Cute name I know. But it’s easier on the tongue.

I mean, try doing enough acronyms the way the marketers did, you’d lose interest.

In any case my name is Casey Blackwood.

I’m a newly professional archaeologist who got recruited to this outfit. To call these first days of work anxiety inducing would be an understatement.

Luckily Plato here more than makes up for it. He’s not just a mascot-

“Casey! Time to go!”

And he's not the only one who has my back. This is Professor Chitin - a brilliant navigator and entomology expert from the Seimei-Oriwa reality. As a Kodoshizoku, they communicate through intricate chemical signals that my translator device picks up, though I'm still learning to read their bioluminescent patterns directly. Having someone who can literally sense environmental changes through symbiotic insects has already proven invaluable on our expeditions.

Poot!

So has Plato…

Let’s meet the comedian who programmed that little quirk.

This is Mx. Helix - though they insist everyone just call them "Hex." Unlike most Kodoshizoku who prefer to root in their myceils, they don’t stick to one kind of tech. Get them working on something with silicon, brain cells, or slime, they’re practically meditating in Nirvana.