piss him off, you're pretty much done. [[spoiler:Not even ''One-One'' is safe when he's pushed into a corner.]]
* {{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.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: [[spoiler:The situation with Sara and the Unown causes him to snap when his simple white/black world view clashes with how Chloe isn't able to calm down after one epiphanic speech but rather Specter's blunt observations that she has to stop being angry and actually start getting shit done. The only thing that stops him from killing himself is Asher's Master sealing this insanity away.]]
* BlindedByTheLight: Not he himself, but he primarily uses his Kouha spell to blind his opponents.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Ends up like this in the Twisted Lab Car, courtesy of his shadow. Thankfully it's only temporary.]]
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: [[spoiler: The events of the Cyan Desert Car end up breaking him and desiring to either end it all, or end the world. Asher's master/Auric seals this insanity, but it's implied to have done the poor professor more harm than good.]]
* BreakTheBeliever: This is basically what sums up Act 1 for him; he spends most of it a WideEyedIdealist with BlackAndWhiteMorality, but once things near the end, his simplistic view of the world simply ''cannot keep up'', eventually ending with him [[spoiler: being driven insane by the sheer despair he feels and feeling like he can't do anything except destroy or RestartTheWorld.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: The events of the Cyan Desert Car and Chloe's unwillingness to not fall into spite and anger for the dozenth time -- due to being stuck in a situation she ''can't'' find to be hopeful, along with how it's not ''his'' words that finally get her to calm down, but Specter's BrutalHonesty and DareToBeBadass approach -- causes him to lose all hope and get ready to either kill himself or RestartTheWorld.]]
* BreakTheScientist: It's almost redundant to mention this trope, but his first arrival on the Train causes him to faint twice for a reason.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Appears in Act 3 of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' to comfort Oleana when she's on the Infinity Train. It's revealed in Part 4 of the Cyan Desert Car that he got transported there by the barista/Auric (who is Asher's mentor) as a test.]]
* CantCatchUp: PlayedForDrama. Professor Sycamore enters the train with relatively little fighting experience, but still decides to lead the Windchasers and eventually become an ally to the Red Lotus Trio. Unfortunately, he finds himself ''very quickly'' failing to keep up the pace with the rest of the teams, especially Chloe, which only serves to further damage his already fragile sense of self-worth.
* {{Catchphrase}}: ''Allons-y''.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He serves as the leader of the Windchasers, but this only piles up his self-worth issues regarding how he can actually be of use, which are absolutely ''not'' helped when the team decide to join forces with Red Lotus Uprising and [[SpotlightStealingSquad Chloe]] enters the picture.
* TheChosenOne: To Rimuru Tempest, who not only gives him the task to rescue Alain from ''Silent Hill'', but help the Red Lotus Trio in their quest to stop the Apex.
* CombatPragmatist: He'll use the Kouha spell to blind opponents.
* CompositeCharacter: Given how the original Blossomverse trilogy would have important characters given traits of ''Silent Hill'' characters, Augustine takes ''Silent Hill 2'' James Sunderland's desire to search for Alain with traits of ''Silent Hill 3's'' deuteragonist Douglas Cartland on his pursuit and eventual ParentalSubstitute role for Chloe Cerise (who is based off Heather Mason).
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Of the DecoyProtagonist. He initially enters the story as the main protagonist, but that role instead goes to Chloe as Act 1 keeps going. The deconstruction comes from the fact that Sycamore is ''aware'' of this, but still tries to be of use to Chloe through the rest of the Act, and when he finds himself ''unable'' to do so, [[spoiler: he completely snaps and decides to end everyone's suffering by ending everything in general.]]
** He also serves as one to the MoralityChain. He serves as Chloe's chain during Act 1, but in order to be as effective as he is, he ends up neglecting his ''own'' issues in order to focus solely on Chloe, and when he ends up being ''rejected'' by her, [[spoiler: he goes completely insane.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: Initially he's outed as the main protagonist of the story, but as Act 1 goes along, he ends up taking a backseat for [[SpotlightStealingSquad Chloe]]'s development, and as more and more people appear in the story, Sycamore's actual importance diminishes, culminating in him [[spoiler: not even participating in the final battle of Act 1.]] Gremory and Auric both have to advise him that it's time for him to ''really'' take the spotlight.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: While he technically already has it as a Pokemon Professor, Alain's disappearance has caused him to grow ''severely'' self-conscious and wondering what he's supposed to do next. He tries to find one by helping the Red Lotus Uprising, but that doesn't exactly work out for him...
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After obtaining a Persona, he's capable of unleashing light spells on a whim.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The Figure comments on how ''majestic'' he looks.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:When brainwashed by his Shadow, he dresses up like Lysandre. Thankfully it's only temporary.]]
* {{Expy}}:
** Like how the Cage of Flauros components that weren't initially ''Silent Hill'' characters are all based on the protagonists of the mainline games (ex. Chloe was Heather Mason and Alain was ''Shattered Memories'' Harry Mason), Augustine has traits of ''Silent Hill 2'' protagonist James Sunderland who journeys to into the fog after getting a message from their loved one (in this case Alain) and he must fight a manifestation of his own darkness (Shadow Sycamore).
** The barista compares him to [[VideoGame/LiveALive Oersted]], a heroic knight who wished to push on to help others but ultimately cracked when his black and white mentality was skewed, with the final straw being Princess Alicia's spiteful suicide. Augustine nearly went down that path when Chloe Cerise -- who is mockingly called a princess -- snapped at him, taking back all the progress she had made along the way in order to yell and threaten and find something to take out her frustrations about the Unown situation.
* ExpyCoexistence: Sort of. Sycamore gets compared to Oersted by the barista, and it's eventually revealed that Oersted himself entered the Train over a thousand years ago.
* FalseDichotomy: He's stuck in one, believing that he's either going to become a great hero on the Train or, as everybody else has practically ''told'' him, he's a prime example of how AdultsAreUseless and he should just sit back and let the other, ''real'' heroes do their job.
* FantasticScience: He's a Pokémon Professor, meaning he studies Pokémon... Which doesn't help him at all when he ends up on the Train.
* FatalFlaw:
** Helplessness. He feels like he can't do anything right upon learning the sheer scope of what's going on even though it's shown time and time again that he ''is'' capable of doing good. Not only is he reminded on how he failed to help Alain, but [[spoiler:him reaching his breaking point that made him ''nearly destroy One-One'' makes him fall into a HeroicBSOD and lamenting how useless he is. And it gets even worse Chloe breaks him by falling into spite and anger yet again, causing him to be corrupted and decide to either kill himself out of disillusionment or RestartTheWorld if his subconscious thoughts are correct.]]
** He feels like his way of giving hope is a one-size-fits all scenario. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Chloe's anger and rage at Sara in the Cyan Desert Car is ''not'' quelled so easily -- due to how Chloe is justified in her anger how her bully has injured her brother and forced her father to be her plaything -- and seeing Specter's bluntness finally getting to her causes him to snap.]]
** Selflessness. Sycamore is a legitimately gentle soul who wants nothing more than to help the people around him, but this eventually translates into him neglecting his ''own'' needs in order to focus on what everybody ''else'' needs, regardless of how important it is.
* FirstNameBasis: He prefers to be called by his first name, Augustine, than his surname, Sycamore, to the point he even asks Rimuru to call him by his first name when he calls him "Sycamore."
* FlowerMotif: Crocus flowers represent "Hope" which is what Professor Sycamore will bring when he enters. It also relates to Alain's own flower motif being the crocus combined with his last name (Sativus) being related to the plant that creates "saffron".
* {{Foil}}: Sycamore is basically this to every other Pokémon character whoever entered the Train, mostly because he's an adult compared to the kid passengers (with Mallow having entered at age ''5'', Tokio, Chloe, and Goh at 10 and Gladion at 14).
** He's a contrast to Chloe in some regards, with one aspect of them being that he's slightly embarrassed to sing while Chloe is willing to serenade her partners without a hint of bashfulness. And while he's completely confused with the craziness that goes on, Chloe rolls with it. Augustine's weapon is a magic sword crafted to him by high-quality blacksmiths, while Chloe's signature weapon is a rusty pipe (or "donut holer") that was given as a gift by Randall when Atticus traded objects for the journey ahead. Augustine becomes a hero within his first car while it took several before Chloe became a household name.
** He's also one to Professor Cerise. Both of them suffer a GuiltComplex over an important person going missing, but while Professor Cerise managed to somewhat stay stable regardless [[spoiler:until his train trip at the end of Act 1]], Sycamore was taken by the Train. And while Professor Cerise is used as TheScapegoat and made a punching bag, the story does everything it can to prove to Sycamore that he's not solely to blame for what happened with Alain.
** As the TokenAdult (and male) to a group hoping to dismantle the Apex, he's this to Paul London of White Gestalt. Sycamore is a newbie with his only problem being based on concern and worry over Alain, whereas London is stuck due to having committed murder and everything else that was done under White Gestalt's name and has been on the Train for three years at this point. And while Sycamore moves forward to get things done, London has no choice but to run away before things get worse. Sycamore's main attire is black and white, London sticks to an all-white suit. Sycamore is optimistic and leader whereas London is cynical and a follower. Also, Sycamore likes to be addressed by his first name, while London goes by LastNameBasis.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: To most people he meets and befriends with, he tells them to call him by his first name, Augustine.
* GenreBlind: He thinks he'll at least manage to last on the Train long enough to find Alain if he remains optimistic and determined. All fine... except he's on the Infinity Train, where most people operate on a morally neutral manner, not to mention trying to operate on such extremes as "good and evil" don't exactly work out for the thinker.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: He's so used to a black-and-white view of the world, as Rimuru notes, that he's in danger of breaking apart if left unchecked. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the events of the Cyan Desert Car shatters his black/white philosophy, courtesy of Chloe and Sara.]]
* GoodIsDumb: Not so much ''dumb'' as he's ''naive'', but it's the same principle: Sycamore is a genuinely good man surrounded by more morally neutral characters in the middle of a world where such moral neutrality is at least expected. However, he carries himself in a manner of black and white thinking, even when it becomes clear this mentality is more hazardous than useful at times.
* GoodIsImpotent: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]. Professor Sycamore is a legitimately nice man who only wants to find his former pupil and, after a little bit on the train, help Chloe reach the end of her trip. However, his black and white thinking, coupled with him not being that much of a fighter, as well as being surrounded by people either more experienced or straight up more powerful than him, makes him come across as almost completely useless in a given situation. This is something Sycamore is ''painfully'' aware of, and [[spoiler: he goes completely insane once he feels he has become ''permanently'' useless in the grand scheme of things, to the point he might as well reset the world so he at least gets a chance to be of use.]]
* GoodIsOldFashioned: In a world where the majority of people at least operate in a morally neutral manner, Sycamore stands out as strictly operating on a "good and evil", black-and-white sort of thinking. The story then goes to great length to show [[{{Deconstruction}} how this kind of thinking brings more problems than it solves that way]].
* GratuitousFrench: Likes to drop French phrases in speaking, albeit this is justified since he's from the Kalos region which was inspired by real-world France.
* GuiltComplex: This was Alain's FatalFlaw in ''Blossoming Trail'' but this now affects Professor Sycamore also, believing that he didn't pursue Alain's problems more or didn't come to stop Alain before Lysandre reared his ugly head. [[spoiler:When he can't stop Chloe's FreakOut when she sees how [[TheBully Sara]] has essentially is going to raise hell in Vermillion City, his mind essentially ''breaks'' over how he can't stop this.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Though it's not so much that he prefers it, Sycamore's gifted a sword from Rimuru in order to help for the second Rock Crusher raid, and to make his journey across the Train slightly easier. His weapon in the Ninjala Car is the Ippon Katana.
* HeroicBSOD:
** He ends up in one after [[spoiler:in his rage, he ''nearly killed One-One'' over how the Conductor blatantly kicked out three innocent passengers yet he lets the Apex continue their rampage and allowed Amelia to be unpunished for her atrocities.]]
** [[spoiler: Chloe's decision to fall into spite and murderous rage against Sara -- who has control of the Unown and has injured Parker, fused an abomination with her father and is out to torture Ash and Goh before spreading it to ''destroy Vermillion City'' -- sends him into another one, this one so bad that he's constantly pondering whether to end it all or end the world to create his own idea of "Hope". It gets to the point this ''has to be sealed'' so he doesn't go through with it.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He sees himself as lesser, useless and weak even though he's done a lot for someone out of his depth on the Infinity Train. [[spoiler:It gets so bad that he becomes broken over his perceived uselessness, and even when healed, his number increases to ''717'' at the end of Act 1.]]
* HiddenDepths:
** He's fond of electronic dance music. Sycamore said that this is because Professor Kukui gave him a playlist to calm him down before his first lecture.
** He's also a ''Gundam'' fan as he admits to Meyer that he was excited to pilot one during the events of the Model Diorama Car.
* HopeBringer: His role in the story, relating to his title of "Seeker of Crocus". [[spoiler:However, the Cyan Desert Car reveals that he wants to bring out his ''own'' vision of hope, even if he has to RestartTheWorld to do so.]]
** [[spoiler:His role in ''Voyage of Wisteria'' is to give hope to Oleana, helping her let go of her revenge against the Train -- in retaliation for it killing her sister, Arianna -- and save it from Ogami's forces.]]
* HotScientist: He's a very handsome man with many denizens commenting on his looks.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: A platonic example with Chloe and justified because he's an adult and she's only 10.
* HumbleHero: Is very modest when Rimuru praises him for saving the werewolf chief. And despite his own feats, he's in awe at what Chloe has done, despite being ''10''.
* TheIdealist: He's one of the more cheerful characters and is quick to hold onto hope even in the worst situations. [[spoiler: Chloe's breakdown over Sara's actions and the events of the Cyan Desert Car eventually make it so this is no longer the case.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: As revealed at the end of Act 1, all Sycamore really wants out of his Train trip is to get to be the hero he feels he ''failed'' to be back in his homeworld due to Team Flare and Alain. Unfortunately, this falls in deaf ears to just about everybody else, who tell him to stand back and let ''them'' do the work, which doesn't do well for his sanity.
* InSeriesNickname: Because Vaillant finds his first name (Augustine) to be a mouthful, he picks "Gus" as a nickname for simplicity's sake. He also is somehow called [[EmbarrassingNickname "Professor of the Monster Kingdom"]]. Yuri later calls him "August" and his Shadow nicknames him "Auggie".
* KarmicJackpot:
** Despite having no combat capabilities himself, and Valliant's rude attitude to him earlier, Sycamore ''still'' risks his life by coming along to save the wolf village, even saving the chief. In the process, he gets his first Denizen partner in Valliant, who's grateful for all his help.
** By [[spoiler:wanting to work alongside his Shadow -- despite the fact said Shadow brainwashed him to nearly kill Yuri and Vaillant and he ended up stabbing Lain in the stomach]] Augustine gained an incredible ally whose skills in analyzing body movements helped to break apart lies.
** Unfortunately [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] during Chloe's breakdown after [[spoiler: Sara reveals what she's done with the Unown.]] Despite having done his absolute best to work as a supportive figure to the girl, this ''does not'' spare him from Chloe's verbal lashing at him, which, coupled with Specter's [[SarcasmMode brilliant decision]] to then do what he couldn't do and calm Chloe down ''right in his face'', causes him to [[spoiler: completely fall into despair and become a shadow monster intent on either killing everyone or restarting the world.]]
* LaughingMad: Ends up like this in the Twisted Lab Car when [[spoiler:he repeatedly stabs Lain in the gut, due to being brainwashed by his own shadow.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: It's repeated noted in the second half of the Cyan Desert Car that Augustine is acting more like a "side character" than the protagonist he's supposed to be and that he ''needs'' to step into the spotlight.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Spectrum" by Zedd, which he sings at the finale of the Cyan Desert Car.
* LightFireJuxtaposition: The Light to Chloe's Fire. He uses Kouha Spells granted by a Person based off St. Joan. She taps into the power of a fire-breathing wolf demon.
* LightIsGood: Gains the ability to use light spells through his Persona, and he's one of the good guys.
* TheMedic: Thanks to training as a Professor, he knows how to tend to injuries. This allows him to be of big help at the attack on the Monster City Car, acting as a doctor for the injured wolves while everybody else faces off against the golems.
* TheMentor: He decides to become something like this to Chloe, providing emotional support and being by her side on her journey. Of course, this being Chloe, it doesn't take long before Sycamore finds himself becoming an ObsoleteMentor...
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[DownplayedTrope He doesn't straight up die]], but he's left so utterly drained at the end of [[spoiler: his psychotic episode near the end of the Cyan Desert Car]] that he sits out the final battle against [[spoiler: Sara and her army of Unown-Shadows.]]
* MentalWorld: Sycamore wakes up in one of these in the Elephant Teapot Car which takes the form of a greyscale version of his apartment. [[spoiler:Going deeper shows a black/white office with an AstralChessboard.]]
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: His arc across Act 1 serves as a ''horrifying'' {{Deconstruction}} of this trope. When Sycamore enters the Train, he is the same WideEyedIdealist as he was in the Pokemon World, with the Monster City Car proving to him that it might not be enough to save him. From there, he suffers several hardships that ultimately help him grow stronger as a character, [[HopeSpot making it look like he's going to come closer to his breakthrough as a Passenger]]... and then Red Lotus Uprising enters the picture. Once both the Windchasers and Red Lotus Uprising join forces, Sycamore's "misery" starts turning from painful but beneficial in the long matter, to just plain, unrelenting suffering, which isn't helped by Sycamore ''not'' focusing on his issues in order to look after Chloe. By the time the Cyan Desert Car appears, Sycamore has been through so much pain and suffering that, when Chloe verbally lashes out at him [[spoiler: after learning what Sara has done with the Unown]] that, rather than grow stronger from it, ''he utterly breaks'', coming ''this'' close to [[spoiler: destroying or restarting the world in order to stop suffering for the sake of "growing better as a character".]]
* MirrorCharacter: To Tulip Olsen from ''Infinity Train Book 1'' as both are logically minded characters who board the Train and have many similar quirks: one of them being that they're embarrassed to sing a song important to them in the Crystal Car (Tulip's song, "Word Up" was a song she sang with her parents on road trips while Augustine's song "The Specter" related to his love of electronic dance music).
* 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.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Not being aware of Alain's actions and of Team Flare's wickedness still hangs on his head at the beginning of the story, and Alain's disappearance because he didn't do enough to help him is what got him on the Train in the first place.
* NamedWeapon: Names his magical sword ''"Tempest's Light"'' after one of his titles and his friendship with Rimuru.
* NiceGuy: A humble, gracious person to the point he [[spoiler:was willing to accept his own Shadow even though he never forgives said Shadow's actions of brainwashing him and made him kill a construct of Alain]].
* NoHeroToHisValet: PlayedForDrama. Despite being a figure in some pretty important events, like saving the werewolf village from the Rock Golems, nobody really treats him any differently than they did before he did those things. This doesn't help him at all with his crippling worth issues, especially when he stands next to Chloe, whom just about ''everybody'' sings praises to about being both a hero and the ''goddess'' of the Train.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While initially only entering the Train to save Alain and work on himself, he decides to join Chloe's team's quest to stop the Apex and Cage of Flauros after hearing about it from them, as well as keeping an eye out on the redhead. What he got from this was a constant set of heartbreak and heartache regarding whether he was actually ''useful'' in the large scheme of things, culminating in [[spoiler: going completely insane and having that insanity sealed in order to stop him from killing everyone.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: Platonic example, but Sycamore tends to take it pretty badly when somebody rejects, especially if it's done in a way that seems malicious or furious. The best example is [[spoiler: Chloe's cold rebuttal when trying to calm her down after learning about what Sara is doing with the Unown, which affects him so badly he effectively goes insane and has to have this madness sealed before he kills everyone.]]
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: [[spoiler: Having his insanity sealed seems to cure him...Until he pushes Yuri into the sand with a cynical look.]]
* OddFriendship: Out of the many, ''many'' Denizens he could have befriended as part of the start of his train trip, it's with Rimuru - the talking slime who also happens to be a demon lord.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: After a dive into his Palace and his desires to either kill himself or RestartTheWorld are sealed by Asher's Master, Augustine wakes up with a cynical look on his face and pushes Yuri into the sand. It's later revealed that was Auric's doing so he can get some distance from everyone else.]]
* OutOfFocus: PlayedForDrama. Despite being the alleged main character of the story, Act 1 doesn't really do much to give him character development, instead focusing on helping other people, particularly Chloe, deal with their own issues. This causes him to neglect his own issues, allowing them to fester until they blow up in his face.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:As the Cyan Desert Car goes on, he feels more and more useless since his attempt to keep Chloe calm didn't pan out and he has to watch everyone ''else'' do things better than he and doesn't even partake against stopping the Unown threat. It drills it into his head that he's a worthless adult who can't do anything right.]]
* ObsoleteMentor: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]. When Sycamore meets with Chloe, he decides to become like a mentor of sorts to her, helping her along her Train journey. However, Chloe ''rapidly'' begins to grow in sheer power, to the point that by the end of Act 1 she has long since surpassed Sycamore. This ''does not'' help the man's crippling self-esteem issues, and serves as one of the biggest factors for [[spoiler: his mental breakdown at the end of The Cyan Desert Car.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Acts like a father figure to Yuri, Vaillant and Chloe. He later explains that it's more akin to a mentor figure than a parent to for the last one though.
* PerformanceAnxiety: He shows shades of this during the Routine Arc, to the point he asks Asher to hypnotize him to make him appear cool and confident prior to getting on stage for the White Gestalt Return Concert. Asher refuses because it's below his standards and that it's better if Augustine was just his raw authentic self on stage. However, when he has to do a performance for the Cyan Desert Car all by his lonesome, he nails it...until he gets backstage and looks ready to havea a heart attack.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Screams this to Lain [[spoiler:once he's free from Shadow Augustine's brainwashing and having realized he just ''killed'' Lain in his madness.]]
-->''"Please Lain! Don't leave me alone! Don't leave me again!"''
* PoorCommunicationKills: Wouldn't be a ''Blossomverse'' protagonist without this.
** Decides not to tell Ash what's going on with Alain...[[DramaticIrony who could have helped out in explaining the Infinity Train's existence because Trip is already there in regards to Chloe's disappearance.]] He later learns that [[spoiler: Alain passed by the Monster City Car a while back.]]
** He then learns that he could use the Infinet to contact everyone long ''after'' he woke up from the Train because One-One hasn't updated the introduction videos. Needless to say, he's not happy to find out he could've called everyone sooner.
** 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.
** [[spoiler:He focuses so much on helping Chloe that he negelcts to talk to people about ''his'' worries. Everyone is horrified to know that he's so traumatized from it all.]]
* ThePromise: He vows to help Chloe on her trip to the Fog Car to stop the Cage of Flauros. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his sanity starts deteriorating as things get out of hand in the Cyan Desert Car...]]
* RageBreakingPoint: If Sycamore's anger reaches this, it's a signal that things are getting worse.
** After hearing from Officer Jenny that the police will cancel the search for his former assistant along with her accidentally instigate a RantInducingSlight by asking him to take a rest, Augustine couldn't hold in his frustrations and worries any longer as he went on ranting over that his former pupil is in danger. It isn't until he accidentally snapped at Calem and Mayer that made him realized that the stress of the search is getting to him.
** Another one happens during his confrontation with Shadow Sycamore, when [[spoiler: him being BrainwashedAndCrazy into attacking his friends and killing Lain]] causes him to enter a TranquilFury state against the Shadow before unleashing how he will never be his Shadow.
** And [[spoiler:hearing One-One refusing to remove the ban that traumatized 3 members of White Gestalt has him ready to murder the bowling ball and even ''destroy the Engine itself'' to stop the cycle of despair.]]
** While more of a "Despair Breaking Point", [[spoiler: Chloe deciding she wants to kill Sara for the events of the Cyan Desert Car while breaking him with some cynical talk causes him to give up on everything and corrupt him into a Shadow. It takes the madness being sealed to put him back to normal... Sort of.]]
* RedBaron: "Augustine of the Light" and "Seeker of Crocus".
* RestorationOfSanity: [[spoiler: He gets driven mad by Chloe's pessimism and anger at the climax of the Cyan Desert Car, but Auric's intervention causes him to ''seal'' his insanity and bring the good old professor back to normal... for the most part.]]
* RuleOfSymbolism:
** Augustine's starting number, '129' is the episode number for ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Pokémon XYZ's]]'' ''"Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!"'', which was where Professor Sycamore met Alain for the last time before the Team Flare arc. [[spoiler:His new number at the end of the Cyan Desert Arc becomes ''717'', which is the National Dex number of Yvetal, the Pokémon associated with destruction.]]
** His black and white longcoat reflects his innocent views of things being black and white. [[spoiler:The deepest parts of his subconscious is a room with black and white furniture and a chessboard floor.]]
** Walter calls him a new Cage of Flauros component, "Daybreak" which is meaningful in two ways: 1) it's not part of a reference to the original 7 components and 2) every component aside from Dreams start with "De" whereas Daybreak starts with "Da", highlighting that he's unique to the story itself.
** He's one of the more idealistic characters of the story, constantly clinging onto hope. [[spoiler: Chloe ends up breaking him by choosing to wallow in spite and anger rather than move on, symbolizing how the Blossomverse, at least initially, would rather wallow in anger and hurt everyone and everything rather than try to look for a solution.]]
** [[spoiler: By the time he's back to normal at the end of Act 1, his number has risen to ''717'', symbolizing not only how much mental and emotional damage the poor professor has gone through, but how trying to focus solely on other people beside himself has done nothing but hurt him.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While he obviously can't leave the Train without getting his number down to zero, [[spoiler: he's so worn out from all the crap that happened in the Cyan Desert Car, including Chloe backpedaling on all the progress they did to work on her anger and spite, that he decides enough is enough and quits the quest to stop the Apex and the Cage of Flauros (but more because there's something bigger on the horizon, not because he's doing a RageQuit).]]
* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Unlike everybody else in the story, Sycamore doesn't wallow in the depressing atmosphere and is quick to hold onto hope even at the worst times. [[spoiler: The events of the Cyan Desert Car change this, and indeed, convince him to straight up quit the quest in order to focus on a far more important matter: stopping Elipzo.]]
* SignificantWardrobeShift: After the events of the Monster City Car, Sycamore switches from his lab coat to a white and black long coat similar to Rimuru's, signifying his new role as the protagonist of the story and [[WordOfGod according to the author]], represents him as Rimuru's ChosenOne.
* SkewedPriorities: Despite the ''entire point'' of boarding the Train being to work on your ''own'' issues, Sycamore spends most of Act 1 focusing on how to help ''Chloe'' and not himself, which leads to severe consequences down the line.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:His cameo in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' has him comfort Oleana that she can still do something despite how she was almost ready to destroy the Infinity Train. This helps Oleana use the bomb to obliterate the March Hare's army and let her be able to move forward after saying farewell to her sister (reincarnated into Rosmca).]]
* SoProudOfYou: States this to Chloe when he sees her becoming more confident and [[ItMakesSenseInContext willing to cut off her hair so she can]] ScrewDestiny.
* StockLightNovelEveryman: In contrast to the other protagonists of the ''Blossomverse'', Augustine is just a normal person (Barring his role as a Professor) who only gets on the Train because of concerns for Alain and is more of an ActionSurvivor who mostly tries to act as a pacifist, only fighting when he has to.
* StockLightNovelHero: That being said, he's a pretty boy with dark hair who gets trapped into another world with a BadassLongcoat, gaining new abilities via his Persona and is a BadassBookworm. Humorously, he first ended up in a car that is ruled by another one of them in the form of Rimuru Tempest.
* TeamDad: As the oldest and most reasonable member of the Windchasers, he's more often than not the one who helps the younger Passengers work out their issues. He later poses one for Chloe when they meet up in the Ninjala Car.
* ThirdPersonPerson: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He begins speaking like this during his chat with Victor and Gloria in the Ninjala Car, but it turns out to be Shadow Sycamore screwing with his phone.
* TokenAdult: He's the only real adult in the Windchasers: Yuri is 11, Vaillant is essentially a teenager, while Garchomp and the other two members' age are unknown.
* TookALevelInCynic: [[spoiler:He breaks when Chloe's anger gets the best of her and is about to kill himself because he is so disillusioned that his black/white views can no longer hold up. Asher's Master (the barista aka Auric) comes in to save him, but all it did was make him very pessimistic. He starts taking steps to get out of it by the end of the Cyan Desert Car.]]
* TrainingFromHell: Engages in this during his stay in the Monster City Car because he knows he can't rely on Garchomp all the time.
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Shadow Sycamore brainwashing him and then ''forcing him to murder Lain'' during the Twisted Lab Car makes him pissed when he wakes up.]]
-->'''Sycamore:'''...I don't need you anymore.
* TriggerPhrase: With Asher's blessing, he is given numerous phrases through hypnosis to prepare for the journey ahead. Aside from the two obvious ones -- "Sleep" and "Awake" -- he also gets "Breathe" (helps him take a breath), "Freeze" (his body is paralyzed), and "Undo" (undoes a previous trigger). [[spoiler: He also has "Mute" to make him unable to speak and Chloe learns that there's a fifth trigger -- "Reflect" -- that makes Sycamore a ventriloquist dummy for Asher to talk through and puppeteer while Sycamore watches from within his mind.]]
* UnfitForGreatness: It's made pretty clear that, while Sycamore never outright says this about himself, his self-esteem is so low that he doesn't see himself as being worthy of being considered "great" or anything like it. This is definitely ''not'' helped by him being surrounded by several people with either more experience than him or incredible superpowers, or him being constantly told to stand back and let everybody else handle the problem at hand.
* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: Asks this in the Ninjala Car because he's unknowingly turned into a child, as he had chewed on Ninja Gum prior and Yuri didn't bring up the side effects.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
** When Sycamore begins beating himself up over being an example of how AdultsAreUseless, Rimuru, and the newly-named Vaillant reply that it isn't the case, since he helped keep Vaillant's village safe despite having no combat ability of his own.
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Chloe tries to talk his shadow down when the group tries to help Sycamore calm down. She tries to apologize for breaking him in her fit of rage, but the professor is too far gone at that point to listen.]]
* YouAreNotReady: Professor Sycamore might be a nice man, but his rather black-and-white way of seeing the world makes him woefully unprepared for the morally complicated worlds that the Infinity Train has prepared in store. It makes him ''especially'' unable to deal with Chloe's issues, as they (and to an extent Chloe herself) are too complicated to be resolved with some good old "good and evil" thinking.
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[[folder:Sycamore's Shadow ('''Spoilers''')]]
!!Shadow Sycamore / St. Joan / Asher / [=UnSycamore=] (Formerly Kage)

->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus (debut, First appearance: The Twisted Lab Car) | Rey Mysterio vs the Cosmos (Mentioned, Goes by Kage in Flashback)

A Shadow that took the form of Professor Sycamore who represents the darker aspects of his personality. Originally, he grew to antagonize the Windchasers due to trauma from his past. But with the help of his original self, he is able to make the first step to heal and atone his sins after he becomes Augustine's Persona based on the legendary Jeanne D'Arc.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the most powerful shadow in the Twisted Lab Car, to the point Teddie calls him "Master", and it shows with how much shit he can tear up.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Has the ability to use hypnosis and mind control, but is ultimately is a good Shadow.
* BeyondRedemption: He himself believes that he is this and deserves to die for his sins. Sycamore tells him that he has a chance to atone if he wants to.
-->'''Asher:''' It’s not like I’ll be forgiven after everything I did. After I brainwashed you [Sycamore], forced you to kill your friends, and murdered Lain, I know I’ll never deserve forgiveness no matter how hard I try as your Persona. In the end, I am nothing more than a terrorist...waiting for his execution to a cheering crowd.

* ADogNamedDog: When he was on the train, Kaito called him "Kage", which is "Shadow" in Japanese.

** He detests using the HypnoPendulum cliche for his work.
** For everything he did to Sycamore, he is ''disgusted'' at what Walter and Henry are doing in their attempt to enact the Cage of Flauros.

* {{Expy}}: Per WordOfGod, he's heavily inspired by Zeno from ''Blossoming Trail''.

** He's also one to Professor Cerise. Both of them suffer a GuiltComplex over an important person going missing, but while Professor Cerise managed to somewhat stay stable regardless, Sycamore was taken by the Train. And while Professor Cerise is used as TheScapegoat and made a punching bag, the story does everything it can to prove to Sycamore that he's not solely to blame for what happened with Alain.
** As the TokenAdult (and male) to a group hoping to dismantle the Apex, he's this to Paul London of White Gestalt. Sycamore is a newbie with his only problem being based on concern and worry over Alain, whereas London is stuck due to having committed murder and everything else that was done under White Gestalt's name. And while Sycamore moves forward to get things done, London has no choice but to run away before things get worse. Sycamore's main attire is black and white, London sticks to an all-white suit. Sycamore is optimistic and leader whereas London is cynical and a follower.

** As the TokenAdult (and male) to a group hoping to dismantle the Apex, he's this to Paul London of White Gestalt. Sycamore is a newbie with his only problem being based on concern and worry over Alain, whereas London is stuck due to having committed murder and everything else that was done under White Gestalt's name. And while Sycamore moves forward to get things done, London has no choice but to run away before things get worse. Sycamore's main attire is black and white, London sticks to an all-white suit. Sycamore is optimistic and leader whereas London is cynical and

!!Vaillant / Vale

* ImmuneToMindControl: [[spoiler:Brainwashing doesn't work on him because immunization from it is a secondary power to their mastery of illusions.]]

* CoolBoard: In the Ninjala Car, his weapon is the Matsuri Board.

* HatesBeingNicknamed: He does ''not'' like being called "Yu-ster" by Tony.

* ShutUpAndSaveMe: He acts like this during the fight with Gremory who caught him in a giant hand made of coins. [[PlayingWithFire Chloe]], [[ShockAndAwe Specter]] and [[PaperMaster Lexi]] explain how they ''can't'' help him before he just ask for ''someone'' to get him out.

* SourOutsideSadInside: He's usually a snarky mouthy kid, but deep down he has a lot of self-loathing issues over how his attempts at a HeroicSacrifice got [[spoiler:Valliant to take his place.]]

->'''Appears in:''' Seeker of Crocus

* AllForNothing: The events of the Cyan Desert Car makes him feel like all his efforts were for naught when [[spoiler: Chloe completely succumbs to anger and spite upon hearing what happened back at Vermillion City, right before she uses ''him'' to vent her frustrations about being powerless to do anything. It's so bad he goes insane over it.]]

* YouAreNotReady: Professor Sycamore might be a nice man, but his rather black-and-white way of seeing the world makes him woefully unprepared for the morally complicated worlds that the Infinity Train has prepared in store. It makes ''especially'' unpreapred to deal with Chloe's issues, as they (and to an extent Chloe herself) are too complicated to be resolved with some good old "good and evil" thinking.

* MissingMom: We see his father and sister, but there's not even a mention made of his mother.

* SinisterScythe: Two of them which are actually her arms.

* NonIndicativeName: Despite the name, they're not actually chasing after the wind, but a ten-year-old girl. And even ''after'' they chase after the ten-year-old girl, they're now chasing after any clues about the Cage of Flauros [[spoiler:and uncovering the truth about Elipzo.]]

* TheMedic: Thanks to training as a Professor, he knows how to tend to injuries.

* GenreBlinde: He thinks he'll at least manage to last on the Train long enough to find Alain if he remains optimistic and determined. All fine... except he's on the Infinity Train, where most people operate on a morally neutral manner, not to mention trying to operate on such extremes as "good and evil" don't exactly work out for the thinker.