K-World stuff: Mystical Shards ≠ "Normal" K-World. It does not take place in the timeline/world that TR, HSS, and AI are. hardware, software, store takes place DURING/BEFORE Alienated Innocence, and HSS also takes place AFTER The Runes Aoi is present in 2 different stories [TR and AI]. She was born in Speciala, but moved to Thymein. The Runes stuff: Before getting possessed, Matrix wasn't happy with his life choices, Chi was chasing a weirdly colored kitsune, and Defen was... I shouldn't say this yet. There's a reason Alyssa is not a good person. The reason she is not a good person is basically one of the reasons why Defen is possessed. [Have fun figuring out this one.] Speciala's legal [---] age is 20.