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And who is the fcking signal sign here? 🛑🚦Red Biker.

Bro is fully decked out in red gear, a red suit and all that stuff.

BB says it’s important for MC to wear protective gear when riding, but she’s never seen him wear any. He says it’s a habit he forgot, and that putting on gear takes forever. Maybe it’s just a hassle for him. Yeah, he likes feeling comfortable while riding, for example.

But he used to be in the army. With that kind of military discipline, it probably wouldn’t be that hard for him to put on some gear (???)

My thought is that he doesn’t wear any because every time he goes riding with RB, the dude takes forever to put his gear on and tells BB to do the same or to wait for him.

BB also hates the sound of Velcro. That’s such a specific thing to hate. Even though I also hate the sound of Velcro and a bunch of other specific sounds because I’m very sound sensitive. But I like to think it’s because RB’s gear is full of Velcro, and BB hates that sound so fucking much because every time he’s around RB, he has to wait for the dude to either put his gear on or take it off.

Pet peeves much??

BB has a love-hate relationship with Scarlette, and I think it’s important to know who got him into motorcycles in the first place. - Laly said, I quote 

My thought? RB.

Scarlette likely originally belonged to RB. Maybe he gave or sold her to BB, and BB painted her black.

Scarlette won’t play nice if she senses that you might hurt, be mean to or try to possess her rider. - Laly said, I quote

BB crashed Scarlette once, and the crash scraped off the black paint, revealing the red underneath. Following Scarlette’s logic, maybe she has 2 owners, meaning 2 riders: BB and RB.

Maybe BB took her out for a test ride and ended up crashing because “she didn’t like him at first.” She was attached to RB and close with him so when RB, a walking neon cocktail sign, decided to give her to some emo ex-veteran boy who immediately painted her black... yeah. I can tell they didn’t make a good first impression on each other.

That might be why BB crashed her. She didn’t “obey” him yet. She was still attached to RB as her rightful owner.

I also like to think the day BB crashed Scarlette was the same day he took that picture in his locker, the one where there’s someone standing in the corner.

(BB’s clothes all ripped up in the photo also? He crashed and someone took pic of him 😭)

Can I assume RB taught BB how to ride and stuff? Maybe it was BB’s first time riding Scarlette, and he ended up crashing. RB probably made fun of him for it too. Yk guys humour and sht.

This could explain why BB has that RedLine keychain, the same RedLine that’s on RB’s jacket. Scarlette was originally RB’s.

We know BB likes sweet snacks, especially chocolate and strawberry stuff. But does he like salty things? Sea salt cookies? Salty peanuts?

Hmm. Does he? I don’t think so.

Also, Red Biker makes a joke about giving himself a stroke before he turns 30. That joke sounds so fcking familiar if y’all remember it. I don’t remember if BB said it or if someone else at the garage did, but whoever it was definitely got that humour from RB, or RB got it from them. They influenced each other’s way of speaking.

BB would rather kill himself than hurt MC. His priority is MC, himself, and his motorcycle. - Laly said, I quote He’ll never move on if MC rejects him. He’s loyal. - Laly said, I quote

He says he’s okay with being leashed, but it depends on who’s holding the leash because he doesn’t like being pulled in a different direction.

Can I assume RB was actually the one who suggested BB work at the garage? Because Boss confirmed that BB knew nothing about mechanics at first.

So maybe before Boss was able to earn BB’s trust and loyalty, RB was the one who earned it first.

Then RB went batshit crazy because of MC or something, and BB had to put him down because, like, bro, you’re telling me to hurt the person I like? You’re going to hurt the girl I love? Ain’t no way BB would let that happen.

When BB talks about his old job at Paw Pizza, he says he quit because his old boss isn't the right leader for him. He got jumped by 10 guys and broke his left arm and nose. But he still completed his deliveries because BB says he had a 100% rating for completing orders.

So I assume that even though he got jumped that badly, he still went and delivered after that.

He says he returned home late that night, and MC asks whether he ever went to the hospital or called the police. But he doesn’t answer. He does say he didn’t go home right away and that he was eating.

Can I assume his last order, or last customer, was RB? The guy might’ve been confused af when a tall, strong man showed up at his doorstep completely messed up, holding a pizza box.

Maybe RB helped BB out or asked him some questions. Even invited him to grab a bite???

And even if RB wasn’t a customer, he still could’ve bumped into BB, considering BB says he walked to make deliveries and didn’t have a vehicle at the time.

They bond and sht, and that’s how BB gets to know RB and gets into motorcycles?

Also BB picked 27 to be his lucky number. Who else has that?

BB squints a lot, even when it isn’t bright outside. - Laly said, I quote

Did something happen to his vision? Was it related to his scar?

The tattoo on his jawline is a word. Laly confirmed it says ære.

An ære tattoo likely refers to the Old Norse or Norwegian word æra, meaning “honour.” People get this term tattooed to symbolise values like integrity, bravery, respect, and loyalty to their family or heritage.

Did BB get it for himself, or was RB or MC the one who influenced his decision to get it?

Knowing BB and his stone-ground personality, I believe he probably wanted it himself. But RB might’ve encouraged him a little.

Why is RB’s helmet so fcked up?

MC describes the helmet as looking like it’s been thrown several times. So either RB went insane and smashed his own gear, or he used that helmet to smash something or someone and it ended up looking like that.

Could it be that BB used it to rearrange RB’s face? Idk

The neighbour seems like a caring person who looks out for MC. He says he met RB in the hallway and got death-stared by the guy and stuff. So it’s likely that the man saw RB really up close even with helmet on. There’s no way he can’t tell BB and RB apart, or at least not recognise one of them, right?

The day MC and RB met was the date on the receipt in BB’s wallet.

Also, I want to point out that MC seems to have had memory problems way before she started working at Mad Dog. Consider the note Amy gave her. MC marked it in red with “DON’T FORGET!!!” underlined.

So if that’s the case, it’s easy to understand why she doesn’t remember BB and RB very well, whether it’s because of whatever happened that led to her fear of blood.

Back to the first time she met RB. Why do I say RB?

Because RB appears at the end and tells MC to scan those salty peanuts, and there are salty peanuts on the receipt.

I like to think RB met MC at the store sometime between 17th October and 22nd October. Why those specific days?

The date on the receipt is faded out, but we can see something that almost looks like a “2.”

Flashback to MC’s first day at work, when she meets Lane. Lane says MC hasn’t gotten her own POS code yet, so she can use his code for now.

We don’t know exactly when MC gets her own code, but I’d say it probably takes at least around a week (one of my shtty old jobs made me wait for like a month damnnn). So 22nd October is still within the same time range where she might not have had her own code yet.

That receipt could’ve been MC scanning RB’s items using Lane’s code.

Also, the price tag she printed for Lane. Lane says it was around MC’s first week working there. So that puts it somewhere between 17th to 24th October, most likely.

“What if it was earlier, like 2nd or 12th October?”

No, it can’t be. 12th October is a Sunday. The store is closed and there’s no shift. You can check the calendar RJ hung in the stockroom.

2nd October is too early for MC to even be working there, so that doesn’t make sense either...

So MC and RB likely knew each other from around 17th or 22nd October until the Halloween party on 31st October.

Now, we can’t confirm whether something really happened that night, but Lane vaguely says it’s possible. So let’s assume something did happen on 31st October.

There was a Halloween party at the old warehouse down by the docks. The dress code was red jackets or zombie costumes. Customers were packed into the store. Maybe MC met RB again when he went to the store. 

I’d say 2 weeks isn’t enough for MC to know RB that well, but maybe they talked in a subtle way, like BB and MC do now. They likely knew one or two things about each other.

My thought is this.

What if RB let BB wear his suit that day, and MC thought BB was RB?

Maybe RB dragged BB to that party. There was a dress code theme, right? 🤔 So maybe he put BB in one of his red suits and gear (Which explained the devil face on the helmet, it was original a Halloween theme outfit???)

That could explain why there’s a devil pattern on the helmet. It might’ve been part of a Halloween-themed outfit. But when they swung by the store, maybe MC mistook BB for RB.

As for whether BB knew MC, I think he did. Maybe RB talked about her all the time to BB, and BB got curious, stalked her a little, and kind of understood why RB liked her too.

What happened after that? We don’t know.

Tbh I also think BB could’ve just gone in a zombie costume. I don’t know exactly what happened to his scar, but if he didn’t have the tattoo back then, he could’ve been a zombie just by taking off his helmet.

People would’ve been like “Oooooohhhhh dude! Sick costume!”

BUT BUT BUT, I STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY.

What if RB knew MC, but BB took on his identity so he could get close to MC? Like, putting on RB’s gear and helmet and visiting the store?

Yk identity game? Persona game?

Which is why MC’s memories are so messed up, because these 2 bikers keep switching and showing up at her workplace.

Or maybe they had a bet to see how long they could keep it up without MC figuring out who was who, and then something unfortunately went south.

MC does make comments about how she thinks red suits Scarlette and BB. So maybe her subconscious is trying to tell her about everything BB and RB did.

Like, mannnnn!!!!

The only reason BB isn’t jealous about RB, as we see when he talks to MC’s neighbour, might not be because they’re the same person.

Maybe it’s because of their identity game, prank or bet involving MC.

Even BB might not be sure who MC actually likes and who exactly scared her off.

Like, are you scared of me, BB pretending to be RB? Or are you scared of the real RB?

Do you like BB when he plays RB, or are you actually into RB or BB? Which is which???

It confuses him and makes everything complicated. That’s why he can’t pinpoint his jealousy yet, even though he gets jealous so quickly when MC talks to Serkan or anyone and makes it obvious.

He isn’t jealous of RB because maybe the RB MC liked was actually him, while the person she’s scared of is the real RB.

When MC asks BB if she can touch his wallet, he says she can’t exactly take on his identity.

Uhm. Okay.

Also, do y’all know Fay from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and Ciel from Black Butler?

They took on the identities of people they cared about after those people died. It was their way of grieving and fulfilling what that person never got to fulfil.

So maybe if RB really liked MC, and BB did too, BB wants RB to be accepted by MC in some way. Just minus whatever tf they did before and however badly they messed things up for her.

That’s why BB kept the red helmet and let MC wear it the first time he offered her a ride. Then the next day, he got rid of it and said it had fulfilled its purpose.

What was the red helmet’s purpose? Whatever RB wanted might’ve been its purpose.

RB wanted to take MC on a ride!!!!

And that could’ve been BB’s way of helping RB fulfil one last wish, because he still had some sense of respect for the dude..... Maybe.... 

Also, if the helmet broke because RB crashed his motorcycle, that could explain why BB says he borrowed it and that it fulfilled its purpose.

If RB is alive, the helmet protected its owner. That’s it.

If that man is 6 feet underground then... uhm the helmet still fulfilled its purpose by not letting that man become headless or faceless. Hahahah I'm sorry BB humor 

BB jokes about his scar, faceless and headless, enough of me.... 

Did BB come up with those jokes himself, or was RB the one who called him that after seeing BB’s face?

Who knows? I don’t know!!!

And they dare say women are hard to understand!!!?

So that might be why, when MC says she loves colours too but no matter what she does, the world still feels grey to her, BB goes quiet.

Maybe he’s a little disappointed because it means she doesn’t remember him or RB.

But at the same time, he doesn’t want her to remember someone like RB either, regardless of whatever happened between the three of them.

What if RB was a bad influence on BB? Or maybe he just sped up the process of BB getting off the leash?

1. Scarlette.

- BB has a photo of Scarlette with her original color in his locker. The handwriting on the photo doesn't look like BB's, and there's also a year written in the back - 2004.

- BB stated he went to army in 2003 and returned 4 years later. He also said he started riding after he started working in the garage, and he didn't have a bike when he was working at Paw Pizza.

Summary: The pic was taken by Scarlette's previous owner, who then gave it to BB. The previous owner was most likely Red Biker. Why? The red helmet.

2. The red helmet.

- The mysterious red helmet belonged to someone else.

MC: I rarely see helmets with devil faces on them.

BB: Maybe... The man who wore this thought he was a devil. Or wanted everyone else to think he was.

MC: Wait... It's not yours?

BB: I borrowed it.

MC: Then is the previous owner fine?

BB: He just doesn't need it anymore.

- I don't think BB was wearing it himself because he says in other dialogue that red seems unnecessarily visible for him. He probably just kept it as a memorable thing. Like a piece of someone who was important to him.

3. Red color.

- BB doesn't like to draw attention to himself, he doesn't like when people look at him too much.

MC: I would've bet money you weren't the type of guy who likes drawing attention to himself.

BB: Then you would have made a lot of money. I prefer complete anonymity.

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MC: And... you only have black and white clothes in there? I think you'd look good in... I don't know-

MC: -red?

BB: Red seems unnecessarily visible. I prefer not to attract attention if I can avoid it.

- When BB and MC were talking about his phonecase, he said the person who gave it to him thought he lacked color. Concidering this, I think he was always wearing black/something neutral, so full red motorcycle gear sounds like something completely opposite to him. Besides, he also said in one of the dialogues that the gear takes too much time to put on, and he doesn't wear it for this reason.

MC: Pretty sure this doesn't even belong to you.

BB: It doesn't. Someone gave it to me.

BB: They told me I lacked color.

4. The second photo in the locker.

- On the second photo in BB's locker, someone else is standing with their back to the camera. Even though just a little piece of them was shown, we can see letters TI on their back.

Now take a look at Red's gear. Do you see something familiar?

DUCATI. Fits the letters on the photo.

- Why are this person's clothes not painted red on the photo, though the sharpie writing does? Because it would draw the player's attention, and it would basically confirm Red being not the same person as BB right away. There wouldn't be any intrigue anymore.

5. Mad Dog receipt in BB's wallet.

- The receipt dated October 2009, i.e. a month before the events of the game. When MC decided to give BB her number in shift 2, a message thread that also dated one month ago was in his phone. Laly wouldn't put such detail in the game if it didn't have a meaning behind it. This message thread could've been with Red.

- Lane was the cashier. Now remember his line, "Too many bikers these days." He probably meant BB and Red showing up at Mad Dog. Why didn't he recognize BB after that, then? BB probably was wearing the other helmet - his helmet on the photo in the locker is different, and he gives MC a matte black helmet before driving her to work in shift 3. So that means he has at least 2 of them: his present one and the one from the photo.

- Salted peanuts were in the receipt. At the end of shift 3, Red asked MC to scan a pack of salted peanuts that were no longer in stock, as she thought. Overall, the snacks listed in the receipt were salty, while BB has a sweet tooth, so it probably wasn't him buying all that stuff. Why did he keep the receipt, though? Honestly, I have no idea yet. Maybe something meaningful happened that day, and he decided to keep it as a reminder.

6. The scene at the end of shift 3.

- Red says to MC something like, "You won't do that for him? For me?". And I think by "he" Red meant BB, no matter whose route you chose. There are a lot of hints in the game that MC knew BB before, and I can't say the same about Lane. When MC went to Lane's for the key, she had a flashback, and Lane there was acting like he met her just a couple of days ago. Also, I doubt Amelia would've introduced MC to her brother due to their dynamic, so that means MC hadn't met Lane before she started working at Mad Dog.

- Red said he would drag MC back if she doesn't go back herself. She said she'll never do that, so something definitely happened in the past between her, BB, and Red. They were probably friends until the incident.