#antumbra the android

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SE CHARACTER INQUIRIESSS

from yesterday :D im putting them all together, hope y'all dont mind if i tag peeps who asked

for @vacantgodling

JACK JA (ppl pronounce ‘JA’ as ‘JAW’ for some reason so it stuck)

Antumbra assassin and cleaner who was one of the many contract children that was paid to the organization (totally not slavery btw) by his parents to settle a debt. He isn’t unique by all means Antumbra wise, but he is recognized as one of its most efficient assassins

At the age of 12 he was hired by the Slaughter family to be the bodyguard of Vincent. At the time being two mutant closeted trans children was extremely rough, so the two confided in each other. Vince more or less taught him how to be an actual person and not just a killing machine

OTHER FACTS THATRE NOT HISTORY- he is a romantic at heart and treats Vincent all lady like when they go on those weird totally-not-dates

babysat Francis a few times in the past and honestly. Wouldve probably been a good influence on Frank if Francis didn’t have that weird nigh-obsessive attachment to Vince at the time :/

Loves candy and is a connoisseur of baked goods

Main weapons of choice are a pair of kukri knives

His mutation is purely physical, it simply gives him a reptilian appearance and some physiology (cant handle cold weather, somewhat amphibious, venomous, etc). He has a tail but he keeps cutting it off everytime it grows back because he doesn’t wanna go through the process of modifying his pants for it

TUGARIN

Basically an old work friend of Carmine when they both worked for the Soviet Union. While Carmine was blackmailed into working for them Tugarin at the time was a fully fledged Russian patriot who believed in Soviet supremacy

The economic and socio-political chaos in the aftermath of 1953 (that coincided with the Martian titanomachy) kinda fueled this, and the US becoming extremely isolationist while increasing superpowered espionage didn’t help either. His increasingly erratic behavior, suspected to be a result from his uncontrolled psychic powers, got him blacklisted by the Soviet government.

At some point after Carmine escaped to the US, Tugarin tried to undergo a similar surgery but the Soviets instead took his brain, which is still considered the 2nd most powerful on Earth. They used his brain to operate the country’s nuclear defense system; after 1962 he was ‘shut down’ due to instability and the uh..fact that HE is the one who launched nukes at the US lol

He’s still operating as the defense system but his subconscious is effectively sealed away…FOR NOW HUEHUEHUEHUE

for @muddshadow

AGENT HAMMOND

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The first android to exist, EVER. he was activated in November 1905- he shares a birthday with Desmond!!!

Very stoic and seemingly emotionless but thats not really the case; he lacks empathy but is very much capable of sympathy.

He and Lupe ‘met’ in 1923 when she was assigned as his new operator. He’s been attached ever since, theyre BFF5EVAR

He raised and trained Agent Friday, Francis’s former adoptive parent. Is somewhat unaware of their reference of him but still kinda sees them as a surrogate kid of sorts. Would still kill Friday if he has to

Trans but in a robot way. He was built to be feminine and such but he eventually asked Lupe for a new body, which is his current one! He gave his old body away to someone else :)

TECHNICALLY has kids???? In the ‘AI can self replicate/make copies of themselves’ way?????????? Hobbes is by all means a lesser Hammond but Ham just doesn’t see it that way (nor does he like thinking abt it)

Is very much anti-alien in a pragmatic sort of thought process- he was programmed to protect humanity and the biggest threat to humanity right now is…Mars. And Martians just kinda running around eating and killing whoever they want irritates the fuck out of him so he kills them when he can. He’s one of the most OP characters in the story 

^will still kill humans if his hand is forced. 

ORION

Francis’s cousin!!! And a King Martian who is currently hurtling through space at like 40,000kph. He’s not having fun rn

Definition of spoiled and entitled, benefiting his nature as a King.

When he’s introduced he crashlands in rural Japan without a body so he’s forced to parasitize a middle school bully, which is how he befriends a human girl named Rei (bully’s former victim). He hates having a human body tho cuz he doesn’t like the nosebleeds and headaches he gets from using his space powers (also weak flesh suit). He gets a new body eventually tho

He’s here on earth for…some reason!!! He hit his head pretty damn hard on the way here but he knows he’s gotta warn somebody!!! About…something. Maybe

He’s also on Earth to escape an arranged marriage how embarrassing

THE VEIL

Technically by all means the THIRD Veil- the first one was in 1930, the second was in the 1970s, and both former Veils are retired. "The Veil” is basically the corporate/government poster child for American superheroes. He’s on all kinds of propaganda posters

Have you ever heard of Shaun King. yeah, basically him (monetizing social justice for personal gain)

On the surface, he's affable, modest, and sincere; an American treasure. Personally he’s disturbed, incredibly brutal and aggressive, using his charisma to sway the DUSA’s perception of government-hired mutants- who’re deserving of rights and freedom, unlike those unlicensed, criminal mutant types

Basic superhero powers, very much akin to superman’s super strength, speed, and flight

and finally for @zindagi-toh-bewafa-hai

CARMINE

Former Volkssturm paramilitary, aka *proto-Nazi. He spent much of his early life fighting communists up until the outbreak of superpowers in 1934, where he underwent self combustion during a firefight and went MIA

He resurfaced in Siberia a couple years later working for the USSR for reasons unknown, and this is when he underwent surgery to be fused with a nanite network. He’s effectively immortal because of this which is why even though in present day he’s 88, he looks to be somewhere around 50 years old

He’s Carson’s  grandpa even though his ‘son in law’ Carnegie disagrees since Carson by all means is a clone. 

He used to know Lupe!! Back when she was dating USSR superhero Veronika lol

*he uh. Isn’t as racist and prejudiced as he used to be, but still somewhat right-wing when it comes to politics and social issues. He would’ve voted for George Bush in 2000 but would hate Trump is what i’m saying. He still says racist/homophobic shit from time to time but by the time he reconnects with his (very much half-asian) granddaughter he’s…trying. Or at least trying to try lol

AZELFAFAGE

Francis’s dad and ultra powerful alien space sorcerer king >:D Has thousands of kids but Frank and Oz are the most important *shoves all the other kids away*

Was the one who spearheaded the plan with his brothers to kill his dad Aldebaran, and…actually got Lupe to assist him in the titanomachy?? HMMM WHAT HAPPENED THERE

Hates humanity by proxy; his dad basically nuked most of Martian history and culture becuz of his reverence of Earth so Azel’s pride is kinda hurt cuz of it…”WHATS SO GOOD ABT HUMANS?? WE ARE FAR SUPERIOR!!”

While he comes off as just…’stupid’/absentminded and just sex-hungry he’s actually highly intelligent and charismatic. Like if he WANTED to, he’d get rid of humans entirely but he hasn’t- he recognizes his people’s needs and is absolutely willing to subjugate humanity for his planet. Dont assume he’s empathetic tho; he’s still extremely power hungry and self centered.

HATES WOMEN BUT ALSO DOESN’T??? Expresses himself femininely but actively oppresses the female martian population as a form of population control which is hilarious to me. He’s above gender but also Isn’t

Once he meets Francis and realizes that she’s Oz’s twin, Azel immediately deems her the favorite child LMAO. he’s still transphobic as shit towards her tho and refers to her as his ‘son’, which she hates

DIVORCED

Drama queen and will faint at the slightest inconvenience and will throw tantrums

LUPE

*ahem ahem* THE MOST POWERFUL PSYCHIC IN THE WORLD AND TWICE SAVIOR OF HUMANITY, DR LUPE ALTENA!!!!

Has always been into computers and robots, so getting to work on an early Hammond was a dream come true for her. She’s the one who streamlined his coding/android model and mass produced them, and so she’s considered the ‘mother’ of all robots and androids

Before her ADP infection she was considered super goofy and passionate, very much a gremlin

Due to the infection + parasitic eye she’s functionally immortal and sort of trapped in her own mind/body. She LOOKS 48 but in present day she’s 97 years old- the infection has progressed to the point of dementia and due to PSYCHIC BRAIN SHENANIGANS she is no longer ‘LUPE’. So theres the empty shell of Lupe and theres the astral projection Lupe who’s still very much sane and Present but not really. Astral Lupe is busy time traveling rn and shell Lupe disappeared 15 years before the start of the story so go ahead and play the Twilight Zone theme song

Lupe has ALWAYS been aware of/involved with Dez’s existence, and ever since he was born she made him the heir to, well, everything (the city of Necropolis itself and all android technology). Too bad he’s absolutely unaware of this and his relation to her lol. Cringe fail aunt activity

HONEST TO GOD doesn’t wanna kill all the martians but her increasing neurological issues had Hammond take things into his own hands so while HE says she came up with the Grand Plan its honestly a case of unreliable narration; they were the only two in the room when this conversation happened so WHO KNOOOWWS

ULYSSES

Not much to say about her? She’s the current leader of Antumbra and by association is one of the greatest assassins in the world. However its a hokage type situation where she just does a lot of paperwork and deskwork

Always sleepy. She’s so fucking sleepy ong she can sleep anywhere anytime

Martin’s mom but is largely absent in the physical affection/parenting department. She still loves him tho!!

Tries her best to stay a neutral party as a major figurehead of the League by staying out of shit but honestly it could be argued that this makes the politics of the League more complicated

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Favorite Passage Tag

 tagged by: @negotiator-on-site  and @deviantsupporter . Thank you! <3

Rules: For this tag you share your personal favorite passage you have written.

Ohhh, aight. So I have a lot of writing to choose from so I gave myself the stipulation that I had to have finished the work the passage is from (which eliminated 5/6ths of my source material lol rip). Even so, there’s one passage from Antumbra (the guilty-pleasure sequel to Penumbra that I’ve been working on for months and months and will probably never get around to finishing) that was awfully tempting to post since I love it so dearly. But it’s h e l l a angsty. And it’s a WIP. 

So here’s an excerpt from When Quiet is Violent which is p dear to me in and of itself tbh.

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You died because of him, and you took most of him with you when you left.

Connor knew of the full spectrum of human emotions, he’d tasted it himself, but humans, generally, have the remarkable ability to bounce back after atrocities. It seemed that no matter what their minds or their flesh endured, they could find their back to life, to happiness, given enough time and sheer will. Whether it be due to fading memories, or acclimation to the pain and its eventual dismissal, people healed.

But Connor isn’t human. His mind isn’t made of slowly degrading, mutating organic material. Androids don’t remember things like humans do; they relive their memories with perfect accuracy to accompany their perfect memory.

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I have no idea who’s done this already bc I’ve been low-key mia this week due to university stuff so Imma just tag: @deviancy-wasteland @sunstrain @wrinkledparchment @aerynwrites and anyone else who wants to do this. Feel free to ignore me.

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i make my OWN content

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another shadow android oc?? yes

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is this anything

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AU where shadow n my shadow android ocs all live together cuz i think thatd be funny. how long until they start killing each other

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if antumbra and umbra didnt suffer The Incident™ i think he and umbra would have a daffy duck and bugs bunny dynamic

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super confusing relationship chart i made for my main ocs, if u have any questions shoot them my way this isnt easy to read </3

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last ref for today i promise but look at my shadow android oc

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i need to draw antumbra. he never gets any attention

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shadow android who gains sentience but gets obsessed with modding himself to be 'ultimate' in everything, hes super vain and hates umbra for having all that he cant have no matter how much he perfects himself (aka he hates umbra for having friends despite being much weaker than him)

I HAVE AN IDEA ON HOW TO FIX ANTUMBRA MY OC ANTUMBRA

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!! x 10 TELL ME ABOUT SE OCS IVE NEVER HEARD OF RIGHT NEOW 🔫

this was literally TORTURE ren but i did it cuz i CARE YOU >:(

Nadia Jordan

A rookie investigative reporter who’s been following a seemingly not-so-random stream of events tied to an alleged serial killer, as well as looking into the corruption plaguing the Promethean Society.

Veronika

Former USSR cosmonaut and Russian superhero who kinda sorta maybe DEFINITELY DID have a thing going on with Lupe until around 1953. Veronika is speculated to have died during the 1962 Caldera Incident and had a hand in saving humanity, although nobody knows exactly how.

Elroy Slaughter

Vincent’s adoptive father and head of the Slaughter crime family (LOL). Extremely ruthless and cutthroat, he has a weird thing against Carmine, owner of popular bowling alley CHL, allegedly due to Keller’s ties to Slaughter Family rivals, the Terranovas.

Hobbes

The new android bodyguard of infamous superscientist Carson Keller. Unusually chipper, direct, and unnervingly honest, Hobbes was assigned to Keller to keep an eye on her and keep her in check from making any dangerous power moves within the Promethean Society; unfortunately for the Society, Hobbes does his job to a T, and the longer he lives and works with Carson the more sentient and dangerous he becomes…

Dmytro Winogrodzki

Promethean Society official who grew up alongside Carson and Maya, specializing in astrophysics and quantum mechanics. They’re currently in the process of creating a sun.

“Martin”

a child assassin for Antumbra, and eventually a friend and ally of Desmond Arkady. Blind, full of sarcasm, and no nonsense, it seems that his current assignment is to keep daughter and multimillionaire heiress, Sophia Wexler, out of trouble.

Sophia Wexler

Spoiled child of a multimillionaire and newly inducted student at the Promethean School of Science who wants to get into everything AEROSPACE. She’s got a pet velociraptor named Pliny who she’s got a psychic connection to, which actually ends up leading her into a (somewhat one sided) friendship with Desmond.

Retsu

Desmond’s cool neighbor. Minus cool points though cuz she’s racist against Chimera and Martians.

“DARHK”

the Martian ghost that eventually starts haunting Francis.

Imai

Thursday’s half sibling and one of King Kraz’s most loyal soldiers in his extremely small group of followers. They eventually become Francis’s doctor.