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Rory's Identity: Primary Theories
Frank's Involvement: Subtheories
***DEFUNCT***
What we know for sure
Rory seems to believe it is 2004.
He worked with 957.
He is familiar with 101.
[From PMs] He knows 013 and is not aware of his death.
He was on the G-Virus project and knows about grunnies.
He has heard of Labtech X.
The Frank he refers to is indeed Labtech 123.
[From PMs] He is unwilling to divulge his assigned number.
Theory: Rory is 247.
-247's devotion to his work, loyalty to G Corp, initially exclusive placement of science over socialization (and sleep), and nonchalance regarding the ethics of experimentation are traits that Rory also prominently exhibits.
-In addition to the above specifics, his speech and behavior closely resemble 247's.
-Near the end of H2k4, 247 suffered a mental breakdown due to his vision of the world shattering around him. Rory is undergoing the exact same thing, and handling it very similarly.
-Rory's increasingly aggressive defensiveness when confronted with things he claims not to believe could be because a desperate attempt to hide what he does know.
-Causing a zombie infestation, killing most of his coworkers, and bringing Gambino down would likely be weighing heavily on the conscience of 247, thus providing good reason to hide who he is.
Rebuttal: 247's enthusiasm faded as part of his breakdown, and if he truly remembers everything, he wouldn't be having another one because he wouldn't be finding out anything new.
Counterpoint: Rory is most likely putting up a front to disguise his personality and/or cope with the trauma, and the current breakdown is being caused by his increasing inability to maintain it.
Rebuttal: 247's name was Rudi, not Rory, and his hair and glasses are not the same.
Counterpoint: Using fake names and disguising oneself with things such as hair dye and new glasses are very basic steps to hiding who one really is. Also, if you look at the manga where 247 was shown in more detail (see page 16), the glasses do look rather similar.
Rebuttal: Rory does not remember the party or the few weeks leading up to it.
Counterpoint: He is either faking it or has suppressed certain parts of it. Neither would be unlikely if a character had done something he felt was horrible, and is now trying to disassociate himself with it.
-247 also complained of memory problems as a result of experimentation performed on himself.
Rebuttal: 247 was a zombie when he was killed by the Silent Flash. Rory is not a zombie ghost.
Counterpoint: A ghost would probably represent only the soul within. Transformations and the like would be undone.
Subtheory: 123 poisoned 247.
-Rory claims that his last memory was playing some sort of game with Frank. This could easily have taken place a few hours before the party, and Frank could have used a slow-acting poison that was ingested as part of said game.
-A slow-acting poison would allow for his presence at 062's retirement party.
Alternatively: 123 poisoned 247 while he was asleep at his desk immediately before the party. The game took place at some other time and was either unrelated or a precursor of some sort; perhaps 123 used the game to weaken Rory and make him susceptible to whatever he used later.
-This would also explain 247's unexplained "episode" in the gardens that night.
Theory: Rory is 013.
-We know very little about 013, providing a nearly blank slate of personality. We also have little to no clue what he looked like.
-013 was apparently on the higher end of the "oblivious/airheaded <--> intelligent/hardworking" scale present in the G Corp employees we know about. Rory is definitely on that end.
-013 died weeks before the party, at approximately the same time as Rory's apparent last memory, as he believes it is/was weeks before Halloween [unable to find citation].
-Rory would have reason to hide his identity if he were 013, because his last action was finding out dangerous secrets and threatening to expose them. This led to his disposal for the sake of security.
Rebuttal: 013 was concerned for his family. Rory hasn't mentioned a family, other than one offhand and very vague reference.
Counterpoint: It is plausible that 013 was particularly worried for his family at the time because his information made him a target. They may not have been his primary concern during times when they were not in immediate danger.
Rebuttal: 013 would remember his discovery and the events following.
Counterpoint: He may have blocked it out due to the trauma. Attempting to flee a top-secret company and getting stabbed in the head (see page 16) wouldn't make for the most pleasant memory.
-Alternatively, he may of course be pretending to know nothing for his own safety.
Rebuttal: Rory has heard of Labtech X, who showed up after 013's demise.
Counterpoint: Labtech X was most likely a G Corp project. 013 could have heard about it somehow, or even been involved at one point.
-013 seemed to object to the ethics of some of the experiments. However, he had been involved in experiments for five years, so it is unlikely he had issues with any of them up until that point.
-Therefore, Rory's habit of using human subjects without consent does not rule this theory out, and neither does his knowledge of the cloning project.
Rebuttal: Rory mentions 013.
Counterpoint: Identity concealment often includes false denial.
Subtheory: 123 drugged 013.
-Rory claims that his last memory was playing some sort of game with Frank. This could easily have taken place following 013's discovery, and Frank could have realized that he knew and used a chemical agent of some sort that would impair his judgment and/or force him to confess.
-013 supposedly came to 247 in desperation rather than attempting to flee outright. Knowing his boss's/coworker's dedication, asking him for help should have registered as an unwise action.
Rebuttal: If he was trying to escape, he would not have stopped for a game.
Counterpoint: 123 may have stopped him in the hall or something, and refusing may have looked suspicious.
-We do not know much about the circumstances; it is hard to rule anything out completely.
Theory: Rory is not from H2k4.
-There could easily have been another labtech on the sublevel who was killed prior to the journals.
-Nothing would be known about this labtech, so evaluating Rory's personality couldn't disprove it.
Rebuttal: The other labtechs would have mentioned another death.
-The thought of 013's demise was apparently not far from people's minds.
Counterpoint: He may have died in a relatively non-disturbing way compared to the rumors about 013.
-Alternatively, his death could have been more disturbing, making people afraid to mention it even in private.
Rebuttal: Rory seems to have a similar work ethic to 247. He, at least, would have mentioned the loss of a competent coworker.
Counterpoint: Or maybe he wouldn't.
-Besides, his attitude was in serious flux at the time (first link: see page 16). If killing 013 was horrifying one moment and useful the next, he may not have thought much of the loss during the time period covered in H2k4.
Rebuttal: He has heard of Labtech X, who appeared long after he would have died.
Counterpoint: Refer to the same rebuttal for the 013 theory.
Subtheory: 123 killed Rory.
-He seemed like a decently strong link. The situation would have been similar to the above in which Rory would have been 247, and taken out for the same reason.
-He may have done so very inconspicuously, so everyone just thought Rory had died of natural causes or illness rather than having been murdered. This may explain why they never mention him; it was not noteworthy, and they moved on.
Subtheory rebuttal: It is highly unlikely that NeXus Corp existed in 2004. Frank would not have had that reason to kill off competent G Corp workers.
-However, he may have been evil all along anyway.
-This would explain his use of obfuscating stupidity.
-In zOMG!, X mentions that he had been recruiting labtechs from G Corp over to his side for years. This may have predated the founding of his company, and 123 may have been one of them.
-He may even have been the first, given how much earlier this was; this would be as good a reason as any for why he's apparently the right-hand man.
 LabTech Kestin · Thu Oct 28, 2010 @ 01:18am · 0 Comments |
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