[X] A Pitch-Black Arm.
[X] You have mixed feelings about it. On one hand there are most definitely advantages to your situation but, scandal aside, it still causes problems for you.
[X] You have mixed feelings about it. On one hand there are most definitely advantages to your situation but, scandal aside, it still causes problems for you.
You are Weiss Schnee, and you are a robot. While some people might think that is something that is completely awesome with no down sides, you beg to differ. For one thing, you have to keep this secret from the public, lest they start looking at your family oddly, keeping you from going out in public. Ever.
AN: For advantages and disadvantages, make a plan where the number of disadvantages and advantages are equal. Don't have conflicting advantages and disadvantages unless you choose the options for no function-affecting changes.
Of course, that's not the only thing that kinda sucks. There's also the problem that...
[] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
[] You were made to be a human, not a robot. (Barely any augment potential)
[] You aren't the best at pattern recognition. (Makes learning new skills hard.)
[] You weren't made for combat. (Decreases combat capability)
[] The material that makes up your body is very heavy. (Decreases speed)
[] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
[] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
[] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
[] You can't sing as well as a normal person. (No functional disadvantage – if you choose this, you have to choose the corresponding option in advantages.)
That's not to say that your body doesn't have it's benefits. Among other things…
[] You don't look like a robot at all. (Don't need to use makeup to hide your true nature.)
[] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
[] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
[] You quite literally have combat skills programmed in. (Increases combat capability)
[] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[] Your Aura is abnormally strong. (High aura, semblance already well-practiced.)
[] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
[] Robots are awesome, you have to admit. (Higher self-confidence.)
[] You can't accidentally stub your toes. (No functional advantage – if you choose this, you have to choose the corresponding option in disadvantages.)
So, yes. There are most definitely problems with your nature, but there are also benefits. Two sides of the same coin, one could say.
As you were pondering this, your scroll started buzzing. An alarm?
Oh, that's right. You had promised your dearest sibling that you would meet with them today. The two of you got along rather well. After all…
[] You did save him. Nobody had expected what happened, but in the heat of the moment, all you cared about was protecting Whitley. That was how you died. Good thing Winter had those connections… (Relationships: Whitley Schnee +++, Winter Schnee +. Weiss was originally a human, but was killed, and her mind was uploaded into a robot body.)
[] You two were made by the same man. You were made to give the crowds satisfaction over false rumors of a non-existant child, but Penny was the proof of concept. (Relationships: Penny Polendina ++, Gepetto Polendina ++. Weiss was made by Gepetto to fill the role of Weiss Schnee, a child who didn't exist.)
[] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
You got out of your bed (even if you were a robot, you could still enjoy the finer things in life) and got ready to start the day.
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AN: Don't worry about the relationships too much right now. Next update will give you a chance to manually increase your relationships some. I suggest focusing more on Weiss's origin. THE ORIGIN SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES PLAN!
Hmmm... Interesting options. Let's see what I can do.
[X] Plan Mystery Box
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
The idea behind this plan, and the associated origin, is that Weiss is something of a mystery. She's very adaptive, in both and mind- it's what allowed her to grow up, despite theoretically being a machine. However, her not knowing her origins, combined with an inhuman appearance and strange soul, have led to Weiss not having much in the way of self-confidence. Weiss can put on a good bluster, but oftentimes, she thinks it would be easier if she were human, not a constantly changing machine that nobody understands.
Hmmm... Interesting options. Let's see what I can do.
[X] Plan Mystery Box
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
-[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
The idea behind this plan is that Weiss is something of a mystery. She's very adaptive, in both and mind- it's what allowed her to grow up, despite theoretically being a machine. However, her not knowing her origins, combined with an inhuman appearance and strange soul, have led to Weiss not having much in the way of self-confidence. Weiss can put on a good bluster, but oftentimes, she thinks it would be easier if she were human, not a constantly changing machine that nobody understands.
[X] Plan Battle Angel
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
[X] You aren't the best at pattern recognition. (Makes learning new skills hard.)
[X] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
[X] You quite literally have combat skills programmed in. (Increases combat capability)
[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
[X] You two were made by the same man. You were made to give the crowds satisfaction over false rumors of a non-existant child, but Penny was the proof of concept. (Relationships: Penny Polendina ++, Gepetto Polendina ++. Weiss was made by Gepetto to fill the role of Weiss Schnee, a child who didn't exist.)
[X] Plan Mystery Box
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
I like this plan. Eerie and uncanny will be a fun way to play.
[X] Plan Battle Angel
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
[X] Plan Mystery Box
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] Your Aura isn't quite… right. (Low aura, semblance locked at start.)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] You always know what to say… more or less. (Higher social skills)
I like Mystery Box for the most part, but Weiss with good social skills? Pfft, where's the fun in that, especially with the orphaned robot origin? If we're going to take notes on Battle Angel Alita, then go all in on it!
[X] Plan Battle Angel
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
I switched bad Aura for bad Social, and switched good Social for lightweight body. I focused on getting advantages in things we probably can't improve over time (our body's base material, our programming and mod adaptability), while accepting disadvantages in categories we probably can change (augments for our appearance, and social ability is a learnable skill that our database can help with. I presume Aura is also improvable over time, though difficult).
I like Mystery Box for the most part, but Weiss with good social skills? Pfft, where's the fun in that, especially with the orphaned robot origin? If we're going to take notes on Battle Angel Alita, then go all in on it!
[X] Plan Battle Angel
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] She found you. She was young when she found you among the wreckage, and though your father was concerned with what you were, Winter was only concerned with who you were. She and Mother always treated you like a person. (Relationships: Winter Schnee +++, Bianca Schnee +. Weiss was always a robot, for many years. Nobody knows how she grew with her age, though...)
I switched bad Aura for bad Social, and switched good Social for lightweight body. I focused on getting advantages in things we probably can't improve over time (our body's base material, our programming and mod adaptability), while accepting disadvantages in categories we probably can change (augments for our appearance, and social ability is a learnable skill that our database can help with. I presume Aura is also improvable over time, though difficult).
The augments Weiss can get are all purely functional, not aesthetic. She can get an augment that will let her mask her true face, but it will consume power, and she can't just fix her face - if she was found, then Geppetto won't be able to figure out how to change Weiss rather than create add-ons, and if she was made or transferred, he'll have no idea how to make his robots look human and still have them work - including Penny.
As for Aura and Social skills, they can improve over time, but not as fast as you might think.
The augments Weiss can get are all purely functional, not aesthetic. She can get an augment that will let her mask her true face, but it will consume power, and she can't just fix her face - if she was found, then Geppetto won't be able to figure out how to change Weiss rather than create add-ons, and if she was made or transferred, he'll have no idea how to make his robots look human and still have them work - including Penny.
As for Aura and Social skills, they can improve over time, but not as fast as you might think.
Eh, that's fine, Weiss having to seriously struggle with the social aspects of her robot-ness is one of the main points of my plan. And Aura being slow to train is even more reason for me to avoid the low Aura disadvantage.
[X] Plan Battle Angel
-[X] You don't exactly look human. (Very hard to hide your true nature without makeup)
-[X] People complain that you don't… act right. (Lower social skills)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You are made to be able to grow and advance. (Augments are easy to install)
-[X] You have a ridiculous database, especially for your size. (Makes learning new skills easy.)
-[X] The material that makes up your body is lightweight. (Increases speed)
[X] Plan: Human After All
-[X] You were made to be a human, not a robot. (Barely any augment potential)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You don't look like a robot at all. (Don't need to use makeup to hide your true nature.)
-[X] Your Aura is abnormally strong. (High aura, semblance already well-practiced.)
[X] You did save him. Nobody had expected what happened, but in the heat of the moment, all you cared about was protecting Whitley. That was how you died. Good thing Winter had those connections… (Relationships: Whitley Schnee +++, Winter Schnee +. Weiss was originally a human, but was killed, and her mind was uploaded into a robot body.)
[X] Plan: Human After All
-[X] You were made to be a human, not a robot. (Barely any augment potential)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You don't look like a robot at all. (Don't need to use makeup to hide your true nature.)
-[X] Your Aura is abnormally strong. (High aura, semblance already well-practiced.)
[X] You did save him. Nobody had expected what happened, but in the heat of the moment, all you cared about was protecting Whitley. That was how you died. Good thing Winter had those connections… (Relationships: Whitley Schnee +++, Winter Schnee +. Weiss was originally a human, but was killed, and her mind was uploaded into a robot body.)
[X] Plan: Human After All
-[X] You were made to be a human, not a robot. (Barely any augment potential)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You don't look like a robot at all. (Don't need to use makeup to hide your true nature.)
-[X] Your Aura is abnormally strong. (High aura, semblance already well-practiced.)
[X] You did save him. Nobody had expected what happened, but in the heat of the moment, all you cared about was protecting Whitley. That was how you died. Good thing Winter had those connections… (Relationships: Whitley Schnee +++, Winter Schnee +. Weiss was originally a human, but was killed, and her mind was uploaded into a robot body.)
[X] Plan: Human After All
-[X] You were made to be a human, not a robot. (Barely any augment potential)
-[X] You really just want to be human. (Lower self-confidence.)
-[X] You don't look like a robot at all. (Don't need to use makeup to hide your true nature.)
-[X] Your Aura is abnormally strong. (High aura, semblance already well-practiced.)
[X] You did save him. Nobody had expected what happened, but in the heat of the moment, all you cared about was protecting Whitley. That was how you died. Good thing Winter had those connections… (Relationships: Whitley Schnee +++, Winter Schnee +. Weiss was originally a human, but was killed, and her mind was uploaded into a robot body.)
