Levers at intersections in VLR

[yonicstudios]

Is it explained at a certain point how the levers unlock certain doors at the intersections after the second set of Chromatic doors?

[Battler Ushiromiya]

No, not that I recall.

[Cawotte]

I finished VLR yesterday and nope, it wasn't explained.

[Dylan]

Originally posted by yonicstudios:

Is it explained at a certain point how the levers unlock certain doors at the intersections after the second set of Chromatic doors?

They don't outright explain it, but I think it has something to do with that timeline's randomization of the people who went through the door, so the mix of people+colours they had to go through them determines the door which is unlocked.

[Royal Lamp]

The explanation given in-game is that your every action was manipulated for you to experience all of the possible rooms and timelines. The timelines so you could gather the obvious major info found at the end of them, and the puzzle rooms to strengthen something mentioned in the true ending.

The game does go into a lot of detail in the switch rooms about who is afraid to touch the lever, who pulls it, how forcefully, etc. I had noticed that it's not always Sigma that pulls it and theorized that each of the players has a corresponding room that opens depending on which bracelet pulls the lever.

After going through the Blue door:
If Tenmyouji pulls the lever, the PEC is opened.
If Luna pulls the lever, the Garden is opened.
If Sigma/K pulls the lever (the text is arguable for either), the Rec Room is opened.

After going through the Red door:
If Sigma pulls the lever, the Pantry is opened.
If Dio pulls the lever, the Laboratory is opened.
If Luna pulls the lever, the Control room is opened.

Convincing huh? BUT my theory falls apart at the Green door :'(

In the party Sigma, Alice, Luna - Sigma pulls the lever, and the GAULEM Bay is opened.
In the party Sigma, Clover, Quark - Sigma pulls the lever, and the Treatment Center is opened.
In the party Sigma, Clover, Luna - Sigma pulls the lever, and the Archive is opened.

Maybe if I looked at the BP of those 5 players after the green door there could be some kind of pattern, but at this point it's getting a little absurd. I think a simple text change to have Alice, Clover, or Luna pull the lever in 2 of those scenarios would be fantastic and could be another mystery that is revealed at the end or something.