# Anecdote 3 — The Schoolgirl and the Meteor Shower

> Xavier meets the earliest known incarnation of MC — a frail schoolgirl with Protocore Syndrome — and watches a once-a-century meteor shower with her at the Skymirror Salt Flat. She gives him a handmade star-shaped tassel. The Evol-suppressor collar appears on him around this period.

- Branch: Anecdote
- In-universe: Philos Year 214 (approx.)
- Released: Launch (Jan 2024)
- Characters: Xavier, MC
- Locations: Skymirror Salt Flat
- Page: https://ladsarchive.com/events/xavier-anecdote-3-schoolgirl/

## Description

In Philos Year 214 (approximate), Xavier encounters the first known past-life of MC: a girl afflicted with Protocore Syndrome, too frail to survive long. Together they watch a once-a-century meteor shower at the Skymirror Salt Flat. She gifts him a handmade star-shaped tassel, which he ties to his wooden training sword. Desperate to save her, Xavier risks his life to procure a rare Protocore that could cure her condition. He returns too late — she dies in his arms. This is the event that establishes the star motif that recurs across every timeline. The red Evol-suppressor collar around his neck appears around this period, apparently acquired under duress as a condition of accessing the rare Protocore.

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