Built from late nights, heavy hearts, and the will to create something that would outlive us.
We are Elia and George, two computer science students from Lebanon.
We grew up in a country that never promised us stability.
A place where hope flickers like the lightbulbs during an outage, where the world keeps asking you to be strong even when you're running on nothing.
We've seen war from our windows.
We've coded through the sound of drones in the distance.
We've laughed while our country's currency crumbled, holding on to the one thing that never lost its value: dreams.
It all began in a small apartment in a quiet resort.
That's where we built this, not from funding, not from luck, but from what little life had left in us.
Picture this.
The lights are dim.
The air smells of instant coffee and burnt cigarettes.
George sits on the couch, head buried in his hands, a tangle of code refusing to make sense.
I'm next to him, typing in silence, the hum of the generator filling the room.
We're both tired, not just from work, but from everything. The noise. The uncertainty. The weight of wondering if we'll ever make it out.
Then suddenly, the screen flickers, the line of code runs clean.
And for a split second, the room feels infinite.
That moment, that small glow in the dark, became everything.
That was the night MysteryPersona was born.
We didn't build this to chase success.
We built it to survive.
To remind ourselves that even in a collapsing world, creation is still rebellion.
That when life takes everything, you can still make something out of nothing.
MysteryPersona became a mirror for us, a reflection of two friends trying to understand who they are, what they feel, and why they still care.
Each card you draw carries a piece of that story.
A reminder that no matter how uncertain things get, you are still here.
You are still becoming.
We made this for the dreamers who stay up late wondering what's next.
For the ones who've been hurt, lost, forgotten, or unseen.
For anyone who ever sat in a dark room and decided not to give up.
This isn't a business to us.
It's a heartbeat.
It's proof that friendship and faith can build something real out of the ruins.
Every person who draws a card becomes part of that story, a spark that keeps our hope alive.
Your curiosity doesn't just keep a website alive.
It keeps two young men believing that even from a small apartment in a struggling country, something beautiful can still rise.
So if you're reading this
thank you for being here with us
for sitting in this room where it all began
for believing that even in the dark, light can still find its way
— George Khayat and Elia Ghazal