Raineh Daze

Arknights - E.R.R.A.N.T.

The trip to Columbia was not, by any stretch of the imagination, the most comfortable one that one could imagine. Oh, it could certainly have been worse--simply walking the entire way was an option that was on the table, but far from preferable when time was of the essence. At the same time, it would have been hard to make the trip by air. Instead, the entire journey had been done by far more conventional land-based transport. This was where it got uncomfortable.

After all, their captain simply wouldn't fit inside any conventional vehicles. Even if she managed to squeeze herself into the seat well enough, there was no escaping the required headroom to fit antlers. Or extra horizontal space, those things spread out. The only solution, as a result, had been to use a pickup with enough seating for everyone else in the back... and have Wisteria camp out in the bed like a piece of cargo, along with all the actual equipment they were bringing. Terribly unsafe, if you weren't the type to walk out of an accident with mostly bruises.

It did mean that the ride, at least for her, had been plenty uncomfortable--and everyone else had been forced to take turns driving and crammed in a small metal box for the entire journey. Still, at least they were nearly there, the plates of a mobile city coming up over the horizon.

"Here we are, Béziers," the wendigo said, leaning against the cab and the open sunroof to make sure that the others could hear her, "One of the few mobile cities in Columbia that owes its existence to Gaul rather than Victoria.

"We've had a branch office here for over a year, but recently all communication cut off. Not so much as a call for help, or something sent through the Catastrophe Messengers. It could be corporate espionage that took a turn for the worse, or some sort of local disturbance, or maybe they sold out to one of the local conglomerates. Whatever the case, we're here to find out what happened, try to stop any of our technology from spreading too much, and assist with any local troubles that have been cutting off communication--in that order. Any questions before we get there?"

@VitaVitaAR@Operator Luna@Spin The Wheel

Realism no Mononoke: An Urban Fantasy RP

Akari watched the proceedings with a sense of relief. Having an actual child around made her position much more secure... otherwise she was sure that their club leader would have taken some far more drastic measure to force her to act much younger than she actually was. And that would be a disaster! Aside from not wanting to be bait, or put on the spot like that, there was no way anyone, even a youkai, would have bought that. Right?

"Handy? Um... okay..." she nodded, polishing off the bottle. Right, ghost hand. She could do that.

Arknights - E.R.R.A.N.T.

Will try to get something up Sunday. Destination: Columbia.

Clockwork Heart: Odyssesy of Steam

Kaede

• Name: Kaede
• Gender: Female
• Age: Quite Young
• Appearance: Even so far from home, she keeps to a somewhat similar style. If she were to dress less flamboyantly, Kaede would be able to pass for being completely unremarkable... in Japan. Being extra short and obviously very foreign rather puts rest to that idea.
  So far as Automatic Dolls go, she's particularly unusual in there being no visible sign of being anything other than human until you actually start considering the necessity of maintenance. Even the most human-looking Doll would normally have some sort of jointing or evidence.
• Personality: Quite a chipper sort, despite her complaints about always sticking out nowadays--if nothing else, being able to lean on the whole exotic beauty concept strokes her already-inflated ego. It's perhaps inevitable that an Automatic Doll that passes for human literally up until the point you start taking her apart would get the vanity to match.
  But she won't let that get in the way of doing her duty! Her first priority is to her mistress, in all things, even if her abilities beyond 'keep her safe and spot anyone suspicious' are notably lacking. At least she possesses the common sense to not go at domestic chores she's wholly untrained for with full force.
• History: With the Meiji Restoration in full swing and its concurrent restoration, it is completely unsurprising that companies with experience in the new Automatic Doll production and Seradite would be contacted for their expertise and knowledge. Kaede is the product of one such venture, a prize delivered to the Danford family for their assistance and as a method of boasting about where some improvements could be made. Despite being evidence of the potential for considerably more underhanded work, every care was taken to demonstrate that--skillset aside--the Doll is completely trustworthy, with no back doors or hidden secrets. That isn't to say that, as an extremely early bespoke model, her creators didn't make sure to evaluate her capabilities thoroughly before sending her halfway around the world, both as a bodyguard and as an infiltrator.
  Her service to the Danfords has been largely trouble-free, although her lack of any domestic skills or local knowledge has left her often struggling to fit in. She might be the only person relatively pleased with the current situation, as it finally lets her do something that she understands, with all her potential infiltration abilities being completely useless due to sticking out like a sore thumb.
• Equipment: The only permanent equipment Kaede has is her katana--an example of combining traditional smithing techniques with the potential of Seradite (which is quite surprising, given the recent changes in the law over there). The resulting alloy... well, it's pretty sharp, and when supplied with power it becomes very sharp. Exceptionally sharp.
• Skills: Kaede was designed around the idea of creating an Automatic Doll that could effectively protect its employer, even while accompanying them into areas where taking a visible weapon in might be seen as an act of aggression, which of course meant creating a bodyguard that could handily infiltrate secure locations without drawing attention (her creators were quite overzealous).
  Basically, they ended up making a ninja bodyguard. Of course, only half of this is useful in her current situation, where Kaede cannot help but stick out somewhat, and her combat ability is considerably more limited than an Automatic Doll that doesn't have her general adaptations... but it's still a bad idea for most people to get in close.
• Character Type: Automatic Doll

Clockwork Heart: Odyssesy of Steam

Finished? I think.

Arknights - E.R.R.A.N.T.

Oh hi Narmaya

Age: < 1000 years

lol, there's a reason there's no age category on the profile (that is, we don't know the ageing characteristics of different races; the best we've got to go on is that Patriot was about 200), and all that narrows down is not being Kal'tsit. xD

Accepted. Should be able to explain why she'd be put in a group like this given that the landship itself is heading towards Ursus given the time and everything.

I think that's enough people to start, I'll go work on that.

Clockwork Heart: Odyssesy of Steam

GO anniversary happened and then I did a lot of sleeping. So, it's been delayed a day.

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

:T

Clockwork Heart: Odyssesy of Steam

Anyway, leaving this here (I'll finish it tomorrow) just in case anyone else has the same idea somehow.

WIP

• Name: Kaede
• Gender: Female
• Age: Quite Young
• Appearance: Even so far from home, she keeps to a somewhat similar style. If she were to dress less flamboyantly, Kaede would be able to pass for being completely unremarkable... in Japan. Being extra short and obviously very foreign rather puts rest to that idea.
  So far as Automatic Dolls go, she's particularly unusual in there being no visible sign of being anything other than human until you actually start considering the necessity of maintenance. Even the most human-looking Doll would normally have some sort of jointing or evidence.
• Personality: Quite a chipper sort, despite her complaints about always sticking out nowadays--if nothing else, being able to lean on the whole exotic beauty concept strokes her already-inflated ego. It's perhaps inevitable that an Automatic Doll that passes for human literally up until the point you start taking her apart would get the vanity to match.
  But she won't let that get in the way of doing her duty! Her first priority is to her mistress, in all things, even if her abilities beyond 'keep her safe and spot anyone suspicious' are notably lacking. At least she possesses the common sense to not go at domestic chores she's wholly untrained for with full force.
• History: With the Meiji Restoration in full swing and its concurrent restoration, it is completely unsurprising that companies with experience in the new Automatic Doll production and Seradite would be contacted for their expertise and knowledge. Kaede is the product of one such venture, a prize delivered to the Danford family for their assistance and as a method of boasting about where some improvements could be made. Despite being evidence of the potential for considerably more underhanded work, every care was taken to demonstrate that--skillset aside--the Doll is completely trustworthy, with no back doors or hidden secrets. That isn't to say that, as an extremely early bespoke model, her creators didn't make sure to evaluate her capabilities thoroughly before sending her halfway around the world, both as a bodyguard and as an infiltrator.
  Her service to the Danfords has been largely trouble-free, although her lack of any domestic skills or local knowledge has left her often struggling to fit in. She might be the only person relatively pleased with the current situation, as it finally lets her do something that she understands, with all her potential infiltration abilities being completely useless due to sticking out like a sore thumb.
• Equipment: The only permanent equipment Kaede has is her katana--an example of combining traditional smithing techniques with the potential of Seradite (which is quite surprising, given the recent changes in the law over there). The resulting alloy... well, it's pretty sharp, and when supplied with power it becomes very sharp. Exceptionally sharp.
• Skills: Kaede was designed around the idea of creating an Automatic Doll that could effectively protect its employer, even while accompanying them into areas where taking a visible weapon in might be seen as an act of aggression, which of course meant creating a bodyguard that could handily infiltrate secure locations without drawing attention (her creators were quite overzealous).
  Basically, they ended up making a ninja bodyguard. Of course, only half of this is useful in her current situation, where Kaede cannot help but stick out somewhat, and her combat ability is considerably more limited than an Automatic Doll that doesn't have her general adaptations... but it's still a bad idea for most people to get in close.
• Character Type: Automatic Doll

Arknights - E.R.R.A.N.T.

@Operator Luna Yup, that's fine.