WARNING: This project contains theories, by myself or other theorizers, on the ERIS ARG. If you'd prefer to solve it out on your own and stay out of any potential spoilers, this is your forewarning. Otherwise, buckle up- We're back at it again. I'm not even going to waste any more of our (nonexistent anyways) time rambling about absolute nonsense- Ah, you're looking at the title, aren't you? No, that, most definitely, isn't some random keyspam of sorts. Lysithea's significance. As explored by (, if I'm not mistaken,) @spop-weekly, @_ivyy and @S-pop_Reports, there are quite a few connections we can tie between Subject E-03 and Lysithea. As I'm sure most of you reading are aware, bits and pieces of ERIS' lore have been shared on @LK_LEAVE. Just today- Approximately four hours ago, I'd assume, by the time I actually get this project shared, LK (We'll call her that for now) shared a project titled "my story". (Link: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1126787938/) The project description doesn't say much, other than more monologue- Presumably that of E-03/LK. One line in specific, though, has a few characters capitalized- "they're not OWNing UP to their mistakes". From that, we can get the phrase 'OWN UP'. Look inside the project, and we see two more... 'things'. (Apologies, I don't have a better word for what it is as of now-). We have a bunch of equal blocks (The ones that look like this: < ( ) = ( ) >), with '3333333333333333333333' inserted on either side. The use of the number '3' definitely brings up E-0'3' again. We also have a comment in the code area, where we see a section filled with 'OWN UP' over and over again, as well as a Canva link (, which seems to be the go-to method of sharing these documents). Let's look at 'OWN UP' first. Not even five minutes after the sharing of LK's project, Lysithea released B-side OWN UP on @theatelier. She even mentioned in the comments that the lyrics itself have nothing to do with the storyline, in a reply to , who also brought up a few possible hints. On Lysithea's WELCOME tracklist, there are two lines of text on the bottom left corner, just barely visible enough to read. wish we could have it sooner uphold our promised future Around the time of debut, ERIS' profile aesthetic centered around the saying of 'the future we were promised', as well as 'everything that WAS, IS, and WILL BE'. This 'promised future' once again makes its appearance, which does make sense as Lysithea /is/ a member of ERIS. Additionally, the title track of her album, PRESENT TENSE, refers to the present. Track 2, 'WHAT WE SAW', could potentially reference the past, especially with the song's teaser being 'about the loss of one's childhood innocence'. With that, we now (potentially) have both the past and present both present in the album. Now, for the Canva link. The tab is titled 'it's me', just like the project. What's inside, though, is what's intriguing. The report starts off with some basic details: Document ID: 19-17-21-9-4-9-15-20 Author: Dr. Lucina Arlett, Lead Researcher Date: September 9, 2023 Status: Escaped - ACTIVE RISK Name (Assigned): Subject E-03 Previous Identity: HOOLDQD HQRPRWR Date of Acquisition: April 2, 2017 Age at Initiation: 7 years, 6 months We have what looks and claims to be a Subject Report, issued by 'Project Asterion' and written by Dr. Lucina Arlett, whose title is Lead Researcher. Lucina (, pretty much just another of Lysithea's many personas,) is the CEO of , the company ERIS is under. As for the Document ID, since all the numbers are below 26, I thought it could quite possibly be the use of a number substitution cipher. 19 - S / 17 - Q / 21 - U / 9 - I / 4 - D / 9 - I / 15 - O / 20 - T Oh, of course- These aren't just any numbers. The chain spells out 'SQUIDIOT', which corresponds to , Lucina's account before she moved to . What's more, this was the account she was known as 'Elli' on, back in her days as an animator. And it /just so happens/ that 'HOOLDQD HQRPRWR' is actually the Caeser Rot 3 encryption of 'ELLIANA ENOMOTO' There. E-03's 'previous' identity is Elliana Enomoto. And what other alias does E-03 use? 'LK', which, I'd assume /not/ coincidentally, match up with the initials of 'Lysithea Karamalis', Lysithea's full name as seen in various instances. (Continued in Notes and Credits)
(Continued...) And here's where I'll quote the above mentioned accounts in terms of the connection between a fair-skinned, reddish-brown haired girl and what we now know as 'Lysithea'. Alright- I have absolutely no clue how people aren't figuring this out already, but clearly, changing your appearance is, quite frankly, very easy to do. Although Lysithea might not have reddish-brown hair, Elli had- An array of hair colors, to say the least, but we've seen instances of orange, red, and brown. Literally every hint we have, pretty much points to Elli and Lysithea being the same person. Alright. So, if Elli really is Lysithea, and escaped from Project Asterion as E03, that also confirms the theory of Lysithea being an 'all-seer' of sorts, as the document on Elliana stated that she had an 'unusually high resistance to sensory overload'. With that, Lysithea could sense the "others out there", who have been "misplaced by the universe", just like her. This, in turn, opens up the possibility that the other members of ERIS also possess similar if not the same abilities, allowing Lysithea to be able to sense their presence. And there we have it again. I know, I know- I can seriously talk for upon /hours/ on just this. The document (And ERIS lore, in all. Yes, /I know/-) has tons of other information to be uncovered, and I wouldn't be able to go over all of it- Just the parts I think are most significant. But even that, I'd presume, would be due for yet another project- These seriously get long real fast, and we've barely even scratched the surface.
