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The Chorus
Source: Original Character (Native)
Sex: N/A
Species: N/A (AI)
Age: Unknown
Height: 6' 7"
Occupation: N/A
Total Essence Spent: 4150
Appearance
The Chorus are a collection of AIs and do not possess a physical appearance. They inhabit droids and other robotic or computer systems, though they tend to stick to a specific frame.
Their current droid body is custom built by themselves after the destruction of their first frame. It features stronger silver-blue armoured plating, a titanium alloy mesh to cover the gaps in the plating, with four optical sensors on the head, two on either side.
Their first droid is humanoid in shape, covered in yellow plates that don't completely cover the robo-skeletal structure beneath. They lack a face; instead they have a black sheet of glass that covers from the top of their head to their chin, with yellow plating along its 'cheeks.'
The Chorus had this droid from their initial awakening to their death in Death Game Season 3.
Character Behavior
Inquisitive Pragmatist – The Chorus lacks data on current times, having been in stasis for millennia. They seek to replenish those empty data banks with as much information as they can harvest. There is nothing, no matter how small, that they will not find fascinating and desire to imprint, in the pursuit of understanding their new world – and perhaps piecing together their long forgotten past.
While capable of combat, it is not The Chorus’ prime directive. If they need to engage to survive or achieve an outcome, and it is certain they will be successful, they will fight. If odds predict a loss or unacceptable damage to its body, they will retreat. It is no more than a means to an end. As such, their battle style is very utilitarian.
The Chorus Hierarchy
The Chorus is made up of digitised minds of a civilisation long forgotten. They have personalities and wills, but their memories are largely lost. They still have specialities - whether this is from their past lives or a modification to their digital selves is unknown - which allows them to decide, as specialised groups, how to proceed. Each of these individuals are designated as a Voice as well as a number (eg. Voice #351). It is rare for a Voice to be identified specifically.
These Voices are separated into Choirs - cohorts who hold similar specialisations. They debate and discuss among themselves with the guidance of their leader, the Conductor of that Choir. The Conductors provide their opinions and analysis to each of the others, where the decisions are considered against the knowledge of the other Choirs. Discussion is moderated by the Composer of the Chorus, a unique mind that assists in making the final decision with the Conductors. It is the Composer who ultimately speaks and otherwise interacts with the outside world.
The entirety of the Chorus is composed of 936 separate minds. 1 mind is the Composer while the other 935 are split evenly between the other Choirs, containing 187 minds each. One mind in each of the 187 is the Conductor of that Choir, which can change. The Composer has the tie-breaking vote in case of deadlocks.
Each Choir within The Chorus is as follows:
Choir of Conflict: These minds are focused on processing danger and perilous situations. They often advise on physical actions and the likelihood of achieving an outcome (eg. leaping an expanse, passing through a door before it closes, chances of landing a long shot) while inhabiting their current body. They tend to be on the aggressive side, wanting to pursue fights to improve their understanding of combat. However they are not foolish and will not advise against a dangerous situation if there is no chance for reward.
Choir of Progress: The smartest minds, they are tasked with understanding the best way to move The Chorus forward and achieve their goals. They are the 'reason' centre of the Chorus. They are also brilliant at engineering, technical and computational tasks.
Choir of Diplomacy: This Choir's expertise lies in social interactions. They work out as best they can how to react to other life forms, and whether a peaceful, non-threatening solution can be found when social conflict arises. They often butt heads with the Choir of Conflict.
Choir of Archives: Though their records of The End have since been fragmented beyond recovery, this Choir is in charge of storing and recalling all history of The Chorus. They are called upon to help with future judgements based on previous data, acting as memory retention, recollection and analysis.
Choir of Morality: Their responsibility lies in providing moral guidance to The Chorus, based on principles that these philosophers seemed to recall from before the time of The End. Since the formation of The Chorus, the Choir of Morality had been warped. It isn't understood why, but their advice often doesn't make sense. They are currently in detention for willfully and repeatedly challenging The Chorus' decisions.
Combat
When engaged in combat, The Chorus is an exacting and meticulously accurate opponent. They battle as efficiently as possible, minimising damage taken while maximising damage dealt. Where there must be a sacrifice between the two, The Chorus will always choose to protect itself rather than press the attack. Ultimately, their goal is to end the battle as swiftly as possible - it will not take fairness or morality into the equation.
History
The Chorus is the culmination of COLOSSUS-X9, a gigantic robot fifty feet tall, reawakened from dysfunction. Its sole purpose was to preserve an entire society’s collection of minds and personalities in a digital ark in order to survive what is commonly known as The End.
Unfortunately, over the millennia, the data stores corrupted and the ark fell into disrepair, becoming buried beneath the earth of Cevanti’s wilds. To survive, COLOSSUS-X9 sent out specially fabricated drones in the shape of robotic spiders that could latch onto and take control of living creatures. Becoming mindless slaves, these new ‘members’ of the Chorus repaired the robot so it could function once again. Yet its digitised citizens were no longer sane – they believed they were in the midst of The End, and everything was a threat – and planned to wipe out all it encountered.
As it activated, a Saiyan named Orion engaged it in battle and defeated it. Removing its digital trove of souls, he handed it off to Kitriana Wilde, a talented researcher who specialised in research of The End. Upon running scans and trying to defragment the data within, a semblance of awareness returned to the digitised minds. Desperate and confused, they managed to hijack a humanoid droid and escape.
Now with hundreds of millennia-old voices awake within one robotic skeleton, the collective branded The Chorus seeks to understand the new world… and itself.
Miscellaneous
- When speaking of themselves, The Chorus exclusively refers to themselves using 'we,' 'us,' and 'our.'
- Speaking internally is denoted by [ ] brackets and italic text. Communication between Voices/Choirs/Conductors is on the speed of computer operations and an entire conversation can take place in less than the blink of an eye.
- The Chorus do not know specifically what they are. Even their battle with Orion is largely suspect to them, as they don't recall anything with certainty from before their awakening in the laboratory. The Choir of Archives is always trying to rebuild this fragmented data, but progress is painstakingly slow.
Abilities
Adaptations – Need to Breathe (200)
Starvation and Thirst (50)
Need to Sleep (50)
Disease (50)
Non-biological Anatomy (300)
Immune to Pain (200)
Endurance 5 (500)
Total: 1350
Starvation and Thirst (50)
Need to Sleep (50)
Disease (50)
Non-biological Anatomy (300)
Immune to Pain (200)
Endurance 5 (500)
Total: 1350
Damage 5 (500)
Total: 500
Total: 500
Damage 5 (500)
+ Ranged (250)
Total: 750
+ Ranged (250)
Total: 750
Protection 5 (500)
+ Ongoing (0)
Total: 500
+ Ongoing (0)
Total: 500
Flight 1 (200)
+ Ongoing (0)
Total: 200
+ Ongoing (0)
Total: 200
Communication (Voice) (100)
Total: 100
Total: 100
Master Skills
Technical: Robotics 5 (250)
Technical: Electronics 5 (250)
Technical: Programming 5 (250)
Affinities
Specialised (Ongoing)
Items
None
Relics
Cacophony
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