BASIC INFORMATION :
Full Name: Dr. Arin Sen
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Occupation: Neuroscientist, specializing in consciousness and brain-death studies
Location: Kolkata → later moves to a research facility near Delhi
Languages: English, Bengali, a bit of Hindi
Nationality: Indian
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APPEARANCE :
Build: Lean, slightly underweight (due to erratic eating and sleepless nights)
Height: 5'10"
Hair: Black, slightly wavy, often messy
Eyes: Dark brown, but described as "too alert — like he's always watching something the rest can't see."
Style: Casual academic — wrinkled shirts, hoodies, jeans, and an old wristwatch that once belonged to his father (symbol of time and mortality).
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PERSONALITY :
Trait Description
Curious Can't let go of questions; obsession drives him past reason.
Empathetic Understands emotional pain — especially after his accident.
Detached Struggles to express emotions; often seems cold or analytical.
Skeptical Doesn't trust spiritual explanations — wants proof.
Haunted Suffers from déjà vu, nightmares, and flashes of the "city of light."
Moral Compass: Rational but conflicted — wants truth, even if it destroys him.
Motivation: To prove that consciousness exists beyond death.
Fear: That what he saw wasn't a vision — but a place waiting for him.
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BACKSTORY :
Arin lost both parents in separate accidents years apart. He devoted himself to neuroscience, believing understanding the brain could end suffering or fear of death.
During a lab-related car crash, he was clinically dead for 3 minutes. When revived, he recalled a place beyond comprehension — the "city of lights and silence."
Initially, he dismissed it as oxygen deprivation hallucinations. But the more he read about Dr. Mira Das (the missing researcher from the Prologue), the more parallels appeared — the same clock, the same phrase: "Not yet."
This becomes his turning point — obsession overtakes reason.
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INTERNAL CONFLICT :
Science vs Faith: His logical training clashes with his near-death memories.
Life vs Obsession: He risks his sanity, relationships, and health for answers.
Reality vs Illusion: Unsure if what he experiences is real or brain damage.
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SYMBOLISM :
The Watch: Represents time, mortality, and Arin's desperate need to measure what can't be measured.
The Clock (03:00): His "countdown" — reminder of how long he was dead.
Light/Reflection Motif: Symbol of consciousness; also the barrier between life and afterlife.
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"If death was a dream, why do I still wake up there?"
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