#dwn.054βスラッシュガール

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I'm not the biggest BN fan, but @dahlia-the-nurd and I talked about it once, and how SlashGirl.EXE would be an educational program to teach kids about paleontology. Perhaps a little too excitable, and about as likely to intimidate children as she is to successfully teach.

The mental image for her came to mind nearly in full at random one day and wouldn't leave me alone.

Also contains detailed genome data for any dinosaurs who have had their genomes analyzed from preserved remains, hence the double helices in the transparent segments of her design (these are constantly spinning, and glow slightly).

Clear portions move in a more fluid way, as if they had a jelly-like consistency, but contact with them by other NetNavis gives the impression that they’re more like glass or crystal. Damage to them creates cracks as if in solid crystal, distorting the helices.

Her NetNavi emblem is a stylized version of the Kanji 羽 “Hane” (Feather/Wing) to parallel SlashMan.EXE’s emblem being a stylized 爪 “Tsume” (Nail/Claw).  This parallels the 20XX/Classic distinction between Slash Claw and Slash Wing as their respective special weapons.

Her lower body mismatch gives the impression that the legs are more of a ride armor or prosthetic deal and that she originally had/can power down to more petite proportions that would make her hella short, in contrast to her Classic-era design. It does make for a funny duality in the gremlin siblings between both settings.

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Putting it here too because it took long enough haha

Though this is still a bit hiatused until I finish the story I've been trying to work on (emphasis on trying), I was bitten by the urge to give ol' SG a better reference image. It has been appended to her bio.

Both because she's my original cringebaby, and also because I needed something more concrete for myself than to keep cross-referencing a bunch of inconsistent sketches. I changed a few things in the process, hopefully for the better.

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Oh yeah, the gremlins can do this.

It's something I'd planned since the very beginning.

Slash Man and his very large younger sister, Slash Girl (my childhood OC), have the ability to swap their weapons, the Slash Claw and Slash Wing, respectively.

In one another's hands, the weapons are actually more effective than when used by their original owners. The wings give Slash Man even more mobility, shielding, and projectiles. Slash Girl's heavy frame and higher raw engine output gives the claws a much wider destructive area. The downside is that they have limited weapon energy capacity, much like when Rock uses the weapons of other robots.

Again, I am mostly active on Twitter, assuming it doesn't implode on itself.

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A couple of expression sheets I did on Twitter for SG and Antares, based on this template translated from this template.

Very upset that Stinky Tesla Man decided to remove the ability to create/edit Moments on Twitter, so that's gonna slowly decrease in functionality as a link-back for reference purposes, ugh.

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Slash Girl 

DWN.054β - スラッシュガール* “Time ta rip ‘em up!!”

Good Point - Foot speed Bad Point - Brakes Like - Hot coffee Dislike - Glass doors

7’ (213.36 cm)* - though bad posture makes her appear shorter. *Technically her height spec is “a head taller than Slash Man” and thus dependent on how tall he is, of which we don’t have a good, concrete number.

Purpose - A Robot Master 'created' by Dr. Wily, intended to be the ‘sister’ of Slash Man. Primary function is high-speed recon, wide-range intel/target acquisition and mapping. 

After Slash Man’s reassignment from forest-clearer to captain of the robotic dinosaur division, his speed proved too high to successfully lead, resulting in him frequently acting alone. Slash Girl, whose core components had been requisitioned from another robotics scientist, was shifted into development to match his speed, so he could have somebody to meaningfully coordinate with.

Though Slash Man was not directly a dinosaur by design himself, Slash Girl was given more dinosaur-like features to reflect Slash Man’s unit. “Raptor” was chosen for those features both to symbolize speed, and a pack-hunting nature.

*Her Japanese name is an intentionally ambiguous play on pronunciation and can be either interpreted as “Girl” or “Gal” depending on preference, though “Girl” is the more universally used (due to being the ‘baby sister’).

Skills

High sprint speed and powerful jumping capability.

Strong senses, capable of monitoring and transmitting multiple forms of data (visual, audio, thermal, etc.) at high speeds.

Melee attacks are primarily kicks. In a game environment, this would entail:

A fast ground slide, similar to Mega Man’s, but damaging.

A three-hit standing kick (high, middle, and low)

A front-flip into a one-foot ground slam, utilizing the brake-boosters in her shins.

‘Signature’ moves involve arm-feathers - the Slash Wing

As expected of its name, it can be used in a forward swipe similar to the Slash Claw, with a smaller shockwave that cannot cancel other attacks.

More importantly, though, SG can raise her feathers as a shield to block direct/discreet projectiles (indirect attacks may still hit around it). Any ‘elemental’ properties are absorbed by the feathers temporarily, either dissipating or used in her primary attack - 

A three-way spread projectile. Feathers stick to terrain to form temporary hazards. They take on absorbed elemental properties.

If the Slash Wing is copied, the single swipe would be an uncharged attack, while charging it will raise a barrier of feathers - releasing the charge launches the feathers. Feathers can absorb elemental attacks to take on their properties, but the usefulness of this when most RMs are powered up by their own elements is dubious.

Capable of swapping weapons with her brother, exchanging her wings for his claws. Slash Man's light frame actually makes more use of the Slash Wing for mobility, and Slash Girl's heavy body puts a lot more force behind swings of the Slash Claw, making their own weapons more powerful in their sibling's possession. However, they can only maintain use of those weapons for a limited energy duration, as Mega Man would.

Personality

Good at noticing small changes in the environment, making her an excellent tracker.

Puts a lot of effort into hunting; extremely task oriented. A ‘hunt’ could be of the physical sort, but also extends to recon/’research’ or even menial retrieval errands.

On all other accounts, somewhere between dumb lizard and idiot bird

Hunt-motivated, but quite lazy otherwise. Spends a lot of off-time sun basking.

Has good eyesight, but difficulty with glass. Can (and frequently does) walk into glass doors if they are well-kept, lacking decals, and not automated (and will still run into automated doors while overclocked due to internalizing their opening speed while not overclocked).

Arbitrarily territorial and over-protective. High likelihood to hyperfixate.

Acts like a badass, actually very easily startled, especially by thunder and lightning.

Due to quirks in her heating system*, the quickest way to increase her internal temperature without overclocking is to imbibe blisteringly hot liquid, which has given her a reputation for being a coffee addict (as it is her most frequent blisteringly hot liquid of choice). She has more or less burned out her machine tastebuds as a result.

Given reptilian similarities and shared functions as recon bots, Slash Girl fondly considers Snake Man to be an old uncle.

Totally dating Proxima Centaurii (OC of @dahlia-the-nurd)

Other

Due to her design emphasis on distance speed, she’s built to take g-forces and to absorb the impact of sudden stops, making her surprisingly tough and sturdy for a high-speed recon bot. 

Although her sprinting top-speed is higher than her brother’s she is far less nimble at close quarters.

Frequently overestimates her ability to brake; crashes are not uncommon. She even has foot spurs, and brake-boosters in her shins and arms, and she still manages to screw this up because she tends to use those more for augmenting her attacks than remembering what they’re actually for. If she used them properly, this would not be a problem. But it is.

Using her brake-boosters to augment her attacks causes unnecessary jarring wear on her joints and internals, as they were not built with that functionality in mind (they can take sudden, massive single impacts from braking, constant heavy pressure from g-forces, and rapid low-pressure joint movement and minor impacts from running fast in the first place, but repeated large impacts in a short time frame can cause compound problems). It also depletes her energy much quicker.

Higher base jump than her brother, but while she can grip to walls in a pinch, she cannot climb them very well.

Shares her brother’s sensitivity to cold but with lesser severity (usually only making her tired and sluggish). Completely lacks his milder vulnerability to high heat* and in fact gains a boost from it. However, her circuitry and other components tuned for maximum efficiency at dangerously high speeds are strongly susceptible to electric-based attacks.

Some ‘basic’ comprehension processing and databanks were removed to make room for the sheer amount of high-speed data she has to gather and transmit, rendering her effectively illiterate. She can still understand and speak English, Japanese, and other immediately RM-relevant languages, but she has no databank or even rudimentary capacity for any written language, on the assumption that she is transmitting all visual data she collects to somebody who can.

When she was built the first time, it was part of a full robot-dinosaur army scheme, which was halted by Mega Man. Slash Man nearly sacrificed himself to protect SG - still undergoing final diagnostics within a specialized egg capsule - and Wily was forced to terminate her programming prematurely in order to use her parts to save her critically injured brother. While she was completed properly at a later time, this incident remains an emotional mark on them both, but Slash Man more-so.

Additional artwork:

*Old "Technical Maintenance Info" textwall moved to a separate file; will link if asked.

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Uncle And Niece Bond Over Reconnaissance (While Plotting To Do Crime)

I forgot to post this here, lmao

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Since the comic is done over on Twitter (no pressure to check for anyone who’d rather get the drip-feed to prolong it, haha), I’m taking some time to practice with the new tablet. Decided to draw Edgy Ms. Edgelord - demonstrating a rare moment of competence while I mess with dynamic poses - since I’ve been meaning to draw her for a while but never had the chance while focusing so much on the comic.

The tablet feels REALLY good but is definitely going to require the larger canvases. I’m kinda excited to see how that goes in terms of quality, though the amount of raw work is going to be WAY higher as a result. If it looks good, though, it’ll be worth it!

Edit: Throwing the sketch on here too because the more I look at it the more I like it... more, hahahaha.

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The only person who can reliably honor your childhood memories is yourself.

I found PJ DiCesare’s MM7 speedruns recently and it made me want to revise my cringey edgelord 6th grade Robot Mastersona from 1997. It’s rough because I’m still using my phone to draw, because booting up the tablet is a hassle and also the latest Windows Update made it even more annoying.

I spent so much time trying to avoid making her claws come out of her knuckles like Wolverine that I finally decided to think outside the box (and rip it to shreds in the process) and do away with them entirely, replacing them instead with some bladed feathers, given what we know about raptors now.

I also had no idea that Slash Man’s chest armor was asymmetrical for YEARS since I never bothered to grab any of the comics when I was younger and still cared. I literally only found out tonight while looking up pics to cross-reference, lol

When I started coloring this and made her helmet completely blue, I just thought to myself “oh noooo it’s mecha raptor sanic” and proceeded to shrivel up under my desk in miserable shame

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The idea of off-hunt SG being this perpetually tired, resting bitch face lizard with bad posture is just funny to me

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🦖 ☀️ ☕

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Sometimes you're just minding your own business when your subconscious decides to throw you into an absurdly involved dream where you become a character of yours and learn way more than you ever cared to go into detail about but ok fine go off brain

also wow she looks super weird without her armor silhouette

Yeah the wing units are not an integral part of her systems and can technically be swapped out for other weapons or devices, she just never does.

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Had a bit of a minor mental BSOD this morning and it's left me in a fog, but at least I was able to channel it into something.

21XX SG is a little more broody and melancholy than her goofy loser lizard 20XX version, being alone and aware of it in that timeline. But at least she gets positive closure when all’s done; even if it takes near-destruction and a traumatic mutant Pararoid infection to get her there.

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In an effort to make her slightly less carbon-copy, I've shifted Slash Girl's cold vulnerability over to soft weakness, and made electricity her critical.

Which, naturally, means Cartoony Flinch Animation Time!

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Local angry lizard literally too stupid to die

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it's nice to see you around again. i like your robot! :)

I’m assuming you’re meaning SG, haha. Thank you!

She’s been fun to develop more than “palette-swap gender-bend with no purpose nor presence, personality just me, but me the way I envisioned myself (edgy and cool) and for some reason could use anime magic (????)” from when I was 10, hahaha.

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Just another day with Murder Gremlins R Us

I MAY refine this, we'll see. I gave myself a big enough headache scribbling the rough draft as is; I think I'd have to suck it up and unearth my tablet to do it proper justice, but I have no idea if I’ve got the mettle and/or the drive.

I'm hella fixating on this silly copypasta OC of mine because I can't bring myself to expend this much energy drawing for only "myself"; so instead I'm drawing for the 10-year-old girl who picked up a pencil in 1997 and declared, "I'm going to become an artist."

Slash Girl may not have been her first OC, but she was the one who inspired her to make that choice.

I’m honoring that choice for as long as it brings me joy.