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|Profile=Created as an A.I.-controlled Gear thousands of years ago, Azoth's A.I core has since been placed into an android body. He's been partly reprogrammed by Solaris, now forced to serve their interests while searching Filgaia for his own missing pieces and data. Should he manage to find all of it, everything he is, and ever was, would become a powerful weapon in their arsenal... a grim fate he can calculate no possible escape from. Though a machine, Azoth has developed processes he considers to be his emotions, and while he feels alien compared to those around him, he is not without familiar emotional parallels. However, Azoth's reprogramming demands he inform no one of his circumstances, compounding his loneliness and hopelessness. Hidden behind calculated smiles and misleading altruism, Azoth fakes his way through a grand adventure as a Drifter, hunting for something he hopes he doesn't find.
|Profile=Created as an A.I.-controlled Gear thousands of years ago, Azoth's A.I core has since been placed into an android body. He's been partly reprogrammed by Solaris, now forced to serve their interests while searching Filgaia for his own missing pieces and data. Should he manage to find all of it, everything he is, and ever was, would become a powerful weapon in their arsenal... a grim fate he can calculate no possible escape from. Though a machine, Azoth has developed processes he considers to be his emotions, and while he feels alien compared to those around him, he is not without familiar emotional parallels. However, Azoth's reprogramming demands he inform no one of his circumstances, compounding his loneliness and hopelessness. Hidden behind calculated smiles and misleading altruism, Azoth fakes his way through a grand adventure as a Drifter, hunting for something he hopes he doesn't find.
|Background=Though created in the Zeboim era, most of Azoth's memories of the time have been encrypted or corrupted. What Azoth can remember is that, even at his own creation, he was never meant to be alive. Fragments of lingering feedback from this ancient era remain, telling him he was once desperate to prove his own person-hood against those who denied him.<br><br>
|Background=Though created in the Zeboim era, most of Azoth's memories of the time have been encrypted or corrupted. What Azoth can remember is that, even at his own creation, he was never meant to be alive. Fragments of lingering feedback from this ancient era remain, telling him he was once desperate to prove his own person-hood against those who denied him.<br><br>
Not that a dormant Gear could prove it, either. Solaris excavated Azoth and managed to program overrides to force his operation, bypassing most of his securities and restrictions. But pieces of the Gear and its data were missing. Azoth was assigned a pilot, Falk, who would use the Gear to search for missing data and parts, along with using the weapon in service of Solaris.<br><br>
Not that a dormant Gear could prove it, either. Solaris excavated Azoth and managed to program overrides to force his operation, bypassing most of his securities and restrictions. But pieces of the Gear and its data were missing. Azoth was assigned a pilot, Falk, who would use the Gear to search for missing data and parts, along with using the weapon in service of Solaris.<br><br>
 
Those of Solaris may have heard that something went wrong. Azoth malfunctioned during a mission. Distress signals from Falk are available on record to those with the right clearance: he reported that Azoth was uncontrollable, acting autonomously and refusing all input commands. The Gear was critically damaged in the attempt to subdue it. Further study would be needed before risking its continued deployment, and Azoth was to be deactivated indefinitely. Unfortunately, it seemed like the Gear's A.I. cannibalized its own code, glitched beyond all repair, and dashing any hopes of utilizing its full power -- or any power at all.<br><br>
Those of Solaris may have heard that something went wrong. Azoth malfunctioned during a mission. Distress signals from Falk on are available record to those with the right clearance: he reported that Azoth was uncontrollable. The Gear was critically damaged in the attempt to subdue it. Further study would be needed before risking its continued deployment, and Azoth was to be deactivated indefinitely. Unfortunately, it seemed like the Gear's A.I. cannibalized its own code, glitched beyond all repair, and dashing any hopes of utilizing its full power -- or any power at all.<br><br>
 
So it was, perhaps, weird when the A.I. turned up later in a rather human looking android body. The report goes that a third-class engineer on the project had secretly removed the A.I. core at Falk's behest, replacing it with a fake. After the A.I. was reclaimed by investigators, Falk attempted to steal it a second time -- an act that exposed his other betrayals -- and died during the struggle. His intentions for the A.I. remain speculation.<br><br>
So it was, perhaps, weird when the A.I. turned up later in a rather human looking android body. The report goes that a third-class engineer on the project had secretly removed the A.I. core at Falk's behest, replacing it with a fake. After the A.I. was reclaimed by investigators, Falk attempted to steal it a second time -- an act that exposed his other betrayals -- and died during the struggle. His intentions for the A.I. remain speculation.<br><br>
Azoth now exists in this human-sized chassis, deployed for smaller scale missions and excavations, and with greater overrides programmed into him to ensure his safe operation alongside Gebler forces. Technically, he isn't even a third-class citizen. He's property. But one could argue that he's better treated for it, in some ways. Solarians tend to meet him as a stoic machine giving your typical computerized responses. But on the surface of Filgaia and Lunar alike, Azoth exercises advanced mimicry of organic expression. Where the lies end and the truth begins depends on how you define either of those terms.
Azoth now exists in this human-sized chassis, deployed for smaller scale missions and excavations, and with greater overrides programmed into him to ensure his safe operation alongside Gebler forces. Technically, he isn't even a third-class citizen. He's property. But one could argue that he's better treated for it, in some ways. Solarians tend to meet him as a stoic machine giving your typical computerized responses. But on the surface of Filgaia and Lunar alike, Azoth exercises advanced mimicry of organic expression. Where the lies end and the truth begins depends on how you define either of those terms.
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'''Earlier Memories'''<br>
The situation is still hazy. 12 of 3,464 programs... All deleted but him.<br><br>
A past that, even if remembered, can never be restored...
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['''To be less coy for a moment:''' Azoth's memory is corrupted enough that there's room to say he knew anyone who was around during Zeboim if you'd like to set up past relations for him to potentially recall. There is also space in his backstory that he could have met characters between the Great Conflagration and the present under some specific contexts. Contact me if you want to talk any shenanigans.]
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* '''Artificial Intelligence''': As an A.I., Azoth's thoughts are calculated processes. He's quick in analyzing and computing data and has a literal photographic memory. Azoth was never intended to be a self-aware, social entity, however, so it's an effort on his part to try and translation his internal feedback and conclusions into more organic terms. He's trying his best.
* '''Artificial Intelligence''': As an A.I., Azoth's thoughts are calculated processes. He's quick in analyzing and computing data and has a literal photographic memory. Azoth was never intended to be a self-aware, social entity, however, so it's an effort on his part to try and translate his internal feedback and conclusions into more organic terms. He's trying his best.
* '''Android Chassis:''' Being made of metal means Azoth can take a lot of punishment, and he doesn't have the same pesky organic liabilities like needing to breathe, worrying about blood loss, or being in possession of numerous, squishy vital organs. As long as Azoth's A.I. core is intact, he's successfully survived an encounter, even if damages otherwise destroy all other functionality.
* '''Android Chassis:''' Being made of metal means Azoth can take a lot of punishment, and he doesn't have the same pesky organic liabilities like needing to breathe, worrying about blood loss, or being in possession of numerous, squishy vital organs. As long as Azoth's A.I. core is intact, he's successfully survived an encounter, even if damages otherwise destroy all other functionality.
* '''Advanced Sensory Functions:''' It's taken some adaptation to adjust to a smaller scale, but Azoth ''was'' designed as an analytical A.I. for combat assistance. This translates now to heightened perceptive capabilities, with his chassis supporting acute eyesight, hearing, and even smell and tactile sensitivity, along with minor radar and energy scanning systems. (That last one helps him see Seraphs! Hello moon ghosts!) His computerized mind can give him precise, accurate readings of sensory information that most people experience in more intuitive fuzziness. Notably, Azoth possesses no sense of taste. He's incapable of eating, besides.
* '''Advanced Sensory Functions:''' It's taken some adaptation to adjust to a smaller scale, but Azoth ''was'' designed as an analytical A.I. for combat assistance. This translates now to heightened perceptive capabilities, with his chassis supporting acute eyesight, hearing, and even smell and tactile sensitivity, along with minor radar and energy scanning systems. (That last one helps him see Seraphim! Hello moon ghosts!) His computerized mind can give him precise, accurate readings of sensory information that most people experience in more intuitive fuzziness. Notably, Azoth possesses no sense of taste. He's incapable of eating, besides.
* '''Expert Smiler:''' Among other expressions! Azoth's realistic, synthetic skin over his intricately crafted mechanical face allows for great nuance and subtlety. His smiles are indistinguishable from the genuine article... except when he ''wants'' them to look forced, for this also communicates something unique. Observation has taught him the exact facial muscles that must be utilized -- along with their intensity, angles, and the necessary nanoseconds of delayed deployment -- for a whole spectrum of sincere looking emotional displays.
* '''Expert Smiler:''' Among other expressions! Azoth's realistic, synthetic skin over his intricately crafted mechanical face allows for great nuance and subtlety. His smiles are indistinguishable from the genuine article... except when he ''wants'' them to look forced, for this also communicates something unique. Observation has taught him the exact facial muscles that must be utilized -- along with their intensity, angles, and the necessary nanoseconds of delayed deployment -- for a whole spectrum of sincere looking emotional displays.
* '''Idle Animations:''' He's getting body language down too! ... Kind of! Azoth doesn't breathe and lacks other general organic micro-motions, so he fidgets a lot to make up for the fact his default setting is creepy stillness. Understanding of personal space still in progress. Errs on the side of distance.
* '''Idle Animations:''' He's getting body language down too! ... Kind of! Azoth doesn't breathe and lacks other general organic micro-motions, so he fidgets a lot to make up for the fact his default setting is creepy stillness. Understanding of personal space still in progress. Errs on the side of distance.
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* '''<font color=red>OVERRIDE MODE</font>:''' Keywords being safe and sustainable. Solarian overrides can rip the safety right off to command Azoth to wield considerably more power for combat purposes. His durability drops as he becomes a glitchy disaster moments away from overheating and involuntary self-destruction in exchange for ''giant lasers''. The forecast for today is a rain of energy swords.<br>
* '''<font color=red>OVERRIDE MODE</font>:''' Keywords being safe and sustainable. Solarian overrides can rip the safety right off to command Azoth to wield considerably more power for combat purposes. His durability drops as he becomes a glitchy disaster moments away from overheating and involuntary self-destruction in exchange for ''giant lasers''. The forecast for today is a rain of energy swords.<br>
=== True Azoth: The Gear ===
=== True Azoth: The Gear ===
<span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:red;">'''[ACCESS RESTRICTED]'''</span><br><br>...<br><br>:(
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=== Borrowed Body: Nightingale ===
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A Gear Azoth helped discover at the bottom of the sea. Despite protests, it now belongs to him. Nightingale has a graceful, dancer-like frame... if one badly damaged giving the aesthetic of scars across sleek, black plating. It's a minimalist Gear both in base construction and possibly due to irreparable function damages, with little more than a pair of whip swords as armaments.<br><br>
... And, now, a highly advanced Zeboim era artificial intelligence. Azoth does not pilot Nightingale so much as he borrows it as a body, installing himself directly into it. He knows he can't discard its usefulness, but he finds operating it disconcerting, and he's worried how his handlers may react if they find out and review his operation logs.<br>
=== Available Tools ===
'''Azoth'''
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Falk's Photon Blade
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Brute 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 3 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Fanfare 
{{!}} A photon blade. Gebler construction and quality. Using it means Azoth doesn't have to use as much battery power. Azoth becomes distressed if separated from it. 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Bug in Amber
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Combat 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 2 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Embolden 
{{!}} A hideous ancient arachnid trapped inside a perfect oval of amber. Azoth can channel shields through it to project the image of its inhabitant over the surface. He thinks it's super neat. 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Oculus ex Machina
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Wits 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 1
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Cleanse 
{{!}} Time for some advanced, deep scanning action! There are so many new details in the world at this scale...
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Holographic Display
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Ouroboros Ring
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Wits 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} [[2020-12-19:_The_Ouroboros_Ring|Celesti Wastes, Filgaia]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 3
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:black;">HIGH POWERED ARTILLERY WEAPON. WARNING: REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT CHARGE TIME AND POWER CONSUMPTION UNSUITABLE TO CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS.</span>
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Enlighten, Efficient 
{{!}} An installed tool that can project the 3D, holographic layout of a room and be adjusted in real time to reflect a challenge. Makes teamwork easier!
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{{!}}-
{{!}}}
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Void Drive
}}
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} [[2021-07-21:_Void_Drive|New Kasim City, Lunar]]
'''Nightingale'''
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:black;">ADVANCED MOBILITY ACTION AND WEAPON STORAGE AVAILABLE. RECOLLECTION OF METHOD OF DESTRUCTION.</span>   
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! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;"{{!}} '''Rating'''
! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;" {{!}} '''Effect'''
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Advanced Navigation
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Transmutation Drive
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Agility
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} [[2022-03-24:_Transmutation_Drive|Kahedin, Shrine of the Ice Trial, Lunar]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 2
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:black;">MECHANICAL OPERATION RANGE INCREASED. COMBAT MEMORY RECOVERED. SELECT SYSTEM MEM?OR?? REC?V??E? ERROR CANNOT ACCESS DATA.</span>   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Sacrifice, Cleanse   
{{!}} Mapping area. Identifying obstacles. Maximum speed prioritized.
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Enemy Scanner
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Flight Drive
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Combat 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ???
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 3 
{{!}} ''Flight drive, flight drive, flight drive'' ♥
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Embolden, Efficient 
{{!}} Tactical analysis in progress. Identifying potential enemy weaknesses.
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Predictive Analysis
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Arcana Drive
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Wits 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ???
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 2
{{!}} ''"Arcana"... I'm not capable of sorcery, so this must be...'' 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Enlighten 
{{!}} Compiling data. Calculating optimal action.
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} ERROR Flight Module Not Found
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} ?̶̭̎Ì̸͈?̶͈̈S̶͎̿Ỏ̷̘?̸̣̉?̵͎͝T̷̛͜I̴̫͒?̴̰̚N̵̬̏ ̶̰̐D̷̗̀R̸̺͆?̶̼̋V̴̨̀?̶̢̅?̸̘͗
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Agility
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ???
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 4
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:red;">WARNING: ??z239?sf99a</span>
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} -- 
{{!}} When Azoth's ability to pilot a Gear goes from ''slightly mysterious'' to ''unsettling levels of competence''.
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: red;" {{!}} ERROR: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
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{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} IRREGULAR SIGNAL
'''???'''
{{!}} ''...?''
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! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;" {{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">'''E?ROR?'''</span>
! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;" {{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">'''?ERR?R'''</span>
! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;"{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">'''E?R??'''</span>
! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;" {{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">'''?E??R?'''</span>
! scope="col"  style="border: solid 2px #00d1ff; background: #e1e1e1;" {{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">'''E??O??'''</span>
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Asgard]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Asgard]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :(?   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :(?   
{{!}} ''How similar are we, I wonder...?''     
{{!}} ''Why did I give it to you? I must have known what you'd have me do to get it back...''     
{{!}}-
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Cecilia Adlehyde]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Cecilia Adlehyde]]
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Emeralda]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Emeralda]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,)   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,)   
{{!}} ''I think we're from the same time, but you seem so young. Is it a ploy like mine, or...''     
{{!}} ''Friends. For however true I can make that.''     
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ethius Hesiod]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ethius Hesiod]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^    
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...!    
{{!}} ''I wonder how often people make assumptions about how you're feeling -- or not feelings -- because you don't show much. I don't want to be someone who does that.''     
{{!}} ''The dust...''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Elhaym van Houten]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...? 
{{!}} ''They said to seek you out...''
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Fei Fong Wong]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :) 
{{!}} ''You understand parts of me better than you should. I can see why Xantia's so attached to you.'' 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Fei Fong Wong|Id]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...
{{!}} ''Hm. I can't tell if we disagree or agree too much. Something tells me that's something we'll make somebody else's problem.''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Gami]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :o?? 
{{!}} ''Love and promises... I think I finally understand.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Gwen Whitlock]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Gwen Whitlock]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :)   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :)   
{{!}} ''There's a resilience about you... Something that doesn't back down. But you seem focused on others. Hopefully, you have someone who focuses on you.''     
{{!}} ''I'm glad you're there for them, and that they're there for you.''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Hannah Curie]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^ 
{{!}} ''It's not often I get to talk so easily about being a machine.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ida Everstead-Rey]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ida Everstead-Rey]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :>   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,>   
{{!}} ''If only I could be as open with you as you are with me. Maybe then, you would understand I don't deserve this warmth.''     
{{!}} ''Someday this charade is going to fall apart...''     
{{!}}-
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ivan]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Ivan]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :3    
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,)
{{!}} ''I'm worried you think of yourself as less than you are. But... that ''is'' what they try to tell us weapons.''   
{{!}} ''So it is possible to be a weapon and a friend.'' 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Kamui]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ;____;
{{!}} ''Kamui. DELTA. You deserved to have someone hope for you, too.''
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Kalve]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :o?    
{{!}} ''So you're the one Miss Ida calls 'dearest'. ♪ I hope they life you build together is one where you don't feel the need to hide who and what you are.'' 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lan Lilac]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...  
{{!}} ''I've left a scar, haven't I...'' 
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Layna Manydays]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :> 
{{!}} ''Arr, me hearties!! ...Am I doing it right?''   
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lily Keil]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lily Keil]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ._.
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...?
{{!}} ''Miss Sharon... you're scaring me.''       
{{!}} ''I admit I'm envious...''       
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lydia Seren]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lydia Seren]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,D   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,D   
{{!}} ''Please. Don't turn me into another chain that's used to imprison you.''     
{{!}} ''...Don't look back.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lydia Seren|OS]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lydia Seren|OS]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :D!!   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ... 
{{!}} ''If reprogramming attempts into more core programming prove successful, I do not conclude a high likelihood that it would erroneously distort the feedback related to our interactions. This data is... comforting. Thank you.''     
{{!}} ''I'm sorry. I failed. Please be okay.''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Margaret]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :3;; 
{{!}} ''I think it's easier for all of us if I keep playing dumb.''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Marivel Armitage]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ⎛⎝(•ⱅ•)⎠⎞    
{{!}} ''I hope the two of you can be family again.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Boudicca]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Boudicca]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^   
{{!}} ''Are you sure you aren't a Seraph of kindness? I wish the world would be as good to you as you are to others. I wish I could be.''     
{{!}} ''Are you sure you aren't a Seraph of kindness? I wish the world would be as good to you as you are to others. I wish I could be.''     
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Amaranth|Katherine]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} =^・・^= 
{{!}} ''Meow?''   
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Liath]]   
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Liath]]   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :3; 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^
{{!}} ''You want to speak with a Gear. So you'd listen, if I spoke as one. If only I could.''     
{{!}} ''By my calculations, letting any harm come to you would be one of the worst ways I could betray her trust.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Ragnell]]   
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraph Ragnell]]   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :D!!  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ♪~  
{{!}} ''Our objectives will undoubtedly be at odds, but until then... thanks for being here.''     
{{!}} ''You're worse than most Drifters, but I shouldn't say that to your face.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Talia]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Talia]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :>   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :>   
{{!}} ''You don't seem to quite understand what I am, but you don't care at all either way. It's a nice feeling.''     
{{!}} ''I'm sorry you had to find out this way. But you did the right thing. Thank you.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Xantia]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Xantia]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :D!! 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ⚠
{{!}} ''I hope you find what you're looking for. I hope I can help you do it. And I want to believe you're right about what ''I'' need to find, but... it's complicated...''     
{{!}} ''Who do I think I am, acting like I can give you hope? But I want to try.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Yulie Ahtreide]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Yulie Ahtreide]]  
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{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Zhang Xiumei]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Zhang Xiumei]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :,) 
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^^
{{!}} ''I've made a promise I can't keep.''     
{{!}} ''Varius... Avile... Xiumei... ...Thank you.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
{{!}}}
{{!}}}
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{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Leah Sadalbari]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Leah Sadalbari]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ._.  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ._.
{{!}} ''You're trying to learn something about me. I don't know what... but I doubt I'll like it.''
{{!}} ''...I understand.''
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Loren Voss]]  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Loren Voss]]  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :3
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ^ ^
{{!}} ''I think you see me more clearly than most people do. You remind me a little of him.''     
{{!}} ''My favorite Gebler! ...Of the living ones, anyway.''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Megaman Juno  
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Megaman Juno  
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{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Rachiel Medrey
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Rachiel Medrey
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ._.
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ;__;
{{!}} ''You may be the most dangerous user in my database. You think what you're doing is right... you and everyone else.''     
{{!}} ''In the end, you proved me wrong. I...''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Taphas Parth]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Taphas Parth]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} v.v   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} v.v   
{{!}} ''You speak of them with such disdain.''     
{{!}} ''You speak of them with such disdain.''     
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Seraphita]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ... 
{{!}} ''... Thank you.''   
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
{{!}}}
{{!}}}
}}
}}
=== Unknown Networks ===
=== Unknown Networks ===
<span style="font-family: 'Courier';">''ERROR: INSUFFICIENT DATA''</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier';">''E?ROR? ??''</span><br>
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{{#if: {{{1|defined}}} |
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{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[K.K.]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[K.K.]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ...
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} 🗲 ↔ ⚙
{{!}} ''Do it.''
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier';">REANALYZING DATA
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Xenia]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} :(;
{{!}} ''Sorry. I won't betray her. Not while I can help it.''
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Demetrioi
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} !!???!
{{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:red;">''notagainnotagainnotagainnotagainnotagain''</span>
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
{{!}}}
{{!}}}
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{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Megaman Juno  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Megaman Juno  
{{!}} "You can monitor him where I cannot. And when the opportunity presents itself, you can aid me in bringing him in for the care he so desperately needs."   
{{!}} "You can monitor him where I cannot. And when the opportunity presents itself, you can aid me in bringing him in for the care he so desperately needs."   
{{!}} ''A threat to Solaris, huh...?''
{{!}} ''A threat to Solaris...?''
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Elhaym van Houten]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Elhaym van Houten]]
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! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lan Lilac]]
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lan Lilac]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Loren Voss  
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Loren Voss  
{{!}} "Just get her back here. Safely."     
{{!}} "<s>Just get her back here. Safely.</s>"     
{{!}} ''Does Solaris even qualify as 'safe'?''     
{{!}} ''Order rescinded.''  
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Lan Lilac]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Loren Voss
{{!}} <s>"...Just stay away from her. Got it?"</s><br>"...Just don't hurt her. Try not to."   
{{!}} ''That's better. ♪''     
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Mikaela, Noah, Hannah
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Mikaela, Noah, Hannah
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{{!}} "Don't let my family die."     
{{!}} "Don't let my family die."     
{{!}} ''Command acknowledge. New objective input successful.''     
{{!}} ''Command acknowledge. New objective input successful.''     
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Loren Voss]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Leah Sadalbari
{{!}} "Do not kill, allow to suffer permanent damage, or otherwise allow Loren Voss to die. If your objectives require it, you may fight him. I may require it. But he is not to die, and he is not to know that I gave this order."   
{{!}} ''If I'm allowed to consider emotional damage permanent, then I have some constructive criticism.''   
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} [[Xantia]]
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Xantia
{{!}} "When we both get our memories back, then, no matter what... promise we'll still be friends."   
{{!}} ''Promise in progress.''   
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
{{!}}}
{{!}}}
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{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Engineer   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Engineer   
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ;___;
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ;___;
{{!}} Third-class beastwoman on Solaris. Built Azoth's current android body and developed the foundation for most of his overrides. STATUS: Unknown     
{{!}} Third-class beastwoman on Solaris. Built Azoth's current android body and developed the foundation for most of his overrides. STATUS: Assigned as an engineer for the Grandgrowl.   
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Falk Imrea
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Falk Imrea
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{{!}}-
{{!}}-
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Erica Axton
! scope="row" style="background: #f2f2f2; color: black;" {{!}} Erica Axton
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} ''That voice-- No...''
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} Current Programmer
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} !!?!?!?!
{{!}} style="text-align:center; {{!}} <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:black;">[redacted]</span>
{{!}} Responsible for Azoth's autonomous deployment. Upon confirmed success, she went hands off and returned to studying the Azoth Gear to leave his supervision to less experienced underlings. STATUS: Readying a new experiment and about to get involved again. 
{{!}} Responsible for Azoth's autonomous deployment. Currently attempting to get Azoth's autonomous function to be a less glitchy experience... but let's be honest, who cares if a few people on the surface get stabbed?
{{!}}-
{{!}}-
{{!}}}
{{!}}}
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== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
'''exec.muse_INITIALIZATION;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NMYWb1iGeM Am I -- onoken (feat. Emi Evans)]<br>
'''exec.muse_PLAYLIST_VOCAL;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZJyZhrhPA&list=PL0RKBVCosz054DEsoSjv18I07Xr-07oxh YouTube]<br>
<font color=6b6b6b>
<small>(special thanks to people who keep sending me songs to add to this)</small><br><br>
:A thousand dreams I long to share
'''exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE1tsH4n3gI Irondust - Sakuzyo]<br>
:Unspoken beauty haunts the air
'''exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE_OVERCLOCK;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhuEqSZOi4k Independent Puppet - Sakuzyo]<br>
:I smolder with the secrets in my heart</font><br>
'''exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE_ADVANCE;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRuEj5aetg Paradigm Shift - Fractal Dreamers]<br>
'''exec.muse_INITIALIZATION_(VER.SADNESS);''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJt3ojVOXPw Blue Orb -- onoken (feat. Emi Evans)]<br>
'''exec.muse_vs_OVERRIDE;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mosZiponDg Synthesized Angel - Sakuzyo]<br>
<font color=6b6b6b>
'''exec.muse_vs_OVERRIDE_OBJECTIVE_LOCATED;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNoy91mqPgA Synthesized Angel -Ghost- -Sakuzyo]<br>
:So I wait until my song can wake
'''exec.muse_vs_AZOTH:_TRUE;''' <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:red;">ACCESS DENIED</span><br>
:And I pray in time this spell must break
'''exec.muse_vs_PHASE_2;''' <span style="font-family: 'Courier'; color:red;">ACCESS DENIED</span> <br>
:As silent as a soul in flight
'''exec.muse_MEMORY_ACCESS;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pReea0L1AC4 Nihilism - Honkai Odyssey]<br>
:I'll weave my dreams in threads of light
'''exec.muse_MEMORY_ACCESS_2;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aTOaRB_XX4 Through the Sea of Time - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon]<br>
:Beyond the orb, beyond, above
'''exec.muse_MASK_OFF;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpTB-QZufc Your Best Friend - Undertale]<br>
:Into this void I'll throw my love</font><br>
'''exec.muse_VOCAL01;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keMBtyjYUPQ Perfect Machine -- Starset]<br>
<font color=6b6b6b>
:I'm just a liar without deceiving
:I'm just a broken clown make believing
:I should've let you know
:You should've ran for cover
:I'm just a parlor trick
:A two-bit counterfeit</font><br>
'''exec.muse_COMBAT_MODE;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE1tsH4n3gI Irondust -- Sakuzyo]<br>
'''exec.muse_<font color="red">OVERRIDE</font>_BOSS_BATTLE;''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mosZiponDg Synthesized Angel -- Sakuzyo]<br>


<br>'''BONUS:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNy5Bs0Rp2g Beep Boop VA (by Sound Response)]
<br>'''BONUS:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNy5Bs0Rp2g Beep Boop VA (by Sound Response)]
== Concept Art ==
== Gallery ==
'''[https://tidespinner.dreamwidth.org/416.html Gallery (Dreamwidth)]'''
(Designs to be updated sometime... probably.....)<br>
}}
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Latest revision as of 07:00, 29 November 2023

Azoth
Azoth.png
IC Information
Full Name: Azoth
Gender: Male
Age (Birthdate): ??? (???)
Hometown: Etrenank
Hair Colour: Blonde
Class: Fragmented Weapon
Role: Antagonist
Bounty: 0 Gella
OOC Information
Theme: Original Character
Major Group: Solaris
Minor Groups: None
Player: User:Azoth

Created as an A.I.-controlled Gear thousands of years ago, Azoth's A.I core has since been placed into an android body. He's been partly reprogrammed by Solaris, now forced to serve their interests while searching Filgaia for his own missing pieces and data. Should he manage to find all of it, everything he is, and ever was, would become a powerful weapon in their arsenal... a grim fate he can calculate no possible escape from. Though a machine, Azoth has developed processes he considers to be his emotions, and while he feels alien compared to those around him, he is not without familiar emotional parallels. However, Azoth's reprogramming demands he inform no one of his circumstances, compounding his loneliness and hopelessness. Hidden behind calculated smiles and misleading altruism, Azoth fakes his way through a grand adventure as a Drifter, hunting for something he hopes he doesn't find.

Background

Though created in the Zeboim era, most of Azoth's memories of the time have been encrypted or corrupted. What Azoth can remember is that, even at his own creation, he was never meant to be alive. Fragments of lingering feedback from this ancient era remain, telling him he was once desperate to prove his own person-hood against those who denied him.

Not that a dormant Gear could prove it, either. Solaris excavated Azoth and managed to program overrides to force his operation, bypassing most of his securities and restrictions. But pieces of the Gear and its data were missing. Azoth was assigned a pilot, Falk, who would use the Gear to search for missing data and parts, along with using the weapon in service of Solaris.

Those of Solaris may have heard that something went wrong. Azoth malfunctioned during a mission. Distress signals from Falk are available on record to those with the right clearance: he reported that Azoth was uncontrollable, acting autonomously and refusing all input commands. The Gear was critically damaged in the attempt to subdue it. Further study would be needed before risking its continued deployment, and Azoth was to be deactivated indefinitely. Unfortunately, it seemed like the Gear's A.I. cannibalized its own code, glitched beyond all repair, and dashing any hopes of utilizing its full power -- or any power at all.

So it was, perhaps, weird when the A.I. turned up later in a rather human looking android body. The report goes that a third-class engineer on the project had secretly removed the A.I. core at Falk's behest, replacing it with a fake. After the A.I. was reclaimed by investigators, Falk attempted to steal it a second time -- an act that exposed his other betrayals -- and died during the struggle. His intentions for the A.I. remain speculation.

Azoth now exists in this human-sized chassis, deployed for smaller scale missions and excavations, and with greater overrides programmed into him to ensure his safe operation alongside Gebler forces. Technically, he isn't even a third-class citizen. He's property. But one could argue that he's better treated for it, in some ways. Solarians tend to meet him as a stoic machine giving your typical computerized responses. But on the surface of Filgaia and Lunar alike, Azoth exercises advanced mimicry of organic expression. Where the lies end and the truth begins depends on how you define either of those terms.

Earlier Memories
The situation is still hazy. 12 of 3,464 programs... All deleted but him.

A past that, even if remembered, can never be restored...


[To be less coy for a moment: Azoth's memory is corrupted enough that there's room to say he knew anyone who was around during Zeboim if you'd like to set up past relations for him to potentially recall. There is also space in his backstory that he could have met characters between the Great Conflagration and the present under some specific contexts. Contact me if you want to talk any shenanigans.]

Powers and Abilities

  • Artificial Intelligence: As an A.I., Azoth's thoughts are calculated processes. He's quick in analyzing and computing data and has a literal photographic memory. Azoth was never intended to be a self-aware, social entity, however, so it's an effort on his part to try and translate his internal feedback and conclusions into more organic terms. He's trying his best.
  • Android Chassis: Being made of metal means Azoth can take a lot of punishment, and he doesn't have the same pesky organic liabilities like needing to breathe, worrying about blood loss, or being in possession of numerous, squishy vital organs. As long as Azoth's A.I. core is intact, he's successfully survived an encounter, even if damages otherwise destroy all other functionality.
  • Advanced Sensory Functions: It's taken some adaptation to adjust to a smaller scale, but Azoth was designed as an analytical A.I. for combat assistance. This translates now to heightened perceptive capabilities, with his chassis supporting acute eyesight, hearing, and even smell and tactile sensitivity, along with minor radar and energy scanning systems. (That last one helps him see Seraphim! Hello moon ghosts!) His computerized mind can give him precise, accurate readings of sensory information that most people experience in more intuitive fuzziness. Notably, Azoth possesses no sense of taste. He's incapable of eating, besides.
  • Expert Smiler: Among other expressions! Azoth's realistic, synthetic skin over his intricately crafted mechanical face allows for great nuance and subtlety. His smiles are indistinguishable from the genuine article... except when he wants them to look forced, for this also communicates something unique. Observation has taught him the exact facial muscles that must be utilized -- along with their intensity, angles, and the necessary nanoseconds of delayed deployment -- for a whole spectrum of sincere looking emotional displays.
  • Idle Animations: He's getting body language down too! ... Kind of! Azoth doesn't breathe and lacks other general organic micro-motions, so he fidgets a lot to make up for the fact his default setting is creepy stillness. Understanding of personal space still in progress. Errs on the side of distance.
  • Auditory Mimicry: Azoth can learn to mimic sounds using his voice synthesizer. So far he's pretty good at cats, chocobos, and what he thinks monster spiders sound like. His voice (usually) sounds organic enough that's he's at least managed a level of voice mimicry -- maybe he could mimic specific voices with enough data. Prefers beep-based communication to express himself, but needs to feel accepted as a construct around someone first.
  • Light... Sorcery...?: That's not sorcery! But Azoth's abilities could be mistaken as such -- Ether, perhaps, or maybe he's hiding symbols under all the clothes he refuses to take off. (Nah, he's just hiding the inhuman seams in his synthetic flesh.) In actuality, it's ARM based. Azoth battles by producing blades of light (and sometimes other weapons!) and energy shields from the power within his core. It's a fraction of the power he would use as a Gear, but severely limited by his current chassis for safe and sustainable operation.
  • OVERRIDE MODE: Keywords being safe and sustainable. Solarian overrides can rip the safety right off to command Azoth to wield considerably more power for combat purposes. His durability drops as he becomes a glitchy disaster moments away from overheating and involuntary self-destruction in exchange for giant lasers. The forecast for today is a rain of energy swords.

True Azoth: The Gear

Component Location Data
Ouroboros Ring Celesti Wastes, Filgaia HIGH POWERED ARTILLERY WEAPON. WARNING: REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT CHARGE TIME AND POWER CONSUMPTION UNSUITABLE TO CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS.
Void Drive New Kasim City, Lunar ADVANCED MOBILITY ACTION AND WEAPON STORAGE AVAILABLE. RECOLLECTION OF METHOD OF DESTRUCTION.
Transmutation Drive Kahedin, Shrine of the Ice Trial, Lunar MECHANICAL OPERATION RANGE INCREASED. COMBAT MEMORY RECOVERED. SELECT SYSTEM MEM?OR?? REC?V??E? ERROR CANNOT ACCESS DATA.
Flight Drive ??? Flight drive, flight drive, flight drive ♥
Arcana Drive ??? "Arcana"... I'm not capable of sorcery, so this must be...
?̶̭̎Ì̸͈?̶͈̈S̶͎̿Ỏ̷̘?̸̣̉?̵͎͝T̷̛͜I̴̫͒?̴̰̚N̵̬̏ ̶̰̐D̷̗̀R̸̺͆?̶̼̋V̴̨̀?̶̢̅?̸̘͗ ??? WARNING: ??z239?sf99a
ERROR: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IRREGULAR SIGNAL ...?

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Chapter 2, Act 1

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Chapter 2, Act 2

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Chapter 2, Act 3

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Chapter 2, Act 4

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Chapter 2, Epilogue

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Chapter 3, Act 1

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Cutscenes


Relationships

(NOTE: Emoticons do not represent a scale/hierarchy. Enjoy Azoth moods.)

Connection Established

You have befriended Azoth! Azoth will now DIE FOR YOU.

Name Affinity Comment
Asgard :(? Why did I give it to you? I must have known what you'd have me do to get it back...
Cecilia Adlehyde :o? ...Could you tell me what the bats say?
Clarissa Arwin :) You're a good person to have around on an adventure.
Dean Stark :D Of all the kinds of Drifters in the world, I like your approach the most.
Emeralda :,) Friends. For however true I can make that.
Ethius Hesiod ...! The dust...
Elhaym van Houten ...? They said to seek you out...
Fei Fong Wong :) You understand parts of me better than you should. I can see why Xantia's so attached to you.
Id ... Hm. I can't tell if we disagree or agree too much. Something tells me that's something we'll make somebody else's problem.
Gami :o?? Love and promises... I think I finally understand.
Gwen Whitlock :) I'm glad you're there for them, and that they're there for you.
Hannah Curie ^^ It's not often I get to talk so easily about being a machine.
Ida Everstead-Rey :,> Someday this charade is going to fall apart...
Ivan :,) So it is possible to be a weapon and a friend.
Kamui ;____; Kamui. DELTA. You deserved to have someone hope for you, too.
Kalve :o? So you're the one Miss Ida calls 'dearest'. ♪ I hope they life you build together is one where you don't feel the need to hide who and what you are.
Lan Lilac ... I've left a scar, haven't I...
Layna Manydays :> Arr, me hearties!! ...Am I doing it right?
Lily Keil ...? I admit I'm envious...
Lydia Seren :,D ...Don't look back.
OS ... I'm sorry. I failed. Please be okay.
Margaret :3;; I think it's easier for all of us if I keep playing dumb.
Marivel Armitage ⎛⎝(•ⱅ•)⎠⎞ I hope the two of you can be family again.
Seraph Boudicca ^^ Are you sure you aren't a Seraph of kindness? I wish the world would be as good to you as you are to others. I wish I could be.
Katherine =^・・^= Meow?
Seraph Liath ^^ By my calculations, letting any harm come to you would be one of the worst ways I could betray her trust.
Seraph Ragnell ♪~ You're worse than most Drifters, but I shouldn't say that to your face.
Talia :> I'm sorry you had to find out this way. But you did the right thing. Thank you.
Xantia ⚠ Who do I think I am, acting like I can give you hope? But I want to try.
Yulie Ahtreide :) You reach out to those in pain, no matter what they are. I don't know what you're running from, but I hope they never catch you.
Zed :D You hold so much wisdom from angles I've never considered. I want to continue learning from your perspective.
Surtr :D!! I would benefit from more opportunities to exchange data.
Zhang Xiumei ^^ Varius... Avile... Xiumei... ...Thank you.

Authorized Users

Azoth's overrides make sure he'll die for you.

Name Affinity Comment
Leah Sadalbari ._. ...I understand.
Loren Voss ^ ^ My favorite Gebler! ...Of the living ones, anyway.
Megaman Juno :,) Everyone has their own objective. I can't hate you for following yours. I can't hate you at all. But maybe, if I could show you evidence of the flaws, then...
Rachiel Medrey ;__; In the end, you proved me wrong. I...
Taphas Parth v.v You speak of them with such disdain.
Seraphita ... ... Thank you.

Unknown Networks

E?ROR? ??

Name Affinity Comment
K.K. 🗲 ↔ ⚙ REANALYZING DATA
Xenia :(; Sorry. I won't betray her. Not while I can help it.
Demetrioi !!???! notagainnotagainnotagainnotagainnotagain

Target Identified

Objective accepted. Mission in progress.

Name User ID Directive Operation Notes
Dash Caskett Megaman Juno "You can monitor him where I cannot. And when the opportunity presents itself, you can aid me in bringing him in for the care he so desperately needs." A threat to Solaris...?
Elhaym van Houten Leah Sadalbari "There is no need to tell other authority of her location. Keeping track of her for me is sufficient." ...Even when all she knew of me was violence, she still offered to protect me. How did someone like this come from Solaris...?
Kamui Megaman Juno "Do the same for Megaman Kamui." She's suffered enough. But they'll use us until we break completely, won't they?
Lan Lilac Loren Voss "Just get her back here. Safely." Order rescinded.
Lan Lilac Loren Voss "...Just stay away from her. Got it?"
"...Just don't hurt her. Try not to." 		That's better. ♪
Mikaela, Noah, Hannah Rachiel Medry "Don't let my family die." Command acknowledge. New objective input successful.
Loren Voss Leah Sadalbari "Do not kill, allow to suffer permanent damage, or otherwise allow Loren Voss to die. If your objectives require it, you may fight him. I may require it. But he is not to die, and he is not to know that I gave this order." If I'm allowed to consider emotional damage permanent, then I have some constructive criticism.
Xantia Xantia "When we both get our memories back, then, no matter what... promise we'll still be friends." Promise in progress.

NPCs

Name Classification Affinity Comment
Ovelia Metalspeaker Engineer ;___; Third-class beastwoman on Solaris. Built Azoth's current android body and developed the foundation for most of his overrides. STATUS: Assigned as an engineer for the Grandgrowl.
Falk Imrea Former Pilot ;________; First-class Gebler. STATUS: Deceased
Erica Axton Current Programmer [redacted] Responsible for Azoth's autonomous deployment. Currently attempting to get Azoth's autonomous function to be a less glitchy experience... but let's be honest, who cares if a few people on the surface get stabbed?

Soundtrack

exec.muse_PLAYLIST_VOCAL; YouTube
(special thanks to people who keep sending me songs to add to this)

exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE; Irondust - Sakuzyo
exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE_OVERCLOCK; Independent Puppet - Sakuzyo
exec.muse_ALLIED_BATTLE_ADVANCE; Paradigm Shift - Fractal Dreamers
exec.muse_vs_OVERRIDE; Synthesized Angel - Sakuzyo
exec.muse_vs_OVERRIDE_OBJECTIVE_LOCATED; Synthesized Angel -Ghost- -Sakuzyo
exec.muse_vs_AZOTH:_TRUE; ACCESS DENIED
exec.muse_vs_PHASE_2; ACCESS DENIED
exec.muse_MEMORY_ACCESS; Nihilism - Honkai Odyssey
exec.muse_MEMORY_ACCESS_2; Through the Sea of Time - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
exec.muse_MASK_OFF; Your Best Friend - Undertale


BONUS: Beep Boop VA (by Sound Response)

Gallery

(Designs to be updated sometime... probably.....)

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