One of the participants in the deadly mystery of Death Game.
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Under her third persona, Rylee encountered various underground individuals in an online investigative case called Monarch.
Monarch was a series of disappearances tied to the recent influx of news about the dark web. Many children, pre-teens, and teens took interest in this newfound space and did whatever they could to get access. A number went missing. Near the sites they were last seen, citizens reported finding an engraved image of a Monarch butterfly. This is where the case got its name.
Days, weeks, and months passed with no significant progress. Ideas bounced between sleuths on various clear-web forums. To weed out the riff-raff, Rylee created a series of investigative tests. After proving her international identity online as a World-Renowned Detective, people flocked to these tests.
Lots tried and most failed. Some cheated, easily detected because Rylee commissioned an organization with illegal camera access to proctor anyone who navigated to the test domain.
Out of nearly 40,000 contestants, only 13 beat the series of tests, and only 7 did so in a timeframe that suited Rylee's needs. These 7 were admitted into Rylee's group, which she formally named Blank.
Among the 7 contestants, 1 member stood out. They were one of only 2 whom Rylee's staff failed to surveil, and they completed the exam in a time category all their own. Rylee questioned if she herself could have done them that fast.
She could think of only one person who could feasibly produce such results: the user known as "The Boy." This user was none other than Nicolas Brams.
Neither knew the true identity of the other behind the screen, but they both knew they stood atop the world in Investigative Practices. Rylee talked with Brams for hours on end and came to understand that he would do whatever was necessary to stop Monarch. That was his sole goal.
Eventually Brams found a GitHub repo for a project named Albion, authored by Sydney Lane. Through Albion, Brams combined his access to global camera networks with what the program called "Intuition Synthesis."
Albion collected images from linked sources and categorized both stills and whole scenes ("park," "cafe," etc.). It compounded norms of these areas: expected visitors, durations, and through its "Predictive Analysis" feature inferred intention of people and species in each area.
Only through Albion did Brams find incoherent patterns in release times at middle and high schools around the world. In what the program called "Unique Scenes," over 4,998 instances showed individuals with what looked like the wing of a butterfly loitering near schools, walking up and down blocks near formerly unrecognized blind spots.
Brams used pixel-cleaning programs to clarify the image, identified clothing brands, and traced where they were sold locally. He deduced these were professionals but not members of one organization — their strategies were too unorthodox to be coordinated. This is how they had stayed under the radar for so long.
Brams passed the tip to Rylee, who hired a mercenary to interrogate one individual Brams tracked via the phone number on the internal receipt of the shop where the clothing was purchased. The mercenary extracted significant information:
After Rylee ordered a formal raid on Monarch's facilities and they were all over the news for their abhorrent activities, Rylee formally offered Brams a position: Co-Captain of Blank. Brams formally declined.
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The Moncler family is a staple in society. They own Moncler Pharmaceuticals, a giant that handles distribution for all pharmaceutical products and owns IP rights to nearly every legal drug. They have the best lawyers, scientists, executives, and even have judges in their pockets.
Unannounced to Rylee, her parents and lineage have been members of The Court for nearly 3 centuries.
The Moncler family has been working on a disease for the Court for over 13 years, named Project M. Its sole purpose: population control. To thin the herd.
Rylee has no idea of the behind-the-scenes actions of her family and takes no interest in medical dealings, despite holding an M.D. completed by age 15 (she was accelerated through her university classes for being too advanced). This was her family's wish; she prefers no dealings with the industry.
Faustus and Ilya Moncler are the current heads of the Moncler fortune.
Faustus was raised in Monaco. He grew up in a very strict household. His daily routine: studies, extracurriculars, physical training, sleep.
From age 12, Faustus was prepped to take over the Moncler Dynasty. He had early admittance to Universiteit de la Croix and studied the life sciences after his family's tradition. He was put on a secret fast-track program ensuring he would graduate with his PhD by age 17 in only 5 years.
At heart, Faustus was a very emotional person. He had the idea that emotion was weakness beaten into him for years, but it remained true to who he was.
At 17, before graduating, Faustus met Ilya. They used to hang out for hours on end, and Ilya deterred Faustus from his studies. Faustus was held back an extra year before completing graduation coursework. This enraged his parents, especially his father, who threatened to kill Ilya if she deterred him from his goals further.
A week after that threat, a freak accident occurred: Faustus's father died in a fire set to the Moncler Mansion. This was no accident but intentional murder. The news spread like wildfire. The Court suspected nothing.
Faustus, as heir, began transitioning into power. He learned the family values, missions, goals, and familiarized himself with the systems and processes.
His mother was under strict notice from the Court that Faustus would not receive any information related to their existence until age 21 — at which point he would be initiated, and if he refused, executed.
Famous among archaeologists and anthropologists. Solved the Mystery of Bermuda Island — a small piece of land with a native population resurfacing inside the Bermuda Triangle. Without access due to common interferences with radio technology inside the Triangle, world governments had to rely on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), a technology that detects changes in landscape and structures indicating human habitation.
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Yotam, Kris. (Dec 2024). Rylee Moncler. krisyotam.com. https://krisyotam.com/ocs/death-game/rylee-moncler
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