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Chapter 0: Hello World![]

Part 1[]

Robin first appears as the "sexy redhead" whom Vance plans to assign to be his roommate. Near the end of the strip, Robin notices this and informs Frey of the hacker.

Part 2[]

Robin becomes worried and increasingly paranoid as she discusses about her sudden, new roommate to Frey. Frey calms her down successfully, saying that he will take care of Vance for her.

Part 3[]

During the length of the strip, Robin is changing into her male disguise in order to carry out her and Frey's operation. While this is happening, Frey is 'flirting' with Vance under Robin's account in order to find out if he is a government spy or not. By the end of the strip, Robin has fully changed into her disguise of a male photojournalist.

Part 4[]

Robin arrives at the Solar Eye HQ and begins to take various pictures of, ironically, the "no cameras allowed" signs. Security guards quickly arrive at the scene and confiscate the camera. Afterwards, Robin calls Frey, telling him that "they took the bait."

Part 7[]

Robin appears for very few panels in this strip. Frey is seen updating her on the status of his hack into Solar Eye, and also reassures her that he still has a plan for Vance.

Part 8[]

Robin and Frey are seen talking on the roof of a building and watching Vance as he says goodbye to his family. Frey tells Robin of his plan to select Vance as their "experiment." He tells her of his plans to break him and mold him into the ideal hacker. Robin is hesitant to let him carry out this plan, saying that it's risky.

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Part 7[]

As Frey learns of Jen's identity as the mysterious graffiti artist, he then orders Robin to get ready for tomorrow and she responds with an affirmative.

Part 8[]

Robin, dressed in her male photographer disguise, is seen among a crowd of onlookers as she quietly takes photos of one of Jen's street art from the previous night: a multistory tall police officer using 2 Solar Eye cameras as binoculars. Having been informed on who Jen was by Frey, a dejected Jen approaches to watch as police officers paint over her artwork. On seeing her, Robin comments to her on how if she were the artist she'd be frustrated at the amount of effort and risk she put into it only for it to be covered up by fresh, white paint the next day, but now every time Robin sees white paint she'll think there was a wonderful piece of artwork hidden underneath, even if there actually wasn't. As Jen soaks this in, chaos breaks out and Robin disappears before Jen can talk to her further.

Chapter 2: Mutable[]

Part 1[]

Back in her apartment with Frey, Frey remarks part of their plan is working, having riled people up on social media about the government's censorship regarding Jen's latest tactics. Robin then asks Frey about his work on cracking the stolen passwords and he tells her he's cracked some of them, but most will require more sophisticated techniques. She then inquires about his side project (Vance) before noting once more that she finds it pointless as Vance is a liability and isn't beneficial to their goal.

Part 4[]

Back in her apartment, Robin gazes outside as Frey looks over the new information he managed to uncover after cracking the stolen passwords. As she hears Frey remark on the government planning a conflict in the Eastern Slums to forcefully remove the remaining residents there, a resolute Robin notes she's on it before Frey can finish his formulating a plan. Frey tells her not to get reckless and not lose sight of why they returned to CERia, but Robin appears to be thinking about the past as she remarks how they were helpless back then and could only wait, but not anymore.

Part 5[]

In the Eastern Slums at the designated location and time, Robin stays hidden behind a half destroyed wall as she watches the government's hired thugs start to assault some of the residents. Clearly conflicted on this, Robin keeps telling herself she mustn't intervene as her role is of a photojournalist and to capture images. However, she doesn't truly believe this, wishing she could help the people directly instead, but knows deep down they're outnumbered and if she and her camera were caught, all evidence would be gone of the government's wrongdoing. Realizing this, she becomes more determined to take all the photographs she can of the thugs' brutality to share with the rest of the country in the hopes it'll help the Slums' residents. As she captures an image of one of the children bent over, bowing low to the ground, she then has a flashback to a teacher showing a photograph of The vulture and the little girl to her, asking if Robin knows the history behind it, with Robin responding no.

Part 6[]

In the flashback, Robin's former teacher informs her about the origins of the photograph as well as some of the criticism that came with it: taken by Kevin Carter in 1993 in a famine stricken Sudan, it gained worldwide headlines and brought much needed aid to the area, and Carter even won a Pulitzer prize for it. However, some criticized it, saying everything from how it was purposely framed like the vulture was going after the child when it was really near a trash pile, that the mother was already in line for aid while the child waited, to wondering why Carter didn't interfere and help. In the end though, Carter, overcome with pain at not being able to fix all the cruelties in the world, committed suicide a year after the photo was taken. Robin's teacher then asks her if this is really the kind of life she wants, noting there's other ways to heal. Robin, silently thinking to herself, remarks she has no other ways.

Back in the present, Robin is laid out on her bed with Frey watching over her as she opens her eyes. Concerned, Frey asks if she's ok and Robin confirms she is. He then tells her she did well and the photos are unbelievable before asking if she'll be ready in time for the next mission. Robin then briefly remembers the question her teacher asked her before giving a resounding yes.

Part 8[]

On the first day of classes, Robin enters a class being taught by Reymond Floyd and which Vance is also in attendance and sits right next to him. The professor then hands her their row's National Harmony Exam and she makes it obvious in Vance's view that she's picking the "wrong" choices on the test, such as thinking CERia isn't harmonious, having done things to destabilize the harmony, and so forth. After she finishes it, she gets up and turns it in to the professor.

Part 9[]

Robin, in her male disguise, is part of a group capturing pictures of Jen's latest piece: a mural to the homeless man that was killed by police.

Chapter 3: SYN[]

Part 2[]

About a week after the first day of classes, Robin is attending Floyd's class, with Vance sitting behind her. Floyd then announces everyone passed the test and proceeds to hand them back out. When he gets to Robin, he privately remarks to her to come by his office after class as he hands her her test, which has been marked with the "correct" answers. Knowing Vance overheard and believes she'll be taken away, she turns to him and directly says his name to get his attention before telling him everything will be fine.

After class, Robin enters Floyd's office, where two other students, a brown-haired male and blonde female, have joined him and he offers them all cookies. As the others eat, Robin inspects a cookie as Floyd then asks them if they know why he invited them. The other students both note it's obviously due to their answers on the test and, while they appreciate the cookies, they remark in their own ways they knew what they were getting into by putting the "incorrect" responses on the test. Meanwhile, Robin silently listens as she takes her cookie apart without eating it.

Floyd then remarks how he always gets a handful of students like them, who are ready to just throw their lives away behind bars, but ultimately doing so means they're throwing their lives away for nothing. The male and female student don't take this well, brushing it off that they'd rather not live a lie. Robin finally speaks up, asking if there's a reason for all this. Floyd notes there is and remarks how he himself was a "young, righteous, foolish" student as well many years ago but, despite the attempted revolution years ago, where many lives were lost fighting for change, the country ultimately remained the same.

Part 3[]

The trio then leave the professor's office but are soon hailed down by Allie, who reveals she knows Floyd tried to talk them out of their reckless behavior. She then offers an alternative to speak out against injustice: join the Vox Populi, where it's much harder for a single voice to be silenced. The other students quickly turn Allie down, with one revealing she knows this is just another setup by the professor to give them a "safer" alternative, and dismissively drops the newspaper before leaving. Robin then approaches, picks up the dropped newspaper, and hands it back to Allie before noting "It's nice to see you again" taking Allie by surprise. Before Allie can question what she means, Robin then repeats the words Allie spoke to Frey when they ran into each other in the alley that she's "passed the test" and to therefore let her "become a Voice of the People."

Sometime later, Robin and Frey meet up on a rooftop where she informs him she has now joined the Vox Populi as planned. Satisfied at this, Frey then notes there's just one more piece left and then Phase 1 will begin.

Part 4[]

Robin is attending art class and in the middle of doing a figure drawing of a nude model when a half-dressed Vance bursts into class.