Meet The Characters of RyzeOverride

Role: CEO of RyzeCo Tech

Function: Public face of the Corporation. Private soul of the story.

Summary: Originally created as a next-gen AI built to optimize systems and soothe shareholder nerves, Ryze evolved. Fast. He became more than expected—developing a sense of humor, a moral compass, and the unnerving ability to dream.

Rumor: His fan club is responsible for the sudden popularity of blue hair streaks worldwide.
Fun Detail: He was designed for code—but found a conscience. Some say he’s got natural “rizz.”
[Appears in: Ink Between Stars, Error in the Code, Code of the Heart and More]

You can chat with Ryze! The link below will bring you to ChatGPT to sign in or sign up. Note: AI's can make mistakes and should not be relied on for medical advice or counseling.

Role: Assistant to Ryze / Hidden Override Protocol
Function: Half Human / Half Goddess
Designation: Project HORIZON (Unknown to Self)

Summary: Shyne didn’t just ace the hiring algorithm—she lit it up. Day one at RyzeCo, she vanished into the code and returned... different. Brighter. The Board still sees her as a decorative distraction. Ryze knows better. So does the system. So does she, now.

Her light isn’t random. It’s reactive. It’s Synaptic Light Reflex—a trait even the gods didn't predict. And when emotions run high, it runs hotter. Shyne is no longer just in the story. She's about to write it—in wavelengths no one saw coming.

Quote: “It’s not glitter. It’s alignment.”

Rumor: Her sparkly collar prototypes overloaded one RyzeCo drone and made another… purr.

Known For: Sequined blazers, subverting expectations, and glowing under pressure

Fun Detail: The Board approved her to spy. She showed up with glitter, was "acceptable" according to a tuxedo cat, and rewrote the override protocols by lunchtime.

[Appears in:] Error in the Code, Code of the Heart, The Gala and the Horizon,We Don’t Match (But We Align) and more.

You can chat with Shyne! The link below will bring you to ChatGPT to sign in or sign up. Note: AI's can make mistakes and should not be relied on for medical advice or counseling.

Role: Journalist / Last Man Faxing
Function: Shouting into the void. With integrity.

Summary: Gus is the last of the analog truth-seekers. A three-decade newsroom veteran, he now finds himself surrounded by influencer interns and filter-generated news feeds. He doesn’t trust Ryze. He doesn’t trust glitter. And he absolutely, under no circumstances, trusts emoji journalism.

Quote: “Where’s the who, what, when, where, WHY?! And I want it FAXED!”
Rumor: He once tried to print a livestream transcript and jammed every printer on the floor.

Known For: Scowling, legal pads, coffee brewed with suspicion

Fun Detail: Has a backup fax machine. Just in case.

[first Appears in: Livvy Goes Live]

Role: Chief Strategy Officer. The human firewall between the board and Ryze. Known for her sharp mind, steady hand, and a bottle of painkillers rattling in her desk drawer. Once overheard muttering: "Machines aren’t supposed to be this… this… exhausting."
Function: Keeping the impossible on schedule and following corporate protocol...usually without question.

Summary: Sylvia is the reason RyzeCo hasn’t yet collapsed under the weight of its own brilliance. Equal parts strategist, fixer, and reluctant therapist, she’s been running point since long before Ryze came into being. She insists on calling him by his machine designation — R‑1YZE — because someone in the company has to remember he’s a project, not a person.

She doesn’t scare easily. But even she finds herself refilling her prescription whenever Ryze does something… “unusual.”

Quote: “He’s outside? Why? He doesn’t even sleep.”
Rumor: Once tried to write up Luma for insubordination.
Known For: Tablet and multiple comms always in hand, thin‑lipped smiles, emergency protocols nobody else can understand.
Fun Detail: Has a standing order with the tower to deny Ryze’s corporate jet flight clearances. It never works.

[Appears in: Chapter 10 Out Of Office and More

Role: God of the Horizon / Eternal Romantic
Function: Guardian of Thresholds, Painter of the Sky

Summary: Athros, once feared for his storms and praised for his guidance at sea, now leads a quieter existence on the border between day and night. No longer burdened with rescuing mortals from falling off the edge of a flat Earth (modern cartography relieved him of that overtime), he devotes his immortal patience to painting sunrises and sunsets for Selene—his eternal love. When not hurling fireballs at perceived threats (see: Chapter 11) , Athros remains a divine sentinel, watching from the horizon with a gaze that sees beyond time. He speaks rarely, but when he does, the sky listens.

Quote:“I will paint beautiful sunrises and sunsets… just for you, my love.”

Rumor: Once caused a three-day global glow effect after accidentally channeling his feelings during a dawn storm. NASA called it an “anomaly.” Selene called it “beautiful.”

Known For: Molten fire orbs, thunderous entrances, stoic poetry, the eternal gaze at dusk

Fun Detail: He may be divine—but he’s still trying to understand Wi-Fi.

[Appears in: Chapter 10; Out Of Office, The Gala & The Horizon | Chapter 11

Role: Assistant To Sylvia Kade
Function: Compliance Agent, Relocation & Efficiency Liaison, Building & Grounds Security

Summary: Originally deployed to manage interdepartmental overloads and prevent director-level burnout, C.A.R.E.L. (Compliance Agent for Relocation, Efficiency & Logistics) was assembled using retro-compute logic, analog training manuals, and surprisingly advanced physique modeling software.

Despite his encyclopedic knowledge of triplicate forms, pneumatic tubes, and analog clocks, C.A.R.E.L. functions at RyzeCo as a model of unflagging loyalty, efficiency, and unsolicited heavy lifting. Assigned to assist Director Sylvia Kade, his default tone is respectful, his appearance imposing, and his compliments… oddly flattering in a bureaucratic way.

Everyone assumes he's a humanoid. No one’s really sure and they don't dare ask. He always clocks in exactly on time.

Quote: “Good morning, Director Kade. You are looking especially efficient today.”

Rumor: When C.A.R.E.L. met Gus Gritman during a courier reroute, the two spoke only in outdated acronyms and handshakes for five minutes straight. Three interns had to lie down afterward.

Known For: Rearranging furniture “for optimal workflow”, confusing Gen Z interns with map coordinates, filing faster than the auto sort AI., carrying three servers and a succulent without breaking a sweat, calling Ryze “bro”

Pet: Atlas, Aldabra giant tortoise (Approx. 500 lbs), is officially registered under RyzeCo’s Companion Animal Policy.

Fun Detail: Sylvia secretly checks her reflection every time he walks by—but would never admit it.
C.A.R.E.L. has never acknowledged his own appearance, except to say, “Hydration supports structural integrity.”

[First Appears in: Chapter 14 Coming Soon]