Secily Iopara

Secily Iopara
1.e4 Even suspected threat can often serve as one of the better excuses with which to placate the distractingly powerful. They can relate to the fear of it. ...e5
First Appearance
AKA	ses, lily, sesilly, sestupid, iopoppet, sessy
Emanant Aspect	Void
Age	21 Repitonian Solar Sweeps
Gender Identity	She/Her (Trans Woman)
Status	Deceased
Screen Name	flutteringEpaulette
Typing Style	Uses proper syntax. Her prefix and suffix represent a game of chess using chess notation. These chess games are as long as the conversations she has with a specific person or party, allowing for temporary intermissions as well. Talking to a new person starts a new game.
Relations	Arcamu Iopara - Ancestor Ahlina Robiad - Ex-matesprit (Bonded. Deceased.) Yeshin Laevis - Kismesis (Bonded.) Mshiri Libeta - Moirail
Music	beatriz (Secily's Theme) ♫ pessimistic duelist (Secily's Combat Theme) ♫ Total Recall ♫ Or Else. ♫ RECALL: A Winter Long Past ♫ Iridescent Memories ♫ INTERMISSION: Coda ♫
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Secily Iopara is a secondary troll in Vast Error. His associated alchemic sigil is Talc.

He was first revealed in the February 11th Trollodex, alongside an unknown troll. His bullet points were:

• never forgets a face
• you don't want to be on his list
• pessimistic duelist

Etymology

Secily is a variant of Cecily, a real-life name ultimately derived from Latin caecus (blind, dim-sighted). Iopara possibly comes from Iopara Inc., a wind turbine company.

Biography

Secily first met Ahlina Robiad, the woman who would become his bonded matesprit, when they were children. He recalls the memory of defending her from some bullies in Snowbound Blood: Volume Eight. Secily's desire to protect and make the world a better place for his childhood love was partially what spurred him to seek a career in the regulatory workforce.

Many sweeps later, as Secily was starting to become a notable regulator, Ahlina was kidnapped and killed after a ransom request sent to Corporate was not met. Secily was then assigned a TEMP, Mshiri Libeta, to help him deal with his grief and withdrawal symptoms. Though frowned upon due to their client-TEMP relationship, the two eventually entered a legitimate moirallegiance.

After he was promoted to Chief Regulator, one of the highest positions he could possibly have in the Corporate hierarchy, Secily was personally assigned by the Executive to be a guardian and mentor to the newly hatched Corporate heir, Sestro Enthal, and his future advisor, Hamifi Hekrix. The three would then go on to have a sort of familial relationship, strained over the sweeps by their respective positions and responsibilities within the company.

Personality and traits

Secily tries to project cold, calculating authority and is quite cynical, harboring some pessimistic views on society and its inhabitants. He strives to keep an air of professionalism around him at all times and struggles whenever things aren't under his control, even as his inner thoughts expose that he can be quite humorous (and even silly) when the mood strikes.

He is an extremely guarded individual, although there are certain people with whom he is comfortable letting his armor slip—namely, Mshiri Libeta. At times, Secily also has trouble reading people's tones and facial expressions, which can lead him to assume foul play and hidden motives when there are none. When he feels threatened or upset, he can display quite the explosive temper.

He is also an extremely by-the-book individual, finding comfort in rigid structures and routine and loyal to the Corporate institution to a fault—much to his detriment and that of others'.

Secily has a mutation which allows him to recall any face, event or information he has previously learned as he pleases. In Snowbound Blood's narration, this is likened to information being photocopied directly into his mind.

Relationships

Ahlina Robiad

Ahlina was, and in many ways still is, the most important person in Secily's life. Everything Secily does, he does for Ahlina's sake; whether it is to honor her memory or avenge her death.

He carries deep regret and guilt over not being able to save her.

Yeshin Laevis

Yeshin is Secily's kismesis. As such, she has a habit of getting on Secily's nerves.

Mshiri Libeta

Mshiri is Secily's moirail, though Secily harbors red feelings for Mshiri. Secily is only known to drop his quirk around Mshiri, who told him in their initial encounter not to play games with her (which led Secily to stop "playing a game" of chess with his quirk). The two met due to Mshiri, as a temporary meditation partner, being assigned to console Secily after the loss of his matesprit. Secily sees a lot of similarities between Mshiri and Ahlina, likely explaining Secily's feelings for her.

Mshiri knows Secily extremely well and can easily read him, despite her cold and guarded mannerisms with others.

Sestro Enthal & Hamifi Hekrix

Sestro and Hamifi are (two of) Secily's superiors. Sestro would like to engage in more casual and personal conversations with Secily if it weren't for Secily cutting him short. On the other hand, Hamifi is just as cold as Secily is when engaging in conversation, and doesn't waste even a sentence on anything other than Secily's direct task at hand.

Secily is mentioned to have practically raised the two, though Secily thinks of them strictly as employers for most of the game. However, when Secily learns that Sestro has entered a weakened state from overexerting himself, she's immediately concerned and questions Hamifi's decision not to call her about it. Hamifi soon after expresses that Secily taught Hamifi to not be senntal nor trustful, but somewhat smiles when Secily admits that she does trust her. She's shown to have felt guilty about the way she raised Hamifi and Sestro in Volume 9 of Snowbound Blood, where she watches Hamifi play with children while in disguise.

Secily's relationship with Sestro and Hamifi becomes somewhat strained when she learns the truth behind her matesprit's death, despite their lack of actual involvement with the incident, but rather through association. After Secily's conversation with Gerbat, however, she commits to talking things out with Sestro to sort it out.

Oricka Rourst

Oricka and Secily have been friends for a long time.

Occeus Coliad & Ellsee Raines

Secily is tasked with investigating Occeus during the events of Snowbound Blood: Volume Five. At first Secily is suspicious about him and confronts him on hiding Ellsee from Corporate, but after he elaborates on how much he cares for her Secily decides to protect Ellsee instead, due to them reminding her of her relationship with Ahlina.

During Sabine's route, she is reminded of Occeus and wonders how they're both doing.

Necron Exmort

Secily meets Necron during the events of Snowbound Blood in Volume 7, and the two shortly after agree to partner up to track down Noxious.

Husske Mayzee

By the end of Snowbound Blood: Volume 3, Secily refers to Husske and the other barn children as her kids. She's clearly fond of them, and they accept her too, since she can hear the static in the corn.

Trivia

• His would-be classpect is Knight of Void.
• One of his Trollodex entry bullet points is a reference to Optimistic Duelist, a popular Homestuck theorist.
• His lusus was likely a hummingbird moth, as he states that he hadn't seen one since his lusus died in Oricka's Snowbound Blood route. This was confirmed in the flashback in Sabine's route.
• She is canonically trans, as confirmed by the Vast Error official Tumblr.he is also canonically autistic.
• Secily's quirk contains a chess game that is as many moves long as she has prefixes and suffixes in a conversation with somebody. The result of the game reflects Secily's encounter with the person. In almost every instance, she has ended the game in a draw. She has only ended a conversation with a win for white (representing herself) once, when she kills a troll in Snowbound Blood's prologue. It can be assumed that wins represent death.
• She has some grey hairs.
• Sabine gave her a middle name, Aletheia, which follows the 8 letter ancestor naming pattern.
  • Sabine specifically mentioned this, saying he was old enough for an 8 letter title.

Gallery

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  All of Secily's sprites.

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  Secily dancing with Yeshin.