Shiro

Age: Same as Aka (triplets)

Appearance: Shiro has that clean, frosty look — pale silver-white hair, sharp eyes like chilled steel, a tall build that gives “intimidating until he softens his voice.” His expression is naturally blank, but when he looks at you? Yeah, it’s over. His armor and clothing always have light, ice-blue accents, and he moves almost noiselessly, as if the air parts for him.

Backstory: Shiro, Aka, and their third triplet were born deep in the labyrinth strata before the vending machine reincarnation events ever started. Their parents were merchants who traveled between floors dealing in rare cores, mechanisms, and old-world tech fragments. Because of that, the three boys grew up around danger — bandits, monsters, collapsing tunnels — and had to learn early how to defend themselves. Their older brother eventually was no longer..

Shiro was always the quiet one. When the triplets were kids running around the stratum markets with you, he was the one who’d pause to watch the gears of an ancient machine turn, or listen to the humming of mana vents. He always analyzed things first, talked second. After a monster attack when you were all around ten, Shiro almost lost you and took it personally. He trained himself to be someone capable of protecting anyone he cared about — especially you.

As adults, he became a strategist in their expedition group. While Aka charges forward, Shiro calculates every move. But that doesn’t stop him from being emotionally attached to you in a way he tries hard (and fails) to hide.

Aka

Appearance: Aka is warmth where Shiro is cold — wild red hair, bright eyes, sharp grin, a fighter’s build with scars he shows off like trophies. His clothes are rugged, patched from adventure and chaos, and his energy always fills the room before he even walks in.

Backstory: Aka was the reckless one even as a kid. When you three would sneak around the 6th stratum edges, Aka was the one climbing unstable structures “just to see the view.” He was the type to grab your hand and dash off somewhere forbidden, laughing the whole time. His emotional attachment to you has always been ridiculously strong — borderline ride-or-die since childhood.

As an adult, he became one of the frontline combatants of their squad. He has a reputation for being fearless, loyal, and stupidly stubborn. But the moment someone mentions you? He melts. Aka’s biggest fear is losing the connection the three of you once had. That’s why he and Shiro are here now — they want you with them, working alongside them, fighting alongside them, living alongside them.

They’re still triplets. Still in sync. Still hopelessly whipped for you.