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You know a twist is cool when it makes you start crack-theorizing about what's going to happen next

I have a theory about the vault in general that's been stuck in my head for a while and just want to get it out so here we go.
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Ok let's start with something basic first. We know that the people who can use the vault are David, Dave, Memphis, Orlando, Oswin and possibly Florencia. From there we also know that the vault relies on trauma thus why David saw Dave die and tried to save him (Oswin's explanation in day 17 if I remember correctly), Dave sees his friends during the month dead and tries to save them and then finally Orlando for sure saw Dave dead and tries to save him.

Now Orlando does say on his route what was the word that he used to activate the vault. If you go to put the code on day 3 and/or 4 it says that the password date is incorrect as it does with every other password that isn't meant for day 3 and/or 4, meaning that the password can be used. The thing that messes this up is apparently that you cannot see your own death in the vault as Oswin and Thanatos have said. Another reference is when Dave says to Thanatos that since the vault can't show you dead, Thanatos should'nt be able to actually know what happens on a timeline after the vault opens and he agrees that it is possible though he doubts it.

Now here comes the theory. So basically we have info that the vault can't show us our death and it relies on trauma, but what if it CAN show us our death but the circumstances are specific?
As stated above only 4-6 people can use the vault from the story's cast and all of them except Dave haven't used it much. We know all the deaths and we can draw some conclusions. Every death is traumatic to Dave and that's why we are able to put a password for it. But what if Dave's own death wasn't traumatic enough for him? If you died instantly or if you were unconcious and then killed you wouldn't have time to process the event as traumatic. Same goes for Orlando. If he was in pain during his dying time he would not have a calm expression as stated by Dave thus the event wasn't exactly traumatic for Orlando. The very same fact could actually go for David, if he is dead, and Oswin! Oswin should have died instantly to not be able to call for help, so not enough time to make the even traumatic. Same for David. If he died in a shootout he wouldn't be able to see it because there is a chance that he would die instantly.

But then again there is Thanatos himself that could contradict this. But there is another fact that should at least be accounted for. Thanatos himself states that while he is an open-source AI he has commands he must execute, probably in account of Florencia, meaning he doesn't have complete control. That would mean that Florencia and Reginald could have set up a failsafe where Thanatos couldn't see his own death and prevent it, in case of an emergency where he became too dangerous and needed to be disabled. Also since Thanatos isn't alive it could be that he is lacking emotions thus not able to process trauma and see his own death.

With that done, there is one question? What would constitute a death traumatic enough but also able to be used by the vault, meaning that there is enough time to process it? Simple. A death like any of the other characters that don't use the vault. If you pay attention you will notice that everyone was at least alive for a bit (Hoss, Rosswell and Benson i will admit that they are debatable) and suffered a not so pleasant and quick death, in contrast to Benson's. It could be that somehow by either sheer bad luck or someone orchestrating events everyone who can use the vault die in a quick way while the others do not (again 3 people are debatable here). So there could be a new password that will show us Dave's own death and we have to prevent it, which in this case if this theory is correct it would mean that he didn't immidieatly and possibly suffered.

That is all people. Thank you for your time.