Angela (앤젤라)

“May you find your book in this place.”

general

Name: Angela

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Birthday: February 27th

history

Angela is an artificial intelligence created by two researchers, Ayin and Benjamin, in the image of the late Carmen with the purpose of facilitating the Seed of Light Project. This was achieved using Carmen's brain mapping, which consequentially caused Angela to possess her past memories; despite this, Angela was considered a failure to Ayin, who regarded her coldly and wouldn't so much as look at her. Benjamin was the only one who even remotely showed kindness to Angela, and he taught her about her role and how to run a seemingly endless number of time-loops using the "Script."

What came of these time-loops was a constant cycle of torment for Angela and the sefirot which she oversaw; Angela was forced to facilitate their traumas and suffering or stand by and watch, and any situation wherein she would attempt to assist them would automatically cause the loops to reset. Additionally, Angela's perception of time was altered in a way so as to allow her to efficiently react to certain situations — fixed at a speed 100x slower than the average human being processes time. (This essentially means that she had endured these cycles for a millennia, in her point of view.) The entire process caused Angela to deeply resent Ayin and Lobotomy Corporation as a whole, her festering hatred serving as the catalyst that drove her to seek revenge by halting the Seed of Light Project right at its completion... much to the dismay of the sefirot, who had all worked strenuously and suffered so much to finally reach this point.

Soon after the true ending of Lobotomy Corporation, in which Angela manages to attain a portion of the Light generated in the finale, she transforms the facility into what would become known as the Library. It is at this point that she would become its Director and begin luring in residents of the City with the use of specialized Invitations as the Library's Guests, inevitably to be felled and turned into books to line its shelves. Her goal in doing so is to obtain the "One True Book" that would grant her a human body, and free her from her past and the confines of L Corp — a goal which Angela becomes laser-focused on seeing through, using any means necessary.

Regarding Library of Ruina canon points, it's... a long story (quite literally), more than I can put here. If you are unfamiliar with the scenario or simply need some kind of refresher and would like to read it, you can do so here or here. (I also heavily recommend reading this Steam guide as it goes in-depth into the lore and world of the canon itself.)

personality

Angela is very serious and logical in demeanour, and this is reflected in the way that she carries herself and interacts with others. She often speaks cordially with an emphasis on exhibiting proper manners; likewise, Angela will quickly develop a disdain for ill-mannered individuals or those who openly behave with rudeness or violence. She is generally rather strict, having little tolerance for nonsense (or whatever she deems as such) and disruptiveness and has a penchant to deliver punishment in some situations... which more or less involves amputation and even death.

Despite this, Angela is also considerably emotionally immature, to the point of lashing out at others due to her self-pity and perceived self-importance relating to her past suffering. This directly stems from her trauma, and she is notably bitter in relation to anything that reminds her of it. The pain and anger that Angela feels manifests into an almost child-like fury that can come out in certain kinds of confrontation, especially where her past is involved.

In some instances this can lead Angela to doubt herself, her personal feelings about her past experiences and so on. This is largely due to having no exposure to the outside world or the residents of the City, making her mostly unaware of the harsh nature of their environment beyond the Library — her only sources of information being whatever she is told up-front or learns from the Guests. Angela does slowly gather an understanding as time goes on however, which may allow her to follow some sort of path to personal growth, though... she needs to work through it.

Due to spending her whole life underground, Angela is naturally curious about the world outside of L Corp; her missive of luring in Guests allows her to learn more about their lives and the City as a whole as well as through her servant's own recollections, becoming her primary sources of outside knowledge. This inexperience and sense of curiosity unfortunately in turn reveals Angela's naivety — something which inevitably gets her into a slew of trouble.

While Angela tends to behave coldly and sarcastically at first — particularly towards former colleagues — over time she may begin to soften as she spends enough time with an individual and grows to trust and understand them. In such cases, Angela's attitude towards them will shift into something nicer and more considerate. This is especially evident in her relationship with a certain Fixer, who initially starts out as little more than a servant to her, eventually becomes someone that she considers a friend (or possibly even closer).