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Name: Orias

Nicknames: Beer Cat

Breed: Maine Coon

Attached to: Athalia

Alignment: Order

Fav. Food: Beer and beer accessories

Hated Food: Beets, because they're spelled almost like beer but aren't beer. They're veggies.

Hobbies:

Drinking while watching K-POP. Orias makes no secret of the fact that he greatly enjoys watching Korean bands hopping about on stage, and rabidly follows his favorite artists every move on social media. He continually attempts to convince Atty to join him on the couch to do said watching, and is greatly pleased when he succeeds. After all, then he can continually commentate every second of what's going on in the performance.

He's even working on a blog to essentially fangirl over Taeyeon, gushing about how he likes everything she does and documenting every facet of her daily life that he can. He tends to lord this over Namielle and her food blog every chance he gets, because the object of his adoration is clearly superior and one of "love," not criticism.

This hobby was born of irony, due to him investigating what he originally derided as a pointless pursuit of stardom and sheep-like tendency to follow idols. Not wanting to be accused of debasing something without having first-paw experience, Orias watched a livestreamed concert and was hooked. Obviously, sitting on a couch watching musical performances tends to lend itself well to drinking beer as well. A common pastime is pestering Atty to take him to a live performance one day.

Working out to VHS routines from the 80s, Leg warmers, big hair and attractive women demonstrating how to keep himself in shape all with delightfully campy and cheesy effects? What's not to love? While these videos were obviously created with humans in mind, Orias devotes all of his attention to matching the exercise poses shown on his tapes and often ends up in strange positions.

As an extension, this involves a labor of love in keeping his nearly derelict VCR in working order. As a bit of a mechanical genius, Orias simply keeps building it up over time and adding enhancements. The machine can now rewind at twenty times the speed of any other VCR, pause perfectly, and even enhance the image on the screen for pixel-perfect scrutiny. After all, one must get the poses perfectly right to exercise properly.

The exercises he learns, specifically the jazzercise, is also used to test the inventions he creates on a whim. The myriad movements help calibrate his exo-harnesses and helipacks, all while keeping him balanced and on point.

(Drunken) Inventing Orias's creative genius is inversely proportional to his sobriety level. The drunker he gets, the more impressive his inventions. Given that when he's completely without drink he can tinker with limb-extension exo-harnesses and helicopter backpacks, it only stands to reason that his drunken manufacturing would be awe-inspiring in its own right.

He enjoys wearing his Extendable Limb Ambulatory Incorporated Nanotech Equipment suit, or E.L.A.I.N.E. for short. One of his more common tinkers, this invention is a harness that enhances everything a kitty could want. The ability to walk on two legs. Height augmentation, even opposable thumbs for opening the fridge for more beer! Complete with a bottle opener on the wrists and cup holder attachments for restocking trips. The drunker Orias gets, the more anthropomorphized E.L.A.I.N.E. gets in his eyes. He can often be found talking to it as though it were another sentient being (perhaps due to the nanotech features it's smarter than it looks for high-tech overalls with legs and arms).

One of his most impressive recent creations would likely be his R.A.M.M., or Roomba Assistant Manufacturing Module. Developed as a result of a particularly spectacular binge day and Atty's subsequent anger at the pile of empty beer bottles around the house, it does just what it says on the tin. Orias was ordered to clean everything. Orias instead built a machine whose sole function was to create other smaller machines to do said bidding. While the automatic vacuums aren't especially sturdy on their own and tend to break down after one or two uses, the R.A.M.M. can synthesize a small army of them on demand (Atty's demand to clean, usually). This is what Orias calls delegation.

Orias's ingenuity tends to manifest in battle situations as well, as he can commandeer and requisition various bits of technology that may be about to be put to offensive use. A noteworthy example would be cannibalizing Atty's watch to create a focus to force light into a beam that served as an ignition source to light the rag inserted into the guardian cat's half-empty beer bottle. The run-on thought made sense to Orias, and it served the purpose of a cobbled-together Molotov cocktail. A match might have worked just as well, but what use would carrying around matches be? A kitty fanny pack just for those? It takes up precious beer space.

General heckling of his senshi. Athalia wouldn't be the first choice of partner that anyone who knew Orias would envision, nor did Orias actively make that choice out of anything but desperation. A locked cage in the pound and the first person that could understand his ravings as those of a guardian cat was purely a matter of circumstance. That said, Orias takes great pleasure in taunting his much more straight-laced human companion.

Nothing is above heckling, whether it be workout routines, choice of food, clothing styles, or sleep schedule. It takes a particular amount of fortitude to hang about Orias for any extended period of time.

Additionally, Orias takes his free time quite seriously and is often a sponge for activities he thinks look entertaining. This leads to him attempting things such as DJing to amusing results.

Virtues: Loyal: Despite his rampant hedonism and somewhat devil-may-care nature, Orias is actually fiercely protective of those he considers his friends. While one might labor to believe it given the cat's laissez faire attitude toward Athalia, he considers the senshi his closest friend and is even willing to give up his precious beer in defense of the man. Those who prove themselves as trustworthy and genuine tend to wear through the layers of the Mauvian's skepticism and earn a mostly stalwart comrade in return.

Clever: When presented with a problem, Orias can quite often solve it. Whether it be how to make improvised weaponry on the fly or how to craft a multi-armed harness for holding more beer at once while supplying opposable thumbs, this trait is only magnified proportionately to his level of drunkenness. Under his taunting and laid-back demeanor lies an agile mind, and though he often uses it selfishly there are many occasions to where his friends benefit as well. If feeling particularly benevolent, he might even invent something particularly tailored to someone else. He's considering offering his prototype mechanical typing paw overlays to Nami for use on her computer, as he developed them with her in mind.


Flaws: Blunt: Despite being raised with intimate knowledge of social niceties and the norms of high society, Orias is often crass and crude in his demeanor. This earns him more ire than it does friends, but he considers being true to himself more important. In his eyes, it's honesty. To others, it's often rude. That said, at least Orias can be relied upon to speak his mind and let others know where he stands.

Selfish: Orias is quite self-centered, often thinking of himself rather than others. While this is somewhat relaxed around close friends, he'd stop to think twice about helping passerby in need unless a reward he's interested in was evident. This manifests in a very noticeable manner in relation to one of his greatest gifts: his ingenuity. Nearly every single one of Orias's marvelous inventions are created for his sole benefit, and them helping anyone else is just happenstance.

Challenge: "I'm way too sober for this."

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : CAT FORM

Face/Ears: Long tufted ears with a slightly contoured, narrow face.

Body: Adult, weight varies from slim to pudgy based on beer intake and how many 80s workout videos he's jazzercised along to.

Fur: Long fur with a grey tabby coloration, golden star

Eyes: Amber

Star Color: Golden

Accessories: Various inventions, from a multi-armed harness with opposable thumbs for holding beer and opening the fridge to a helipack for increased mobility. His treasure is a ragged bandana that ties about his head when well and truly sauced.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : HUMAN FORM

Eyes: Pale amber with a very slight slant

Hair: The same dark grey as the stripes in his fur, wild and voluminous. He tends to leave it in a bedhead spiky style.

Face: Slender with slightly prominent cheekbones due to a usually low weight

Star Color: Gold

Clothes: Typically wears a medieval beige tunic, completely open and untied, with slate breeches and plain clogs. When forced to be presentable and fancy, he will wear a much dressier attire of a slim black vest over a white long-sleeved blouse with open, flowing lace cuffs. Full length dark trousers with a long sash and polished leather open toe/heel footwraps complete the ensemble. Rarely Orias can even be convinced to comb his hair back into a sleek style.

Rise of the Beer Cat: The Story Thus Far

Legacy of a Drunken Genius: Inventions List

E.L.A.I.N.E.: Extendable Limb Ambulatory Incorporated Nanotech Equipment suit. Orias's baby and pet project. This tiny exosuit features extendable arms and legs, bottle holders along the arms, two tri-fingered claws for delicate manipulation, and even a bottle launcher for long-distance beer delivery. Normal movement is accomplished via either voice command or the accompanying headset, while the arms have a dedicated joystick for each. Through the crystal monoscope integrated into the headset, E.L.A.I.N.E.'s AI can calculate trajectories and distances for optimal beer launches. If Orias is feeling particularly lazy, he can call out the suit's activation command to engage auto-pilot to the Mauvian's location. All functions outside locomotion are disabled during auto-pilot mode.

R.A.M.M.: Roomba Assistant Manufacturing Module. This large machine dominates the spare room that Orias has commandeered from Regulus, and can quickly fabricate a small army of Roombas. While somewhat fragile in that they tend to break after a few uses, the little robots can be recycled into brand-new ones by R.A.M.M. Typically sees heavy use when Reggie demands that Orias clean up the messes the cat leaves about.

The Helipack (Approval Pending): A simple strap-on backpack that, when activated, extends a rotary blade assembly above the user's head. This generates enough lift for low altitude flight. Ear protection is highly recommended, as is reading the non-existent user's guide. Suitable only for Mauvians and like-sized pilots.

B.U.T.L.E.R. (Approval pending): Beefed-Up Transportation Liaison & Emergency Restocker. A modified R.A.M.M. Roomba that Orias personally augmented for use by Namielle and Regula. The fortified frame now features a raised serving platter and a single extendable arm for retrieving food and drink. An edited version of E.L.A.I.N.E.'s AI is installed into this unique unit, allowing for voice recognition and limited conversational abilities. Mainly used for chip and soda runs to the fridge.

The M.E.G.A.L.A.I.N.E. Mk. I: Heavily classified. Orias won't let anyone see or hear any details regarding this top-secret project at this time.

M.A.P. (Approval Pending) Mauvian Assessment Panel. The over-arching dashboard and information system into which Orias connects the communicator apps that he writes. It's essentially a high-tech server and computer interface amalgam that the feline built in Regula's basement, where it serves as the cat's version of the Batcomputer. He can collate and access records received from all active instances of his applications, and one of its most useful functions is transmitting to a small holodeck to project a 3D image of Destiny City with a real-time threat assessment overlay.

This holodeck is the Mauvian's biggest gift to Sailor Athalia, taking data feeds from his apps to register known Negaverse Chaos signatures and plot suspected activity areas as well as any active signals that connected phones are tracking. The system also has Mauvian Bejeweled installed! It's the same as regular Bejeweled, but the gems are beer bottles. This automatically makes it superior.

Sniffer (Approval Pending) A communicator app that detects and registers known Chaos (or Order!) power signatures and uploads them to M.A.P. The power of this app increases exponentially with the number of downloads and active instances, making each communicator serve as a tiny sonar node that connects to the larger threat assessment system. A senshi can activate this at the start of a fight to log a Negaverse signature, allowing for easier recognition by other senshi who may not have encountered that particular individual as of yet.

Frequent use allows for Orias's algorithms to analyze potential Negaverse hunting grounds and patrol routes based on verified location data. While it cannot actively track agents on its own, if a Chaos user powers up near an active instance of the app it's identified by the system. Think of it as a senshi sending a group-wide text that they'd found trouble, allowing for a more unified response should anyone nearby choose to check the map and rush to their aid.

Gold Digger (Approval Pending): An app written to assist in locating focal points of power on home planets. Running on modified code from the Sniffer app, a senshi allows their phone to scan their own power signature. The program can then be run to pulse long-range scans to point the user in the general direction of matches, allowing for the senshi to quite possibly more quickly locate points of interest from their past lives. Unfortunately the app cannot identify what exactly is responding to the scan, so it could turn out to be something relatively useless when located.

Note that extreme range scans require copious amounts of power from the phone, and an external power supply may be required for prolonged use at this setting.

Senshi Glass, a.k.a. "The Scouter" (Approval Pending): A communicator alternative for those who don't wish to use their standard issue devices. The base unit is housed in an over-ear cup while a sturdy mono-lens display can be extended out over one eye for visual data. The unit forms a hermetic seal over an ear, and is crafted with only the comfiest rubber sleeve and padding. The lens is of durable clear crystal, and can be fabricated in various colors! The display can be retracted into the ear cup when not in use for unobstructed vision, and a keypad can also be found on the cup. The Senshi Glass is not recommended for texting without plenty of practice.

Note that during first use the Senshi Glass must be synced to the original communicator device via the included cable, and the replaced device will enter a non-responsive mode so as not to be a liability if it's stolen while not in use. Functionality can be restored by reconnecting the Senshi Glass and reversing the sync process, facilitated by a user password chosen during the initial switch.

The Senshi Glass is NOT faction specific! By necessity, this means that it cannot be pre-programmed to specific communicator types and must receive all necessary data during the syncing process.

Each unit comes pre-installed with the novel +9K app, which for Order senshi allows it to run a modified Sniffer code to link with the M.A.P. database at the touch of a button. This will scan any target in focus of the lens and return all recorded data in an easy-to-read HUD. Targets with enough collected data will also have an estimated threat level, making the Senshi Glass a fantastic training tool for newer members!

While Orias doesn't currently know of any other models in existence, the M.A.P. schematics ARE uploaded to the Mauvian database and could in theory be manufactured by a corrupted Guardian Cat. While this wouldn't give them access to Orias's Order server and data, it would allow a Negaverse analogue to these functionalities if said corrupted cat worked hard enough to get them all running.



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