Character Relationship Map: A Rough Draft

Characters

• Kirill (played by Nikita Volkov) — protagonist

  Kirill is a young Moscow resident and talented computer-game designer whose existence is erased from the memories of everyone he knew and loved. Chosen for a mysterious mission, he becomes a customs o...

• Konstantin "Kotya" Chagin (played by Evgeniy Tkachuk) — supporting

  Kotya meets Kirill in the strange world and explains that its inhabitants are functionals with assigned roles who do not age normally. He tells Kirill that his role is to open new worlds and that the...

• Anna (played by Olga Borovskaya) — supporting

  Anna is Kirill's former partner. In his old life, she criticized him for treating life like a rehearsal and told him she had a new job and boyfriend. When Kirill encounters her again in the world of f...

• Kirill's mother (played by Elena Yakovleva) — minor
• Vasilisa (played by Irina Demidkina) — minor

  Vasilisa explains to Kirill that pollen affects ordinary people and that rule-breakers may be sent to her retreat. Her account reveals some of the practices and enforcement mechanisms within functiona...

• Kirill's boss (played by Sergey Gorobchenko) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kirill's mother → Kirill (mother)
• Kirill's boss → Kirill (boss)
• Kirill → Anna (Former Romantic Partners) — Their former relationship is severed when Anna loses her memories of Kirill, leaving him unable to restore their shared past.

  Anna says she has a new job and boyfriend, and Kirill later admits that he opened a door to a reserve while thinking of her. They meet again, but Anna...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kirill → Vasilisa (Social Explainer Of Rules) — Vasilisa gives Kirill information about practices and consequences within functional society, deepening his understanding of its rules.

  Vasilisa explains to Kirill that pollen affects ordinary people and that rule-breakers may be sent to her retreat.

• Kirill → Konstantin "Kotya" Chagin (Narrative Guide) — Kotya introduces Kirill to the functional world and explains the rules and consequences of his new existence.

  After Kirill wakes in a strange place, Kotya explains that he has entered a world of functionals and describes Kirill's assigned role and the loss of...

Story Analysis

A game creator loses his place in his former life and confronts an unfamiliar society whose rules do not resolve his grief or explain his purpose.

Plot Progression

1. A Life Losing Its Witnesses — Kirill begins as a celebrated game creator, but familiar people deny knowing him and photographs that should establish his presence disappear. His father's failure to recognize him makes the loss unmi...
2. The Functional World Revealed — After a violent incident, Kirill wakes in a strange place and hears Kotya's explanation of the functionals and their assigned roles. The claim that Kirill has been erased from his loved ones' memories...
3. A Past Anna Cannot Recall — Officials question Kirill as he learns that conventions govern the new world. His reunion with Anna brings no restoration: she does not remember their past, despite Kirill's admission about opening a...
4. Rules and Unresolved Enforcement — Kirill is drawn further into functional society and learns about pollen, retreats for rule-breakers, and the branding of newcomers. The excerpt ends with an order to stand still during an apparent enf...