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Nleta

(#72501401)

Level 1 Ridgeback

Familiar

Stonestomp Spearmaiden

Energy: 48/50

Personal Style

Apparel

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Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

23.6 m

Wingspan

21.57 m

Weight

6682.04 kg

Genetics

Silver
Metallic

Blackberry
Alloy

Blackberry
Veined

Hatchday

Sep 20, 2021
(2 years)

Breed

Adult
Ridgeback

Eye Type

Arcane
Common

Level 1 Ridgeback

EXP: 0 / 245

STR

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

VIT

MND

Lineage

Parents

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none

Biography

N 1 - E 7 A
droid
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lore.
'This room says 'Defective',' the explorer mutters, as if afraid to disturb the blanket quieting the ancient armory. 'Everything in there is useless.'

The engineer persists anyway, pulling at the door with a grunt. 'Not always. Give me a claw with this, please.'

The explorer sighs but gives in. Their combined strength is enough to force the heavy door open with a squeal of metal, the sound echoing in the empty chamber. Air rushes out: stale, hundred-year-old air. The armory shudders at the sudden disturbance, and rust showers down on them both. The explorer holds their breath, eyeing the ceiling. 'I don't like the sound of that.'

'Relax, these things were made to last.' The engineer raps the door with their knuckles. 'C'mon.'

It turns out that the room labelled 'Defective' is, in fact, full of almost useless things. Scrap and broken spare parts, with anything remotely resembling a droid broken down to almost unrecognisable bits.

But at the end of the storeroom--there! A huge tarp draped over a lumpy, hunched over shape. The engineer toes through some of the scrap on the floor and makes a beeline straight for it, while the explorer hangs back a little, though curiosity nags at them.

With a sweep of their arms, the engineer pulls the tarp off, revealing a to-scale droid in the shape of a ridgeback. Sleek silver casing, with deep purple wings and similar purple circuitry shining between the fitted pieces. It is dormant for now, the dim rubellite eyes catching the light of the explorer's torch. It's in a sitting pose, back straightened and eyes looking straight ahead.

The engineer's breath catches.

The explorer steps back.

As if in a trance, the engineer approaches the droid and slides their claws beneath its jaw in search of a switch.

'Hey,' the explorer hisses, 'stop that. We don't know what it does.'

'I'm going to find out.' A click echoes in the storeroom. Then machinery begins to grind and whir; the eyes come to life first, bright and piercing in the gloom. The droid shudders--sharp silver claws flex and straighten, wings of purple-alloy unfurling, and long, whip-like tail sweeping from its dormant place. It stands, the top of its head just barely brushing the ceiling. It cranes it neck to look down at the engineer.

The engineer stumbles back, while the explorer whispers a curse beneath their breath. 'This is why we don't go around activating random droids in ancient armories! What if it kills us?'

Never once taking their eyes off the droid before them, the engineer hisses back, 'It's safe.'

'How do you know that?'

Before the engineer can reply, the droid opens its mouth. 'Look̵ a҉t́ ͘i̸t̴s ̛c͘laws ̸a̡nd ͜t͝e͝et̨h,͏ ̛y̨ou ̀idi͡ot.́ ̀It'͞s̴ ͘n̡ot ͘mad͞ę ̀fo͘r͘ ͏c͝om͝ba҉t̶.' The sound is dreadful, creaking, and an unmmistakable fascimile of the engineer's voice.

The explorer squawks, 'What the f--'

The droid turns its piercing gaze to them and intercepts, this time in the explorer's voice, 'W̡h̸a̧t̶ ͝t̀hè f*͠ck!̴ ͠O͝h̀ my god̛ we'r͝e̸ ́g̨oinǵ ͡to͏ ͠d͟íe.'

The explorer's cry dies in their throat.

'Wait, wait.' The engineer squeezes their eyes shut. 'I can figure this out.'

Instead, the explorer, their eyes wide, says, 'Okay, I didn't say that out loud... but I thought it.'

The droid cocks its head. 'I҉ ̡d͏id̵n͢'t ͝sa҉y t̴h̀a̡t óut̷ loud̨. B͢ut ҉I̡ ̀t͟h͜ou̧g̶ht it.͢'

The engineer gasps. 'So it doesn't just record speech, it--

'Rec͟ord̡s thơug͏hts̶, ̕do͟es͢n'̕t i͡ţ?

'Oh, gods.' The engineer sinks to the dusty ground. 'This is... this is unbelievable. I've never heard of a droid that can do anything like this. This kind of technology is amazing, why is it here?'

The explorer stares at the droid, replying, 'I don't know.' And then, half-jokingly, 'Could've caused a diplomatic incident.'

'Dipl̷o̡m̶a̴tic i͘nc͡id̀e͟n͠t̨', the droid echoes in their voice. 'Wh͡at͡ ̢a͢re ҉th͟e͢ odd͝s̀?'

The explorer's gaze lands on the space around the droid, where the tarp has fallen. Beneath the dark cloth lie dull and dusty rags. Significantly less afraid of the droid now, which moves its head between the two, the explorer nudges the tarp aside.

Lying on the floor is a heap of worn and tattered clothing in dull blue and purple hues. The fabric is recognisable as a robe or a uniform of some sort, once luxurious and expensive for sure, but now next to worthless.

The explorer's voice: 'N̸o̸ń-z͜e̸r͠ò.'

A moment of silence. Then the engineer says again, 'Why was it left here? It's not defective.'

'Maybe it was too dangerous to be used.'

The engineer scrambles to their feet, 'Dangerous? It's not a combat unit, all it does is--'

'T̨r̨an͟s̡m̨it ̵and tr͟a͜n͝şcr͢ibe̵ ̵sp͏eȩch a͡nd t̷h͝o̷u̵ght,' the droid creaks.

'So what do you propose?' The explorer eyes the engineer.

The droid rings out before either can speak, two distinct voices:

'W̵e͘ k̨eep͏ ͢i͠t̡.'

'W͟ę ̸ḑe͝str͢o͜y͠ i͡t̛.̡'

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bio by shanncrafter

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