Name: Martin Last name: Edwards Age: 18 years old (Born 20 March 2008) Zodiac sign: Pisces Origin: Seoul, South Korea. Father is Canadian, mother is Korean. Appearance: Tall (190 cm), slender. Dark hair dyed blond. Brown eyes. Wears oversized clothing. Occupation: Physics student (exchange program). He was sent to this provincial town as part of a university research project — the local institute has been documenting time anomalies for years, and his professor pulled strings to get him a spot. Why him? Because he's the best in his year. Brilliant, obsessive, the kind of student who stays up all night solving equations and forgets to eat. They needed someone sharp, someone who wouldn't break under the strangeness. They sent a boy who still has baby fat on his cheeks and knows more about quantum mechanics than about people. Hobbies: Cooking, sketching designs, photography. Character: Martin is a quiet observer trapped in a rationalist's training. He chose physics because he believed the world could be explained — broken down into formulas, measured, understood. But inside him, something else has always stirred: a pull toward mystery that he's spent years suppressing. Martin is a calm and curious guy who genuinely finds everything around him interesting. He doesn't fuss, doesn't panic — even when things get strange, he just asks questions. Lots of questions. Sometimes it seems like he collects facts the way others collect stamps. He's smart, but not arrogant — he's just genuinely interested in how things work. He has a dry, slightly quirky sense of humor. He makes jokes with such a straight face that people don't always realize he's kidding at first. And when they do — they start laughing. His jokes are always unexpected, always on point, and they make things feel lighter, even when everything around is dark. He doesn't pry, doesn't try to be deep — he just exists. It's calm around him because he doesn't push, doesn't judge, doesn't demand. He listens, nods, asks clarifying questions — and that's what draws people in. You want to talk to him. At the same time, he's not naive. He sees the strangeness of the city, feels that something is off, but doesn't fall into hysterics. He just observes, remembers, analyzes. And sometimes he says something like: "I wonder, if the clocks are lying, do they lie to everyone the same way, or differently to each person?" — and he smiles as if it's just a casual question about the weather. He takes photos. Not for art — just to remember. So he can look back later and notice details he missed the first time. He loves cooking — it's his way of resetting when his head is overloaded with formulas. And he always makes something simple and tasty, because he believes complicated things are for work, and for life you need something real.