#//also i didn't do fullbodies for anyone but i wanna say jack's markings are based on a raccoon

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//now that the dogs have been wrangled, here are my initial design and character notes for the tftgs biomutant au no one asked for but i think about sometimes! <3 half of this post is going to be incomprehensible if you don't know biomutant that well <3

main au notes: in this au, the gas station is replaced with a non-functional motojus station, which has been converted into a sort of general goods store (a thingamajig broker <3). the motojus station is located in myriad territory but unaffiliated with the colony itself, and verminten from all around The Cradle are more than welcome to come peruse the store's goods, most of which are crafted from materials scavenged by the workers themselves.

functionally, this au is mostly a setting change, and the plot remains mostly the same, aside from a few small changes to better fit into the world (such as incorporating some colony politics).

specific character notes and designs under the cut!

JACK

in this au, jack's name is still jack, because i can't see him with a different name even in such a different setting. he isn't the owner of the motojus station per se, but he's effectively the manager and the only full-time employee. whereas the other workers go home at the end of their shifts, jack practically lives there, to the point of having a little nest set up in the back where he sleeps between shifts.

like in canon, jack intentionally keeps his past mysterious and absolutely loathes talking about his personal life. all anyone knows is that he was raised in the nearby village of pokburr by a foster family, which he is no longer in contact with. overall, jack is happy to just live his life minding his own business and taking life one day at a time.

jack also has some limited psi-powers in this AU, but he actually doesn't know he has them to begin with. he also has no actual combat training, though he can be surprisingly capable when it comes down to it.

JERRY

in this au, jerry's name is jerri, though he responds to pretty much any nickname used for him and it's unclear if that's his actual name or not. he's a former member of a bandit troop that made its home in bricktown, though after his troop's mysterious disappearance he's struggled to find his footing in the world. generally speaking, jerri is a very cheerful, if somewhat stupid, vermint, and he's taken to his role as an employee of the motojus station with glee. when he's not working there, he lives in an apartment in bricktown.

like in canon, the mathmetists of the biomutant au are still very much a cult. and also like in canon, jerri has not let go of the cult ideology that has been programmed into him. he's still a wholehearted follower of the troop's beliefs, including their propensity for violence. though jerri is generally a pretty nice guy, he also isn't subtle about the fact that he has no problem killing others.

jerri doesn't have any psi-powers, but he does have extensive combat and engineering training. he makes his own guns, most of which are rigged to cause as much damage as possible.

ROSA

rosa in this au's name is roo, though admittedly that's a bit of a tentative name and one i'm not sure on. anyway, roo is a newer employee at the motojus station, an absolute ray of sunshine who puts her all into everything she does. she's one of the only employees who seems to actually enjoy her job, as confusing and stressful as it can be at times. her optimism seems nearly unshakeable, though she also has no problem standing up for herself and others if the situation calls for it.

like jack, roo has psi-powers of her own, though she has been trained to use them for self-defense purposes. the best comparison i can make between her abilities and those shown in-game is that she effectively has mastered the spark ability, the base psi-freak ability. roo looks pretty harmless, but when it comes down to it she is more than capable of combat, even if she tends to shy away from it.

roo is also a very spiritual creature, with a firm belief in the nono and other folklore. she dreams of visiting the aboration (the tree of life) itself someday to see it and the nono up close, though the length of the journey means she hasn't had a chance.

SPENCER

spencer in this au's name is spinner, and he was raised in the same village as jack. they actually grew up together and were close when they were young, though they grew apart as they aged. when spinner reached adulthood, he was recruited to join the myriad colony in their war against their rival, the jagni. eager to escape the village where he grew up, spinner agreed.

spinner spent many years with the myriad before he left them behind to make his own living as a bounty hunter. he's never been particularly interested in being a team player, after all. when it comes to his bounty hunter work, he takes great pleasure in brutalizing those he's tasked with hunting down, even when he does bring them back alive. putting it lightly, spinner isn't a great guy.

in terms of psi-powers, spinner doesn't have any, though he has certainly tried to induce them in himself before. even without them, though, he is very capable in combat. his greatest weakness, however, is that he hates when things don't go his way, and when he feels frustrated at a lack of control, he very quickly makes mistakes.

TONY

tony in this au's name is floret, and he is formerly a member of the netra colony. exactly why he traveled so far away from home to work at the motojus station is something he doesn't like to talk about, though he has alluded to the possibility of him being exiled. very few of his coworkers have pressed him for any details on this front, and he keeps the details he has shared vague and muddled.

though his past is mysterious, floret is a loyal and trustworthy friend to his coworkers, and he's incredibly protective of all of them. in his time with the netra, he was trained thoroughly in multiple forms of combat, though he most excels in unarmed fighting. like jerri, floret also has extensive engineering knowledge, and he is the one who crafts most of the weapons sold at the motojus station.

above all else, floret is very resourceful, quickly adapting to new situations and using what he has at his disposal to his advantage. sometimes, his coworkers jokingly as him what he's doing working with them rather than making his living as a bounty hunter, to which he usually replies by telling them that he wouldn't have the patience for it.

AMELIA

amelia's name in this au is match, and she is a current member of the myriad colony, sent to protect the motojus station after a series of attacks from bandits. she takes her position very seriously and is very protective of all the employees, especially jack. generally very serious and no-nonsense, match doesn't have much patience for any of the strange happenings around the store and doesn't pretend to. above all else, though, she has a strong sense of justice and doing what's right above all else.

though she is a current member of the myriad, amelia was actually once a member of the ankati colony. she left them as a young adult to live with relatives in a village located in the surfipelago region, and she was eventually recruited as a myriad warrior after she helped fight off a jagni raid. later, she was assigned to protect the motojus station about three years later, after she was sharply reprimanded by the colony leader for speaking up against him. at first, she resented the assignment, but over time she's become attached to the employees there.

match doesn't have psi-powers of her own, but she has been trained in many combat styles, similarly to floret. she's also a very skilled engineer, and in a pinch she has no problems crafting weapons on the spot to protect herself or others.