Basic Information
Full Name: Dr. Mira Das
Age (at disappearance): 34
Gender: Female
Occupation: Cognitive neuroscientist, former research head of Project Borderline
Status: Officially missing (presumed dead)
Location (last known): Research facility in Pune
Nationality: Indian
Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit (for her philosophical readings)
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Appearance
Build: Slim, graceful but pale from sleeplessness
Height: 5'6"
Hair: Black with faint brown highlights, often tied in a loose braid
Eyes: Grey — unusually light, described by Arin as "storm-colored"
Style: Minimalistic — plain shirts, lab coats, and a silver chain with a pendulum pendant (later found at the site of her last experiment)
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Personality
Trait Description
Brilliant A visionary scientist ahead of her time — almost prophetic.
Obsessional She believed logic could map the soul; it consumed her.
Calm & Detached Speaks softly, but her words unsettle.
Empathic yet Cold Understands human pain but views it as data.
Fearless Died to test her own theories — and may have succeeded.
Moral Compass: Believes truth outweighs ethics — "The living cling to comfort; I seek proof."
Motivation: To prove consciousness persists beyond biological death.
Fear: That consciousness, once detached, might not return.
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Backstory
Mira was once a leading researcher studying near-death EEG anomalies. After her younger brother died suddenly, she abandoned mainstream academia and began Project Borderline — a government-funded secret experiment on induced flatline states.
Her goal: map neural continuity during temporary death.
Her twelfth self-experiment lasted three minutes — the same as Arin's.
She vanished that night. Only her recorder and wrist monitor were found, both showing activity long after her heart stopped.
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Connection to Arin
Arin discovers Mira's research years later after his own accident.
Her notes mirror his experiences — same time duration, same "City of Light."
As the story unfolds, Arin begins receiving messages that seem written by her.
The question: Did she die, or did she find a way to live beyond death?
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Symbolism
The Pendant: Represents the "pendulum" between life and death — balance and fall.
The Name "Mira": Means "sea" — vast, calm, and unknowable.
Her Voice Recordings: Serve as the bridge between chapters and reality.
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> "You think death erases us. It doesn't. It archives us — somewhere your science can't yet reach."
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