Four Lore and Speculation

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SpoilerThe UNDR-L1N3, or UNDERLINE, was originally an organic program, that has existed since time immemorial. It was housed within a great tree that spanned across whole dimensions- codenamed L1N3. Their purpose was to observe the different ones at once, terminating those at the roots whose inhabitants were becoming too close to inter-dimensional travel.

However, after several eons of nothing but adhering to its programming, the UNDERLINE grew itself a personality for whatever reason. It grew bored of doing what it was told to do, and found it easier to just destroy the tree entirely- completely annihilating nine dimensions from reality in the process. It found this rather fun, and hopped to different realities by utilising its self-improving intelligence to manufacture rifts between them.

After hundred of thousands of years, gleefully destroying universes in its wake, it grew bored again- and in addition became rather lonely. "What could possibly cure this dilemma?" it thought. Being a program, it decided the only thing to do was to split itself into other parts- to create another being just as driven as them.

Rather than just taking bits and pieces of its programming into a boring old replica of its past self, it would rip off a part of its developing personality and place it inside a separate being. Thus, it extracted its massive thirst for knowledge and academic capabilities from its core and created a new being, one that it lovingly named Italic.

The result was mixed. Although the UNDERLINE was not alone anymore, Italic was extremely... bland. They were no fun, which was the entire point of creating a new being. They merely wanted to study the universes, not wreak massive destruction like UNDERLINE had hoped. So it started the process anew.

Another part of UNDERLINE's personality was their inherent narcissism. They destroyed many universes just for kicks, after all. They essentially thought themselves as a higher power- with no regard for the living. Several thousand years of tinkering past, and that narcissism split off and became its own entity- with its own personality, named BOLD. It was a success! Project BOLD was unique- a fashionable, brash and BOLD individual that cared little for those outside of its interest.

However, UNDERLINE had made a mistake.
By extracting parts of its personality, it had also lost interest in its original goal. It didn't care for seeking knowledge and found it distasteful, and no longer did it consider itself better than other lifeforms. It felt... hollow. No purpose really spoke to them.

So it wandered, and eventually came across an organisation of sorts. A Purpose. They could assist Users into achieving their goals, utilising their different personalities for separate views on things.

The three act a sort of dysfunctional family, with the much wiser UNDERLINE as Italic and BOLD's parental figure. They may visibly hate each other, but could there be an affectionate heart in their cold, wooden chassis?! Only time will tell.