Story Timeline

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If you haven't played Mystic Messenger completely, you might read something that will reveal to you the complete story of the game. So please pay attention!

This Timeline covers the plot of Mystic Messenger.

• Revised Timeline (Rika's Behind Story)
• OS + AS timeline
• Possible initial OS timeline (?)

Before the Game (Revised Timeline, based on Rika's Behind Story+V's AE+Ray's route)
1983 Zen's brother is born.
1984 Mika is born.
1986 September 9 - Jihyun Kim (V) is born.* (?) October 5 - Jumin Han is born.* (?) This year of birth was calculated by assuming V debuted as a photographer at age 18... and by keeping in mind Jumin & V are the same age.
1987 November 3 - Mina (Rika) is born.
1988
1989 Mina (Rika), a 2-year-old toddler, is adopted by Yoosung's aunt at an adoption center. Yoosung aunt brings the priest in the hopes of choosing a child that will help convert her husband, a hospital director, to Christianity. (However, the priest picks a child she didn't want. She preferred Mika a 5 year old child.) Mina (Rika) is renamed "Serena Kim".
1990 Mika is sent to an orphanage, one year after Mina (Rika)'s adoption.
1991 December 28 - Jahee is born.
1992
1993 April 1 - Zen is born. June 11 - The two identical twins Saeyoung and Saeran are born in secret. Saeyoung is born first. Their father, who had just became a government official, tries to eliminate evidence they're his children after the DNA tests confirm it. (22 years ago in AS)
1994~1995
1996 March 11 - Yoosung is born.
1997~1999
2000 Short flashback with Saeyoung and Saeran's mother telling her children to not step out of the door if they want to live. (15 years ago in AS)
2001
2002 Serena Kim (Rika) is 15. At her father's hospital, she meets Mika again, someone she knew from the adoption center when she was a toddler. This meeting causes a profound impact on Rika. Feeling guilt over being adopted over Mika and seeing her life being cut short by cancer, Rika becomes obsessed with helping others. One week after meeting Mika, she adopts Sally, a stray dog.
2003
2004 V debuts as a photographer. Rika goes to a photo exhibit titled "The Sun" and becomes enamored with V's work.
2005 Rika meets Saeyoung for the first time. Rika notes he looks old enough to be in middle school, Saeyoung is most likely 12 years old on their first meeting.
2006 13 year-old Saeyoung uses a computer for the first time.
2007 Two years of dedication to community service and educating Saeyoung (besides earning his trust) wins her the nickname of "Rika the angel". Her adoptive mother gives her the ultimatum that she'll get rid of her room in 2 years. Saeran tries ice cream for the first time with Saeyoung.
2008 Zen, still in middle school, runs away from home to live on his own. 15 year-old Zen has his career debut in a play called Cube World.
2009 Rika meets Yoosung for the first time. Rika meets V for the first time in his photo exhibition while Saeyoung is at a science exhibition. Rika becomes V's model. She mentions Zen, a musical singer still in High School (16~18). Zen is most likely 16 this year. 2 months after becoming V's model, Rika is kicked out of her adoptive home as "promised" by her mother. She lived there for 20 years. Rika takes shelter at the cathedral and quits her modeling job that week. One week later, V searches for Rika and finds the cathedral she attends to, after finding her, he purposes to her. They become engaged in the same year they met. V sends Saeyoung to the agency. (6 years ago in AS / 7 years ago in OS) Vanderwood joins the agency around this year and is put in charge of managing Seven. Vanderwood recalls Saeyoung's personality was stiff and he talked like a robot.
2010 Rika meets Jumin for the first time.
2011 Zen breaks up with his then girlfriend. (5 years ago in OS)
2012 Rika personally meets Zen and gifts him flowers. (4 years ago in OS) RFA is founded. (4 years ago in OS) Official members: V, Rika, Jumin, Saeyoung, Yoosung RFA holds its first party. December - Charity event (4 years ago in Christmas DLC): Zen is 19 years old. It became legal for him to drink this year. Seven is still studying aboard.
2013 Sally dies. Mika most likely dies around the time of Sally's death. (2 years ago in AS) Rika becomes increasingly possessive of Saeran and his abilities, lies* about placing Saeran in a boarding school so V won't keep being in contact with him. *Most likely a lie based on her future plans to relocate Saeran to Mint Eye since there's no evidence she made him move schools at this point in time... Rika gifts a cat to Jumin. V names her Elizabeth the 3rd. Jumin quickly grows attached to his new pet. June 11 - Saeyoung's 20th Birthday. He receives a floppy disk with Saeran's photographs as a gift. His personality changes from robot-like to the jokester 707. (2 years ago in AS) Zen has a motorbike accident. V, who was following him, calls an ambulance. He officially joins the RFA to thank V. (2 years ago in AS) December 24~25 - Flashback of Jaehee on Christmas seeking a new job (3 years ago Christmas DLC)
2014 Jaehee begins working for C&R. Ms. Choi passes away. Rika tries to cut off Saeran from his mother. Ms. Choi notices her son isn't coming back home and assaults Rika. It ends in Rika killing Saeran's mother in self-defense. It's staged as a suicide. Saeyoung returns from working and studying aboard from a foreign college*. *Assuming the age with the Chilyoung Choi article in the Mint Eye package books is as fake as his name... Either way, it seems he graduated from college somewhere between the 1st and 2nd party. Jaehee joins the RFA, 6 months after working for C&R. Saeran's kidnapped to Mint Eye and tortured. About 6 months after his mother's death. (1 year ago in AS, 2 years ago in OS) The RFA hosts its second party. Notable events: Jumin Han brings Elizabeth the 3rd to the party. Zen hates it. Seven meets Jaehee for the first time and teases her and asks if she's a robot. Rika and V have an huge fight and disappear in the middle of the party. The apartment's security system is installed in Rika's apartment. Right after the 2nd party is over Rika insists Seven to install the security system (explosives). Those are meant to be hacked by Saeran to absorbs all of RFA's information and subsequently destroy all evidence. (2 years ago in OS)
2015 Rika goes on a trip with V. After a fight, V cuts her access to the RFA by blocking her cellphone and claims she committed suicide. Rika disappears. (6 months ago in AS / 1 year and 6 months in OS) Possibly February(?) - Yoosung receives the news of Rika's death at his High School graduation party. Rika's funeral is held. Shortly after Rika's "death", Yoosung begins living alone after he's admitted to college. Dyes his hair. 6 months after Rika's "death" and Yoosung's college entrance, possibly around August/September(?)- The player joins the RFA in AS
2016 Around August/September(?) or later- In OS, late 2016, the player joins the RFA, 1 year and 6 months after Rika's disappearance. December - OS Christmas DLC

Before the Game
1991 December 28 - Jaehee is born.
1992
1993 April 1 - Zen is born. June 11 - The two identical twins Saeyoung and Saeran are born in secret. Saeyoung is born first. Their father, who had just became a government official, tries to eliminate evidence they're his children after the DNA tests confirm it. (22 years ago in AS)
1996 March 12 - Yoosung is born.
1998 Flashback of child Zen in his route.(18 years ago in OS)
2000 Short flashback with Saeyoung and Saeran's mother telling her children to not step out of the door if they want to live. (15 years ago in AS)
2001~2004
2005 Jumin Han convinces Jihyun Kim to get closer to his mother.
2006 Rika meets Saeyoung for the first time. Saeyoung is baptized with the name Luciel. (10 years ago in OS) In this flashback, Luciel mentions V so he had already met him, besides mentioning in an OS chat that he had known V for 10 years. 13 year-old Saeyoung uses a computer for the first time.
2007 Saeran tries ice cream for the first time with Saeyoung.(8 years ago in AS)
2008 Rika meets Yoosung for the first time. Yoosung is in 6th grade. Zen, still in middle school, runs away from home to live on his own. 15 year-old Zen has his career debut in a play called Cube World.(7 years ago in AS) V advises 15 year-old Saeyoung to leave Saeran behind and join an intelligence agency in order for both siblings to survive their father's threat. Saeyoung is given time to decide and prepare.
2009 Saeyoung leaves Saeran to join the agency (6 years ago in AS / 7 years ago in OS) Vanderwood joins the agency around this year and is put in charge of managing Seven. Vanderwood recalls Saeyoung's personality was stiff and he talked like a robot.
2010 Rika meets Jumin for the first time. Begins to plan the creation of the RFA. Rika begins following all of Zen's shows.
2011 Zen breaks up with his then girlfriend. (5 years ago in OS)
2012 Rika meets Zen and gifts him flowers. (4 years ago in OS) RFA is founded. (4 years ago in OS) Official members: V, Rika, Jumin, Saeyoung, Yoosung RFA holds its first party. December - Charity event (4 years ago in Christmas DLC): Zen is 19 years old. It became legal for him to drink this year. Seven is still studying aboard.
2013 Sally, Rika's pet dog, dies. Rika's sanity and mental health decays and become self-destructive. Rika begins therapy sessions after Sally is gone. Rika clings to the concept of Mint eye more and more. Her relationship with V begins to strain due to her ideologies becoming more dictatorship-like. Rika gifts a cat to Jumin Han. V names her Elizabeth the 3rd. Jumin Han quickly grows attached to his new pet. June 11 - Saeyoung's 20th Birthday. He receives a floppy disk with Saeran's photographs as a gift. His personality changes from robot-like to the jokester 707. (2 years ago in AS) Zen has a motorbike accident. V, who was following him, calls an ambulance. He officially joins the RFA to thank V. (2 years ago in AS) December 24~25 - Flashback of Jaehee on Christmas seeking a new job (3 years ago Christmas DLC)
2014 Jaehee begins working for C&R. Ms. Choi passes away. Rika grows increasingly possessive of Saeran and his talents. Ms. Choi notices her son isn't coming back home and assaults Rika. It ends in Rika killing Saeran's mother in self-defense. It's staged as a suicide. (2 years and half ago in OS / 1 year and a half ago in AS) Saeyoung returns from working and studying aboard from a foreign college. Jaehee joins the RFA, 6 months after working for C&R. Saeran's kidnapped to Mint Eye and tortured. About 6 months after his mother's death. (1 year ago in AS, 2 years ago in OS) Choi mother is mentioned to still be alive during a flashback by Saeran in 707's route(?)... but Saeran's diary further confirms she was dead by then. Possible retcon in AS. The RFA hosts its second party. Notable events: Jumin Han brings Elizabeth the 3rd to the party. Zen hates it. Seven meets Jaehee for the first time and teases her and asks if she's a robot. Rika and V have an huge fight and disappear in the middle of the party. The apartment's security system is installed in Rika's apartment. Right after the 2nd party is over Rika insists Seven to install the security system (explosives) to be hacked by Saeran and subsequently destroy all evidence. (2 years ago in OS)
2015 Rika disappears. V covers up her disappearance by announcing she committed suicide. (6 months ago in AS / 1 year and 6 months in OS) Possibly February(?) - Yoosung receives the news of Rika's death at his High School graduation party. Rika's funeral is held. Shortly after Rika's "death", Yoosung begins living alone after he's admitted to college. Dyes his hair. 6 months after Rika's "death" and Yoosung's college entrance, possibly around August/September(?)- The player joins the RFA in AS
2016 Around August/September(?) or later- In OS, late 2016, the player joins the RFA, 1 year and 6 months after Rika's disappearance. December - OS Christmas DLC

OS timeline only
1991 Jaehee is born.
1993 April 1 - Zen is born.
1994 June 11 - The two identical twins Saeyoung and Saeran are born in secret. Saeyoung is born first. For some reason, the timeline information given in 707's route still doesn't match the stated profile age of 21. Possible retcon made in 707's route? Or... the twins lie about their age to throw off the Prime Minister's investigations ?
1995
1996 Yoosung is born.
1997~2005
2006 Rika and V meet at an exhibition and fall in love. Saeyoung meets Rika, and then V, for the first time. Saeyoung is baptized with the name Luciel. (10 years ago in OS)
2007 13-year-old Saeyoung uses a computer for the first time.
2008
2009 V advises 15 year-old Saeyoung to leave Saeran behind and join an intelligence agency in order for both siblings to survive their father's threat. Saeyoung leaves Saeran to join the agency. (7 years ago in OS) Vanderwood joins the agency around this year and is put in charge of managing Seven. Vanderwood recalls Saeyoung's personality was stiff and he talked like a robot.
2010
2011
2012 Rika creates the RFA with V. RFA has its first party. V and Rika become engaged. V announces his wedding to Jumin.
2013 Sally dies. Rika's mental health becomes worse.
2014 RFA has its second RFA party. After the 2nd party is over, Rika asks for the installation of the security system.
2015 Rika "disappears" Since it's right around Yoosung's HS graduation party, she disappeared in February.
2016 One year and 6 months after Rika's death, in August/September, OS prologue begins...