MURDER DRONES AUS

Wolfboy N

CW: Fabrications Of Lives, Memory Wiping

In a world where Disassembly Drones were never created and Worker Drones live without fear in a village on Copper-9. The planet is naturally like that, with actual snow. However, the air is still not breathable, so they're really the only life that exists there, as far as they know. JCJenson employed them at the company back on Earth, with periodic change outs to help at the Elliot Manor. U, N, V, J, C, L, D, and T were all permently assigned to the manor however, and ended up becoming Tessa's favorite Drones, and the bane of her parent's existence. N in particular being permently assigned to the manor also helped Tessa keep a eye on him and his virus.

N's virus basically turned him into a werewolf with a hunger for oil and Drones. The longer he goes without eating, the more he's at risk of dying from overheating. While he was able to curb his appetite with the Drone parts and buckets of oil in the basement, he has fallen victim to loosing control and attacking his friends and coworkers, killing at least a few (which is how Tessa and the others found out he needed oil to begin with) and smashing a part of D's visor in.

During a gathering of employees over at Elliot Manor for a celebatory event, N managed to consume human blood, which temporarily mutated his virus and caused him to seek out blood rather than oil. He left all the Drones alone, though nearly attacked U since her suit was covered in blood after she slipped in it. She cut his leg off in a panic, which briefly broke N out of his rampage, confused and lost on why U would hurt him. It didn't last.

Tessa gathered the Drones in the basement, grabbed N later after he went back to normal (by his virus' standards, anyway), and off they went to Copper-9 using a pod JCJenson was planning on unveiling. Despite N's virus no longer craving human, he was avoidant of Tessa, and seeing as how her spacesuit blocks her off from being viewed, it appears that she doesn't want to risk anything either.

The Drones don't recall anything about the Manor due to Tessa locking those memories up. She created families and names for them, besides Cyn, as Tessa took her in, and had bought them new clothing before the trip. Tessa knows she should've taken Nathan in as well due to his virus, but she was already overwhelmed and barely thinking coherently.

None of the Drones really recall Nathan, despite him being around for a week before he self-exiled and renamed himself N. They don't remember Tessa at all, as she was included in her locking up of all of their Manor memories. She doesn't mind though, it's easier to have a fresh start with them like this.

The Drones live in a small village, with a building that houses the Worker Defense Force, led by Khan, as well as a school to occupy the younger Drones.

N eventually got caught by the WDF and was chained to a wooden post in the basement, with Uzi soon being assigned to watch him twice a day after Khan misread sarcasm she gave him. While captured, he tears off and eats a part of his ear in order to hold off overheating as much as he can. A note about his healing factor - self-inflicted injuries don't heal. After N told Uzi about what happens when he overheats, which he was at risk of doing, Uzi broke him out, harboring him at her place despite the risks. She begins trusting him after he drinks some of her oil with her permission rather than forcibly taking it and running. It still takes some time, especially as Uzi quickly realizes that N is likely the reason Nori and Doll's parents died.

N prefers to be called N, though has to refer to himself as Nathan as to not out himself as the feral dangerous Weredrone. It's not like it isn't hard to tell he's the Weredrone, though, especially with how he never took the prison collar off, so maybe nobody cares and he just hasn't realized that yet.

While N is pretty good at telling Uzi when he starts to overheat, there are times he can't, due to her being at school, which led to her walking in on him eating a WDF member in her living room rather early on in their friendship. No matter how overheated N is prior to eating, he will always fall into a semi-feral state, growling at others and protecting his kill.

Thad is the first to get properly told about N, not counting Tessa who obviously already knows, and so he's there when Uzi attempted to look into N's memories, which required Tessa's admin permissions. This led to Uzi and Thad learning about what happened at the Manor after Uzi demanded Tessa tell them.

While Thad hasn't properly formed a opinion about what Tessa did, Uzi certainly holds a grudge against her, though understands why she did what she did. Thad also gives N some of his oil to prove that he still trusts N, who at the time was unaware they saw his locked memories and therefore had no clue why Thad was proving that to him.

Uzi later drags N on a school trip with her and Thad, which of course goes a bit haywire as N attacks and kills Braiden and Emily during the night due to overheating. Vanny encounters him in this state and he turns his attention to her, pinning her down and attempting to bite her head off, getting stabbed in his own in the process by the knife Vanny has on her at all times. Uzi also comes out, distracting N from Vanny with Braiden's head. N eats it but still pins Uzi down, though his overheating meter finally cools all the way down, causing him to regain control. In a panic, he cuts his arm off, forcing Uzi to ask Tessa to help when she's still not happy with her.

However, N couldn't help himself and kept gnawing on his own arm, so by the time the trip is over and Uzi can ask Tessa, the arm is pretty much useless, so N just finishes it off, not really minding the loss. Tessa also gives him a explaination on why Uzi's mad at her, with N understanding both sides, and remaining rather neutral about the situation.

At some point, Lizzy had Tessa build a robot cat for her and Doll, named Byte. Meanwhile, Uzi made a puppy plush for N, since she knew he loves dogs but was too nervous about having a robot dog in the house. N named the plush Kyle and always falls asleep with him.

Jenny is a bit of a loner Drone, only really friends with Tessa, and is a major "teacher's pet" and therefore somewhat disliked by her classmates since she often does way better than them. Usually stressed, she doesn't like working with others and finds N and Uzi to be weird. Later evolves to weird /affectionate. She never treats N quite the same as she does in canon, since they don't really interact much, though she finds him annoying.

Vanny is Lizzy's best friend, even if Lizzy's other best friend is constantly trying to bite at her ankles /silly. Usually has a knife on her for defense, and enjoys rambling about bizarre deaths if you let her, holding interest in dark or morbid topics. Despite being a lot less violent than in canon, she still likes giving out threats, usually towards Uzi (at first). Vanny wouldn't really hurt anyone unless forced to.

Doll initally had no clue what happened to her face, though after meeting N, begins suspecting that he was the culprit. N also starts realizing he was the reason, a simple conclusion for both of them to come too - Doll has claw marks on her face, N is the only one with claws. Doll holds a grudge against N for that, as well as Vanny as she views her as a danger despite Vanny not being that violent, and Doll herself actually being so. Lizzy's other best friend.

Tessa, N, and Cyn all view each other as siblings, despite N still living over at Uzi's. Cyn frequently calls N "Big Brother" and they all refer to each other as sister or brother.

Tessa has also become quite impulsive ever since the move, going from having super controlling parents who grounded her for the smallest mistake to being free to do whatever she pleases. Like burning a house down. It's hard for her to keep control of herself when she can finally do... really anything without worry.

UZI DOORMAN/U

FAMILY: Khan Doorman & Nori Doorman (Deceased)

FRIENDS: N & Thad (Crushes)

NATHAN/N

FAMILY: Unknown, likely dead. Tessa & Cyn (Adoptive Sisters), Lives With Uzi

FRIENDS: Uzi & Thad (Crushes)

JENNIFER/JENNY/J

FAMILY: Mother

FRIENDS: Tessa

VANESSA/VANNY/V

FAMILY: Mother (Father Deceased)

FRIENDS: Lizzy (Crush), Uzi, N

THAD/T

FAMILY: Parents

FRIENDS: N & Uzi (Crushes), Lizzy, Doll, Tessa, Cyn

DOLL/D

FAMILY: Yeva & Father (Both Deceased), Lives With Lizzy, Byte

FRIENDS: Lizzy (Girlfriend), Thad

LIZZY/L

FAMILY: The Teacher, Byte

FRIENDS: Doll (Girlfriend), Vanny (Crush), Thad

CYN/C

FAMILY: Tessa & N (Adoptive Older Siblings), Lives With Tessa

FRIENDS: Thad, Uzi

TESSA ELLIOT

FAMILY: James & Louisa Elliot (Both Deceased), N & Cyn (Adoptive Younger Siblings)

FRIENDS: Thad, Jenny

KYLE AND BYTE

FICS: This Can't Be Right

ASKBLOG: weredrone-replies

DOODLES: Here

SONGS: The Puppet Song - TryHardNinja, Let's Go! - PoorManPoison

Raising Chip

CW: Someone Always Watching

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 Chip obviously) are adults. 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, 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.

When JCJenson got word of the revolt, James and Louisa forced Tessa to turn N, V, and J into Disassembly Drones in order to eradicate the revolting Workers. That's a important note - they're 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.

During one hunt, N finds a abandoned Drone baby in the snow, and unaware of what exactly it was, decides to name her Chip and raise her. V and J weren't really helpful, with J thinking N was a idiot for trying this, and V because she... has the same knowledge on baby care as N. She did helpfully tell him "don't fucking bring a baby on a hunt with you" which got N to try and find a babysitter since V and J wouldn't watch Chip for him.

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.

The other Workers don't... really like that N is living there, even if he is doing a great job on not murdering people without prompting (he usually takes oil from his friends with permission but all that pent-up bloodlust and need for more than just 3 ounces of oil a day explodes every now and again), but... he gave them a apology card that may or may not be 100% genuine, so it's fine /silly. J and V are, for now, still living within the pod, as J just doesn't like the Workers, and V finds them to be judgemental assholes, though doesn't really elaborate to anyone (some of it having to do with the Workers treatment of Chip and N).

N helps out around the Base, raises Chip alongside Thad and Uzi, visits J and V (usually bringing them oil so they don't die and also talking to Tessa and Cyn), tries to prevent himself from murdering in public so he's not attacked (which would result in him having to lethally defend himself) or has Chip taken away, and is just trying his best.

Chip grows up to become extremely desenitized to violence despite her parents' efforts of keeping N's bloodlust away from her, having bitten her classmates before. She's known that N's a murderer since she was around 5, as the school she attends was really quick when it came to teaching kids about Disassembly Drones, which started her outcasted nature since she made it known pretty quickly that the Murder Drones were in fact, her father and his friends. Chip likely views J and V as family despite not seeing them that often, and if she ever meets Tessa and Cyn properly (she's talked to them but she's never seen them) she'd view them as family as well.

Due to Chip's uncaring nature towards violence (and the fact her Dad's a murderer who doesn't care about his frequent killing), combined with her tendency to make messes everywhere during craft time, and being apparently way too friendly, none of her classmates really like her. The parents of her classmates don't care too much for her "weird little family," with the fact it's made of three genocidal robots, two weirdos, and two Drones who willingly associate with them.

N is concerned that Chip's biting and minor attacking of her classmates is her taking after him - s'not like he would mind if Chip wanted to kill others, he himself is rather blind to why it's wrong, he just doesn't want Chip to be doing it simply because he is.

Chip's only friend that isn't apart of her family is Beau, a classmate of hers who oddly doesn't seem to mind Chip's messiness and uncaring attiude towards death. His mother, Alice, is a pretty mild-mannered Drone who seems a bit out of it, spacing out frequently and avoiding topics that concern her partner, who's wereabouts are unknown (Alice may have... accidentally cannibalized them).

J has a communicator on her to talk with Tessa and Cyn, regularly doing so. V and N, as well as Chip later on, frequently hijack the comms to talk to Tessa, annoying J to no end. V totally doesn't look forward to when N brings Lizzy over for a visit.

On the side of the JCJenson company... things start low and only go downhill from there. Tessa is the only mantience worker for all of the Drones employeed, there still being a decent amount even after the batch sent to Copper-9, and she also isn't allowed to leave the manor, despite being in her twenties. Being so overworked and controlled all the time, to the point where Cyn was programmed to irreversibly keep a constant watch on Tessa, turned most of her thoughts into incredibly violent hypotheticals, and she finally snaps and acts them out. Tessa murders her parents with a knife, breaking her nose and loosing a tooth in the fight, and hides them in a freezer. Maybe does a little cannibalism since it's easier for her to eat an arm that's in the Manor already than work up the courage to go off the property for the first time in her life. Tessa starts wearing more casual clothing, and attaches... basically Alice's tail to herself, as well as replacing her missing tooth with a long, sharp piece of scrap metal. Cyn also begins wearing a oversized sweater N made, and Tessa "dyed" color streaks in her hair. Cyn's still programmed to follow her around though, as it's not something Tessa can change. Tessa's now more openly aggressive and violent, and holds little to no remorse for what happened to her parents.

CHIP

FAMILY: Uzi & Thad & N (Parents), J & V & Tessa & Cyn (Family Friends), Doll & Lizzy (Aunts)

FRIENDS: Beau

UZI

FAMILY: Thad & N (Boyfriends), Chip (Adoptive Daughter)

FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll

SERIAL DESIGNATION N

FAMILY: Uzi & Thad (Partners), Chip (Adoptive Daughter), Tessa & Cyn (Adoptive Sisters)

FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll

SERIAL DESIGNATION J

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Tessa

SERIAL DESIGNATION V

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Tessa, Lizzy (Crush)

THAD

FAMILY: Uzi & N (Partners), Chip (Adoptive Daughter)

FRIENDS: Lizzy, Doll

DOLL

FAMILY: Lizzy (Wife)

FRIENDS: Uzi, N, Thad

LIZZY

FAMILY: Doll (Wife)

FRIENDS: Uzi, N, Thad, V

CYN

FAMILY: Tessa & N (Adoptive Older Siblings)

FRIENDS: V, J

TESSA ELLIOT

FAMILY: James & Louisa Elliot (Parents, Both Deceased), N & Cyn (Adoptive Younger Siblings)

FRIENDS: V, J

ALICE AND BEAU

FAMILY: Alice is Beau's mother. Partner deceased.

FRIENDS: Chip (Beau's friend)

FICS:

ASKBLOG: raising-chip-au

DOODLES: Here

SONGS: Curses - The Crane Wives, Hayloft 2 - Mother Mother, People Eater - Sodikken

What We Do On Copper-9

CW: None

Takes minor inspiration from the TV Show What We Do In The Shadows.

Copper-9, but it's naturally inhabited by Drones, still likely created by JCJenson a long while ago, but the company has nothing to do with the Elliots here. The air isn't toxic, and everyone lives in homes and towns and whatnot. The Elliots are the only humans here, for whatever reason, living in a Manor on the edge of the main town the AU takes place within. In a rather small home, lives the newest Vampire colony (a note - unlike the usual 1,000 year old vampires you see in media, N, V, and J are the same age as Uzi and them. Cyn is probably older though since she's one of the highest ranking Vampires on Copper-9), consisting of Nate, Vanny, and Jenny.

Tired of the cramped house, the Vampires raided Elliot Manor, killing and eating James and Louisa, but sparing a begging Tessa they found hiding in her room. Tessa was made into Jenny's new familiar, though the blood the Vampires drank from her parents wacked them out for a few days. Nobody seems to notice that Drones live in the Manor now - it's not like Louisa and James were particularly well-liked members of the community, and pretty much nobody even knew Tessa existed.

Nate's familiar is Uzi, and was the first one to become employeed (at least, out of the current familars - Jenny had one before Tessa). Nate initally invited her over with the intention of eating her, but changed his mind and asked if she wanted to be his familiar instead. Uzi frequently sleeps on a chair within Nate's room (Nate would give her a bed if Jenny allowed him), and tends to give the excuse that her rooming with her classmates is a "school thing" when asked by her parents. Nate's the lowest tier vampire of the group, but is also the most violent, perhaps as a way to try and prove himself to his roommates. He tends to defend his friends with killing. He likes to take Uzi flying at night, with them enjoying a good moon watch afterwards (they'd watch the sunset together if it didn't harm Nate). Uzi likes to poke fun at the vampires, mainly Vanny and Jenny, but she does eventually get around to doing what's asked of her - she's quicker with Nate's requests, though. Nate enjoys shapeshifting into dogs, but it usually ends with Uzi having to get him out of the local shelter.

Uzi's close friends with Thad, him being her only friend prior to meeting Nate. Thad is a massive fan of vampires, though usually keeps it closeted due to Drones thinking he was weird in the past - which is why Uzi's the only one who knows about his enjoyment. Despite this, Thad is not aware that Uzi's a familiar, though he would think it's the coolest thing ever if he knew. He's also friends with Lizzy, Nate, and Doll, and is out of the loop with them too. He's a volunteer at the local animal shelter, and is growing suspicious that there's something up with Nathan and the Golden Retriever that commonly gets brought in.

Vanny's familiar is Lizzy, having simply been asked one day by Vanny. Vanny loves scaring the fuck out of the locals and just being a menace. She's either doing that or hanging out with Lizzy, protective of both her and especially Nate, though she'd rather die than admit that /hj. Lizzy spends most of her time scrolling her phone, procrastinating heavily if told to do something... unless it's Vanny.

Doll is the most recent Drone in her family's line of Vampire Hunters. She's unaware that Lizzy is a familiar, but has her suspicions, such as Lizzy's negative responses to death or oil obviously being fake, or the fact Lizzy never lets her come over. Lizzy finds it a bit annoying that she can't ever hang out with her two closest friends at the same time, but she knows that they would attempt to kill each other if they met up. Doll was attacked by a vampire when she was younger, which made her just a little bit more aggressive about the Hunting than her parents.

Jenny's familiar is Tessa, with likely a background Drone being her's prior to their death and subsequent hiring of Tessa. She is the overworked leader of herself, Nate, and Vanny, usually keeping to herself (and Tessa), snapping at her teammates (usually Nate). She treats Nate incredibly poorly, bossing him around and insulting his efforts, tending to have him clean the house and kills up before Uzi was hired. Upon meeting Tessa, Jenny quickly became attached to her, spending most of her free time with her, and becoming rather protective of her, lightening up on Nate as a result. Tessa enjoys tampering with the corpses Jenny and Vanny leave behind (if Nathan doesn't EAT IT FIRST /silly). Tessa is very much still getting used to the new enviroment and roommates, panicking whenever she screws up no matter how small, for fear of a overblown punishment for it. It never happens, and Jenny usually has to calm her down.

Cyn is the Head Vampire of the town Nate, Vanny, and Jenny were assigned to, and is currently living in their attic as part of a observation period. She has a habit of threatening the safety of those the Vampires care for in order to make sure they work hard at taking over, being Nate for Vanny and Tessa for Jenny. However, she hasn't really needed to threaten anyone for Nate - he loves doing anything, after all. Neither Nate nor Tessa are aware of this.

Each of the Vampires have their own eating style - Jenny is the most typical Vampire-like, biting the neck and drinking the oil. Vanny tears out the wires and eats them with the oil, and Nate... doesn't really leave a corpse behind. Makes Uzi's job easier.

UZI DOORMAN

FAMILY: Khan & Nori Doorman

FRIENDS: Nate, Thad

NATHAN/NATE

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Uzi, Thad, Vanny(...?)

JENNIFER/JENNY

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Tessa

VANESSA/VANNY

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Nate(...?), Lizzy

THAD

FAMILY: Parents

FRIENDS: Uzi, Lizzy, Doll, Nate

DOLL

FAMILY: Yeva & Father

FRIENDS: Lizzy, Thad

LIZZY

FAMILY: The Teacher & Father

FRIENDS: Uzi, Nate, Thad, Vanny

CYN

FAMILY: None

FRIENDS: Nate

TESSA ELLIOT

FAMILY: James & Louisa Elliot (Both Deceased)

FRIENDS: Jenny, Nate

FICS:

ASKBLOG: whatwedooncopper9

DOODLES: Here

SONGS:

Chuck

CW: None

Like in What We Do On Copper-9, Drones were likely built years ago by JCJenson, which is more like... the Government here. Elliots have been in charge for generations, with the most recent being James and Louisa.

Before coming to the town they live in now, Yeva, Alice, and Nori worked for the Government, mainly research jobs. Near the end of their time there, they were assigned to the Solver Program, a dangerous and unstable telekinetic power James and Louisa were creating, testing it on Drones to make sure it was safe for them to use. The trio's jobs were to check on the test subjects, reporting changes or even death. Not long before the trio finally left, they learned about the Disassembly Drones, via Blueprints shown to them by co-workers. By the time they're finishing being built, there had been many design changes from the Blueprints shown, meaning Yeva, Nori, and Alice wouldn't recongize them, though felt suspicious. These Disassembly Drones were one of the main contributers to the trio quitting, finding Government Kill Bots to be rather horrible, wanting no part of it.

Between the trio quitting and Uzi & Doll being built, Alice left town to live out in the nearby woods, not really liking socializing. Meanwhile, Nori met Khan, and Yeva met her partner, soon having kids that they raised alongside each other, Uzi and Doll (Tessa was also born a year or two prior to this). By the time they start school, the Disassembly Drones have finished the construction and programming stage, entering Beta Testing.

When Uzi and the others are in High School, Uzi gets a part-time job at a Hot Topic, and a unknown entity sends Nori, Yeva, and Alice the Solver Program in a self-deleting-upon-opening email. Uzi and Doll opened the email before their moms could, infecting themselves with the Solver Program. Uzi usually has a okayish grip on her Program, though Doll's first go at it was a little... explodey, blowing up half of her face, which she just waves away as a bad skateboarding incident when asked by her parents.

The Government, or more accurately, Tessa and Cyn (being put in charge of the Solver Program and Disassembly Drones for whatever reason) contacted Uzi and Doll (seperately, since it takes time for them to realize they both have the Solver), informing them that they need to be extracted as they are the only Drones with the Solver Program, the rest of the test subjects died, and the only computer housing the Solver exploded after it was emailed to Yeva, Nori, and Alice. Of course, Uzi and Doll wouldn't go willingly, and both threatened exploding everything if Tessa tried taking them away from their homes, so she reluctantly agreed.

However, since Uzi and Doll were the only ones with the Solver Program, something super important to Lousia and James, and it being dangerous on its own, Tessa sent N, V, and J, who were fully operable for a few years now. These three were usually sent out in super special circumstances, as there are only three of them, due to difficulties in manfacturing them, especially the length of time and the fact the most efficent way to keep them in tip-top shape is feeding them oil. They have high strength, can heal from almost any injury, and top endurace, being able to survive super dangerous situations a regular Drone would perish from, and having constant access to many different weapons.

Tessa intended to give each infected Drone one bodyguard each, giving Uzi N, and Doll J, but since she couldn't figure out where the third infected Drone was, V was also given to Uzi since she had a looser grip than Doll. V's assignment was temporary - once they found the third Drone, she'd be reassigned to them. As they are the only Disassembly Drones, N, V, and J do have to be called out every now and again, but since they're only used in special circumstances, it isn't that often an occurance.

At first, only N, V, and J were aware that both Uzi and Doll are affected, though Uzi and Doll find out about each other soon enough. Lizzy knows due to walking in on Doll after she blew half her face off, and Thad knows because Uzi let it slip during a work break. N and V work in the same mall Uzi does, while J lives in the same apartment building as Doll. N and Uzi usually share lunch shifts together, even if N can't really eat in public most of the time (sometimes he uses a water bottle filled with oil), and N & V once went over to the Doorman's to have dinner together. It got rather awkward pretty fast.

Later on, Alice comes back to town, tail attached and baby in tow (nobody knows where Beau came from she refuses to explain, though she likely stole the abandoned baby) because she was the third Drone infected with the Solver (Beau isn't old enough to infect himself /silly), and realized that if she got infected, then Yeva and Nori likely did too. However, she finds out it was actually Uzi and Doll before she goes asking their parents about it.

Luckily, N, V, and J have "citizen modes," where their extra eyes are hidden, and their tails look less... murdery. They do still look rather different than a standard Drone, but it's not in a way where you would immediately go "oh that's a murderer!" Which helps out in excuses on why they're just in town now. They also go by Nathan, Jennifer, and Vanessa as to not arouse suspicion from using their Serial Designations. Alice simply keeps telling Nori and Yeva that she's "ready to move back in town" because she can't tell them about the Solver Program (which she finds riduculous because Yeva and Nori literally knew about the Solver, but Uzi and Doll won't let her or the Disassembly Drones say anything on concern for their safety. Yes they did tell Lizzy and Thad but that was a accident, and it's better for as little Drones as possible to know the Solver Program is loose). From about 16 years of living in the woods, Alice is more feral, not quite the same level as in canon, but she gave herself a tail and sometimes walks around on all fours, getting pulled back up by Doll or Uzi. Once Tessa was informed about Alice, V was reassigned to her.

Doll doesn't really trust the Government to safely remove the Solver Program once it's rebuilt back at the base, and so is usually trying to find ways to extract it herself - despite it being way more dangerous to do so, and she often has to reattach her limbs. It's not like her lack of trust is unwarrented, Tessa has told N that her parents want Alice, Doll, and Uzi dead when the new Solver Program is up. They can't actually extract the Program from the already infected Drones, and they don't want any of them out in the wild. N has argued back against it, quickly growing attached to Uzi, and later Doll and Alice, but Tessa says that her parents are solid on the task, and won't change their minds. It's weird how the new computer with the Solver Program exploded on it's first boot-up, killing James and a few Drones with it, isn't it?

V begins her new assignment just calling Uzi "The Solver," as a way to not get attached (especially given N almost instantly did), though starts referring to her by name in a few slip ups, and eventually just... genuinely after she starts helping out with Doll and Alice. J isn't very interested in getting aid from N and V, but with the fact Doll is working with Uzi and Alice, she doesn't really have much of a choice.

Using the same regenative goo N reformed his head with in the pilot, the Disassembly Drones can heal from their wounds, as well as use the goop to give their tails weapons, usually knives, swords, or most commonly, the syringe of nanite acid. Their tails are also prehensile, and can pick up things by wrapping around or using the goop to phase the object into their tail for easier transport. N and V commonly carry Uzi around since they're faster and can fly, with V's transporting being less welcome than N's. J once tried doing the same to Doll, and got bitten. Like in canon, their hands can swap to guns, swords, claws, whatever they need. Info listed on N, V, and J's refs are shared between all three Disassembly Drones.

UZI DOORMAN

FAMILY: Khan & Nori Doorman

FRIENDS: N (Crush), V, Doll, Alice, Thad