Ian is the scientist. No, Not just any scientist but THE scientist ecause he created basicly every helpful machine in futuristic Euphorix. Eventually all things come to a head when in the midst of fighting, Ian and his rival end up falling into a machine an incomplete one . Ian wakes up in different worlds constantly finding Kaidon in every world. Is everything nice and rosy? No. Well Ian finds out that Kaidon never hated him but..loved...him? But....differently