A AU heavily based on the show Raising Hope, featuring N trying to figure out how to raise an abandoned Worker Drone baby he found in the snow. All characters involved (aside from the kids obviously) are adults in their early-late 20s. The only Drones to have parents are the babies, like Chip. Khan, Yeva, etc still exist, they just aren't related to Uzi or Doll, etc.
JCJenson sent a group of Worker Drones to Copper-9 to mine for resources, but they eventually got fed up with it and revolted, refusing to do any work and instead building their own society, forming relationships and creating children. Most Drones were content with the new society they made, though some of them, notably Thad and Uzi, who would frequently wonder away from the rest, grew bored with it. They were given a job to mine, revolted, and now they have jobs where they build things and sell it to other Drones.
A important note - N, V, and J are only programmed to kill revolting Drones. This means they only focus on them, and are less violent in canon, but they're still pretty bloodthirsty. Another note, N, V, and J were only modified, these aren't copies, these are the originals. After the Disassembly Drones are deployed, the WDF are formed and build a Base to hide out from the Murder Drones.
N was hesitant on getting a Worker to babysit Chip since Workers have a habit of hating Disassembly Drones, but luckily N found Thad. Thad began babysitting, and he quickly introduced N to Uzi, who was also rather bored of the revolt, and the trio realized they all had feelings for each other, and began dating, Thad and Uzi adopting Chip once N moves in. He, alongside Thad and Uzi, begin living in a abandoned (and oily) apartment, with Thad and Uzi introducing N to Doll and Lizzy, and N introducing them to V, J, Tessa, and Cyn.
CHIP
FAMILY: Uzi & Thad & N (Parents), J & Tessa & Cyn (Family Friends), Doll & Lizzy & V (Adoptive Aunts), Bonnie (Adoptive Younger Sister), Velvet (Adoptive Cousin)
FRIENDS: Beau
The Worker Drone baby N found in the snow. Chip grows up unaware of the distaste most of the Drones have for her and her family, at least until she learns for herself in school. Is rather outcasted, due to her loudness, messy playstyle, overly friendly nature, and her uncaringness towards violence. Despite this, she refuses to give up, though it is why her only non-family friend is Beau. While her parents try to keep N's bloodlust away from her (at least they do this now, N certainly never hid anything from her beforehand), it still imprinted on her due to being raised by three Disassembly Drones for the first couple of years of her life, causing her to start biting her classmates and threatening them. N worries that this behavior is her taking after him, though he isn't really concerned with her being violent - he just doesn't want her to be doing this because he is. Chip acts fearless and brave, often teasing Beau, usually about his unwillingness to go into his own closet (nobody but Alice and Sarah knows what's in there, so Chip just naturally thinks Beau's weird for not going in there). Despite her tendency to act fearless, there are a few things she's scared of - she loves flying around with N, though she starts panicking if he goes too high. She also would be scared if ever encountering a feeding Alice or N. Nicknamed "Murderer's Baby" by the other Workers and her Classmates.
BONNIE
FAMILY: N & Thad & Uzi (Parents), Doll & Lizzy & V (Adoptive Aunts), Chip (Adoptive Older Sister) J & Tessa & Cyn (Family Friends), Velvet (Adoptive Cousin)
FRIENDS: Beau
Unlike Chip, Bonnie really is fearless. She's also quite disliked in the Base, due to N fighting for his right to imprint on his daughter, making her part Disassembler. Nicknamed "Little Murderer" despite the fact she's yet to kill. Bonnie tends to be the one Chip, Velvet, or Beau will go to when they have a problem, usually one where Bonnie can fight someone - she's small but she's got that Disassembler strength. And nanite acid bite. And claws. Velvet loves being carried around in her tail, and Bonnie is learning to fly with N and sometimes V.
VELVET
FAMILY: Doll & Lizzy (Mothers), V (Adoptive Mother), Thad & N (Adoptive Uncles), Uzi (Adoptive Aunt), J & Tessa & Cyn (Family Friends), Chip & Bonnie (Adoptive Cousins)
FRIENDS: Chip, Beau, Bonnie
Biter. Ankle biter. Likes hissing at others. She doesn't talk much, and usually looks annoyed, following Chip, Beau, or Bonnie around. Velvet loves being held (only by Doll or Lizzy), teddy bears, and dropping onto her friends from the counter when they aren't expecting it.
UZI
FAMILY: Thad & N (Boyfriends), Chip (Adoptive Daughter), Bonnie (Daughter)
FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll
Still a outcast, but doesn't really care much about it, rather, she's more bothered by the exact same thing happening to her daughters. She met N after Thad introduced them, and N soon moved in with the both of them. Uzi likes teasing both V and J.
SERIAL DESIGNATION N
FAMILY: Uzi & Thad (Partners), Chip (Adoptive Daughter), Bonnie (Daughter), Tessa & Cyn (Adoptive Sisters)
FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll
First finding Chip on a hunt, N decided to raise her despite not knowing for sure she was a Worker, with J and V not thinking it was a good idea. Met Thad, got him to babysit Chip for him, and all that. He's constantly stepping on eggshells to not fuck up, as he knows the WDF are very much on his ass about killing within the Base. It's just a lot harder to suppress the instinct when his prey are literally surrounding him. N tries his best to be a good father to Chip and Bonnie, and a good partner to Uzi and Thad, though often worries that his murderous nature will scare his family, despite being somewhat blind to why the Workers don't want him killing them ("I get to live too, don't I?"). N usually takes a small amount of oil from his family and friends, though the suppressed bloodlust and that being way less oil than he needs explodes every so often, so he still hunts outside the base when he can. He's the one who gets the idea to move his, Doll's, and Alice's families, as well as J, back to Elliott Manor.
SERIAL DESIGNATION J
FAMILY: None
FRIENDS: Tessa
Dedicated leader, of course. Never had time for N's family, or later on V's, finding all of it rather annoying and a bother to have to deal with. Often has late night talks with Tessa, and panicked rather badly when Tessa's call about her parents dying came through, even though she had no clue it went down like that. J feels guilty for not being there to help or protect Tessa, despite it being out of her hands. J has a communicator built into her that rests on her shoulder, and its used to talk with Tessa and Cyn. N and V frequently hijack it to talk to Tessa, which always annoys J.
SERIAL DESIGNATION V
FAMILY: Lizzy (Girlfriend), Doll (Platonic Partner), Velvet (Adoptive Daughter)
FRIENDS: Tessa, N
Initally views all Workers as judgemental assholes and refuses to help N on the basis that she also doesn't know how to raise a baby. V starts coming around when she's introduced to Lizzy, looking forward to her visits and wanting to spend more time with her. Lizzy picks up on this and asks V to babysit Velvet one day, figuring that the first thing she should do is make sure V can treat her daughter well. V also doesn't really like the Workers due to their treatment of N, Chip, and Bonnie, though refuses to actually admit this. Later starts dating Lizzy and adopts Velvet.
THAD
FAMILY: Uzi & N (Partners), Chip (Adoptive Daughter), Bonnie (Daughter)
FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll
Would very much rather be doing anything but his job, which led to him meeting N. Still has the same speech mannerisms, causing the kids to refer to him as "Captain Awesome" (hey, this isn't Chuck AU?), which started out as Chip referring to her dads differently, but now it's just kind of a shared nickname for really anyone close with Thad. For reference, Chip and Bonnie call N "Murder Dad," they've repeatedly been told to pick another name since N being a mass murderer isn't really welcomed, but the kids think it's funny and refuse to do so.
DOLL
FAMILY: Lizzy (Wife), Velvet (Daughter), V (Platonic Partner)
FRIENDS: Uzi, N, Thad
Quiet, monotone, and really only emotes when playing violent video games with Thad, Doll is also somewhat of a outcast due to a lot of the other Drones thinking she's creepy. Doll's visor was damaged in a workplace incident, though she refuses to really elaborate on that. Doll enjoys sewing, having made a few outfits for Velvet, her own dress being one of the first things she made, and she loves it dearly.
LIZZY
FAMILY: Doll (Wife), Velvet (Daughter), V (Girlfriend)
FRIENDS: Uzi, N, Thad
Peppy, loud, and will berate and belittle you if she catches you making fun of any of her friends or family. She's defensive of them, especially Doll due to the whole "other Drones think she's creepy" thing. Once responded to someone's off-putting comment towards Doll by making out with her in front of them. Is aware of V's crush, liking to tease her about it before they start properly dating.
CYN
FAMILY: Tessa & N (Adoptive Older Siblings)
FRIENDS: V, J
Prior to Tessa's snapping, Cyn was a pretty nervous Drone who was just trying to make sure Tessa did what she was asked, not wishing for either to get into trouble. James managed to irreversibly program Cyn to follow Tessa around constantly, in order to make sure Tessa never forgot that they were always keeping a eye on her. Despite this, Tessa still managed to do her personal tasks, achieved through draping a blanket over Cyn before she went grave-robbing. After the snap, Cyn is more open, but just as tired, as she is basically Tessa's caretaker, having to remind her to eat or sleep somewhere that isn't a wooden chair. She tries to get Tessa to tell N, V, and J what happened to her parents, failing until the Drones return back to Elliott Manor.
TESSA ELLIOTT
FAMILY: James & Louisa Elliott (Parents, Both Deceased), N & Cyn (Adoptive Siblings), Chip & Bonnie (Adoptive Nieces)
FRIENDS: V, J
Bitter, angry, suppressing so many violent thoughts, Tessa is the sole mechanic of the large amount of Drones still employeed to Elliott Manor or JCJenson. She barely sleeps, is working all day, and often breaks things she's working on out of fustration. James also forces her to change N, V, and J into killing machines to eradicate the revolting Worker Drones on Copper-9. When she finally can't take it anymore, she grabs a knife and attacks her parents, getting into a fight after barricading the door so Cyn can't stop her. Tessa wins, though injured, and chooses to tell J about her parents being dead (though refuses to tell her how they died) before Cyn drags her away to get patched up. No longer having to suppress anything in fear of being punished, Tessa's more blunt about her violent thoughts and anger, storing her parents in the freezer to eat off of as she's currently too nervous about the idea of going off the property for the first time ever... she's in her twenties. Tessa often ends calls by suggesting everyone move into the Manor, which does eventually happen... though that means she has to tell everyone what she did to herself. Tessa can't undo what she did to N, V, and J (due to how dangerous the modifications were to begin with) nor can she undo what James did to Cyn or Alice's oil-craving and feral state. There's plenty of Drones and oil... so not like they need to worry.
ALICE
FAMILY: Beau (Son), Sarah (Partner)
FRIENDS: N, Uzi, Thad, Doll, Lizzy
Alice says she doesn't want "strangers" in the house, and would rather only Beau go to Chip's house. This is actually due to her paranoia that Drones would realize there's regularly corpses in the closet, which is usually completely stained in oil to begin with. N and V coming over to pick up their kids specifically frightens her - N already has commented on Beau having the scent of oil on him. She doesn't worry too much about Beau since he's a great listener - she told him to stay out the closet, so he does - but violent and bloodthirsty Sarah is a different story. There is a reason the closet is covered all over in oil. Alice didn't mean to eat Sarah's arm, a mishap where she drank some of her own oil is to blame... but Sarah doesn't seem to mind despite how guilty Alice feels. Alice's feral state (a result from drinking oil / eating Sarah's arm) is rather odd compared to other previously feral Workers. Alice can oddly come back from it, though she does require oil now and can't consume batteries anymore. Alice and Sarah try to keep all of this underwraps, not even really answering how Sarah lost its arm. After all, if the WDF or Beau caught wind of what happened...
BEAU
FAMILY: Alice (Mother), Sarah (Parent)
FRIENDS: Chip & Velvet & Bonnie
Beau is a polite Drone who is desensitized to violence due to his and Sarah's love of Horror Movies. He's always seen wearing the slightly oversized hat he recieved from Sarah for a Creation Day gift, and spends a lot of his time hanging out with his friends at their homes. They are really the only kids who get to go out of the Base without worry, as N, V, and J don't target them.
SARAH
FAMILY: Alice (Wife), Beau (Son)
FRIENDS: N, Uzi, Lizzy, Doll, Thad, Tessa, Cyn
Really affectionate, not that anyone but Alice or Beau ever saw that. Also really violent, but Drones are actually able to see this aspect of it - once hidden, it becomes quite hard to suppress when Alice's new oil-restrictive diet allows Sarah to frequently lure Drones into the Closet to kill for her to eat. Alice is somewhat nervous that Sarah is going to let slip the two's murder-hobby to someone, since Sarah is starting to loose its filter.
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ASKBLOG: raising-chip-au
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SONGS: Curses - The Crane Wives, Hayloft 2 - Mother Mother, People Eater - Sodikken, Home - The Magnetic Zeros, White Night - The Postelles